by Billy Burns | Apr 28, 2008 | Children's Ministry, Leadership
As children, we all blurted out “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” I trust that as adults we have all learned that nothing could be further from the truth. Words are powerful. Jesus emphasized this when He said,...
by Billy Burns | Jan 8, 2008 | Leadership, Revival
Let me share with you one of the greatest principles for initiating and perpetuating a Holy Ghost revival. The Holy Ghost is waiting for the sound of your voice!In one of our services, the Spirit of God was really moving during the praise and worship. I looked at my...
by Billy Burns | Dec 3, 2007 | Leadership, Revival
If you’ve ever been in one of our Ignite conferences, you’ve heard me tell about a trip that Vickie and I made to Romania. Let me set the scene for this trip. This trip was pre-9/11. The traveling rules were quite different. We were allowed 3 bags each...
by Billy Burns | Oct 9, 2007 | Leadership
By no means do I consider myself to be a cityslicker. The city that I grew up wasn’t much of a city. With a whopping 6 traffic lights, “fine” eateries consisting of the likes of Dairy Queen and a greasy spoon called Grothe’s Restaurant, and 3...
by Billy Burns | Oct 1, 2007 | Leadership
I love the biblical account of Gideon’s victory over the Midianites. From my early days in Sunday School, this story has ranked up there right alongside David’s battle with Goliath and Joshua and the battle of Jericho.This story found Judges 6 and 7...
by Billy Burns | Sep 11, 2007 | Leadership
What a day. After too many full weeks and weekends, a day off was a much needed change. Here lately, due to being out of town for conferences and then, when I am home, trying to catch up for being gone and also getting ready for the next trip out of town, days off...
