by Billy Burns | Aug 24, 2015 | Children's Ministry, God's Promises, Leadership, The Baptism in the Holy Spirit
One question that I often hear as we travel concerns the altar calls and the response from the people in our services. I often hear pastors ask the question, “How did you do what you did today at the altar?” and they usually follow with, “You made it...
by Billy Burns | Aug 10, 2015 | Children's Ministry, Leadership, Walk of the Spirit
Here is a simple and yet powerful truth that should be posted around your home and office … “The Holy Spirit can accomplish more in 5 minutes than you can accomplish in a lifetime.” I seriously doubt that anyone reading this blog post would challenge...
by Billy Burns | Jul 27, 2015 | Children's Ministry, Leadership, Vision, Walk of the Spirit
It’s all too easy to get into a rut in anything that you do, be it in work, relationships, hobbies, and ministry. You’ll have to admit that you’ve either been in a rut in the past or may be in one right now. I know because I’ve been there and...
by Billy Burns | Jul 20, 2015 | Leadership, The Baptism in the Holy Spirit
Whether we will admit this to be true or not, the facts are the facts. In many of our Pentecostal/charismatic churches (and the various ministries within the churches), few of the people are Spirit-baptized. I would venture to say that extremely few boys and girls in...
by Billy Burns | Jul 6, 2015 | Children's Ministry, Leadership, Revival, Walk of the Spirit
A couple of weeks ago, I had the incredible privilege of officiating the wedding ceremony of our youngest son Aaron and his beautiful bride Kaity. It was a service that I will never forget. Vickie and I are so blessed. All three of our sons have married beautiful,...
by Billy Burns | Jun 15, 2015 | Children's Ministry, Leadership
For our 25 years of being a Children’s Pastor at Trinity Church International in Lake Worth, Florida, I did my very best to give special attention to each and every child each week. Often I would go home after the weekend’s third and final service and tell...