disciple in the making
Anyone familiar with the number 555-1212? That’s the winning phone number for today’s post. 555-1212 Background (skip if you don’t care) According to Wikipedia, it is the number to call for directory assistance (ie: 411). The difference between 411 and 555-1212 is that with 411, you get local assistance whereas with 555-1212, you get directory [...]
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Tomorrow is when God connects the dots in my life and brings everything full circle. Tomorrow, I start working at the church doing web stuff. I say full circle because a year ago I would have never accepted a technical job at the church. I didn’t leave my already technical job to do another technical [...]
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*band intros with upbeat song* you: start clapping. get your groove on. you: sway from side to side. pretend you got rhythm. *band transitions into another upbeat song* you: look around and see if anybody knows your secret – you have no rhythm. you: think about how cool the song is. *band goes into slower, [...]
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Man, I need to pray more. I need God to give me the desire to pray. I’m reminded of one of the Core Values at National Community Church which says: Pray like it depends on God and work like it depends on you. I’m infinitely better at the second part of that. I don’t know [...]
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Not too long ago, I thought I was spiritually broken. You want the good news? It’s in the title of this post. That’s how God intended it. Broken people rely on God. Whew, that’s a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. Honestly, it’s kind of nice knowing I don’t need to try and fix myself [...]
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I was talking with Pastor Branker last week and something finally clicked in my head. I had alluded to it previously, but it made more sense when he said it. ;) I suggested (and still suggest) all interns should be weary of being too focused on God’s vision for their life. By doing so, they [...]
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One of the benefits of being at the church all day is that you get to be at the church all day. You get to be at all the services. You get to see how God works in all different ways. But at the same time, you may find yourself losing that connection with God [...]
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If I could summarize all that God has done in the past two years, it would be “dying to self.” Learning to put God’s desires over my own. Learning to put others before myself. Below you’ll find a document I stumbled across back in college that is a great reminder to those wanting more of [...]
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For a lot of incoming interns, money is going to be a source of stress. Never fear, God to the rescue. Hopefully I can spark some hope in you with my story. The magic number is $12,000. That’s how much I figured I would need over the course of a 10-month year. That number covers [...]
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