Jesus Removed the Wiggle Room!
One of the best parenting tips that I heard my pastor B.B. Hankins share years ago was to never prove to your child your ability to count. By that, he meant, never say to your child, "I'm going to count to three and if you don't do what I've told you to do, you'll be sorry. You'll get a spanking." He then asked, "Why would you need to count? In acquiescing and adding a two and then a three, you've shown that your initial directive didn't matter. Make your first word your final word." In other words, don't allow wiggle room in what you are saying. In Acts 1, Jesus didn't mince words or allow...
The Picture of Pentecost
One of the joys that Vickie and I now have with us living close to my parents is that we occasionally get to spend an afternoon with them putting together a 300 piece jigsaw puzzle. The time races by. It's one of the highlights of our week as we catch up on family news and dish out a lot of silliness (mostly from Vickie because you all know that I'm the serious one in the family!). If you have ever put together a jigsaw puzzle, you know the importance of having the puzzle box close by so that the picture found on the puzzle box cover can serve as a guide. Without the picture, the fun factor...
Your New Official Title … PASTOR
I will never forget the Thursday morning, when after a staff meeting, I asked my pastor and one of the elders to walk over with me to the building where much of our children's ministry was conducted. I wanted them to see first hand some building issues that needed to be addressed. While we were standing in one of the hallways, one class from our academy walked by us on the way to their next class period. Child after child greeted me with a shrill in their voice as they said, "Pastor Billllyyyyyy". (The keyboard keys aren't stuck. It was just their joy and love bleeding into the voice.) Many...
Revival in YOUR Children & Children’s Ministry
God promised that He would pour out His Spirit upon our children. Vickie and I are declaring that His promise is true for YOUR children and it will happen in 2016! How can this happen? Through our 3-hour, Saturday morning Ignite & Unite Conferences, we want to train and equip those ministering in your Nursery, Sunday School, Children's Church, Mid-Week Bible Clubs, and Student Ministries to work together with the Holy Spirit. Why is this important? We are convinced that those working in your ministries want a move of God but just don't know how to flow with the Holy Spirit. Through the...
“Be” and “Be” Again So That You Can “Be”
Here's something that you already know but is important to be reminded of from time to time. This generation of children and youth needs more than what I call an "information giver" who meets with them for one hour each week. They need a .... God fearing, Jesus loving, devil hating, sin despising, unashamedly uncompromising ... Wait. There's more ... Bible believing, faith talking, God-said-it-and-I-will-do-it fearlessly walking, testimony telling .... You're not through. And ... Worship displaying, desperation unveiling, in-other-tongues praying, of on hands laying ... You guessed it....
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