Here's a powerful verse from a book of the Bible that is rarely preached from. Grab your highlighters and mark this verse. "I had heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes." (Job 42:5, New Living Translation). Let's face the facts. Many of our children are experts on Biblical knowledge. They could possibly outdo us in Bible trivia games. After all, they have been a part of our Sunday schools, children's churches, and mid-week Bible clubs for years. Yet sadly, many of these children are like the first portion of Job's statement. They have only heard about Him, they have...

It is unbelievable how this blog is spreading around the globe. Since its inception, this blog has been read in 23 states in the United States and in 16 nations with many of the readers reading the blog every week. I am literally touching lives around the world while sitting in my office in Lake Worth, Florida. That's the upside of the blog. There is a downside to writing this blog, two areas that I struggle with each week. The first is that I would love to literally be with you and share this passion face-to-face. What I write each week isn't an afterthought. I am consumed with the desire...

We all want the "suddenlies" mentioned in the Book of Acts to happen in our children's ministry, don't we? We desire for the Holy Spirit to come and demonstrate His presence and power just as He did in Acts 2, 10, and 16 causing children to be empowered to fulfill their God-given assignments (Acts 2), bringing Holy Ghost interruptions to our ministries (Acts 10), and setting children free from chains and shackles (Acts 16). Have you ever stopped to consider that the "suddenlies" were only a time issue and not an if issue? Take a few minutes and reread these accounts. It wasn't a question of...

In the 1980s, the Wendy's hamburger chain used a commercial shown across North America and Canada featuring an elderly actress named Clara Peller who receives a competitor's burger with a massive bun (the competitor's slogan was "Home of the Big Bun"). The small patty prompts the gruff Peller to angrily exclaim, "Where's the beef?"In evaluating children's ministry, we must ask Clara's question, "Where's the beef?" Have we become the "Home of the Big Bun"? Have we forgotten what it is like to have a "real" hamburger? What I am seeing is that we have all of the "fixin's" associated with the...