Oswald Chambers’ Devotion for July 14…
Suffering Afflictions and Going the Second Mile
But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also. - Matthew 5:39
This verse reveals the humiliation of being a Christian. In the natural realm, if a person does not hit back, [...]
“…and help the sick, the hungry, and the poor”
That’s what Gavin asks every time he prays. For a long time Nicki and I simply let him pray it, but over the last couple of years, we’ve done our best to show him opportunities where he can actually be the answer to his prayer.
Today is the [...]
We had our first PassionKidz meeting last night to start a conversation about our next steps in our Children’s Worship Environment at New Passion. We opened the night looking at 4 ways Jesus led His movement while on Earth, check them out, and then join the conversation by adding your thoughts:
1. Jesus Mobilized (Mark 1:17) [...]
Several weeks ago I asked our people at New Passion, “Do you see the mission Jesus calls us to as your personal responsibility?”
I love the story of Nehemiah. One of the things that keeps sticking out to me is how everyone worked together for the common vision that God gave Nehemiah. There is no doubt [...]
Velocity 2010 Church Planters Conference
Speaker: Steven Furtick (Twitter)
“Jesus Told Me To”
“Imitate the faith of others, not their miracles”
“The most important criteria that will determine your church plants success (outside of God’s power) is your ability to sense what God wants you to do next along with the courage to do it & the leadership to [...]
On Sunday we kicked off our 52 Day Campaign believing that we serve the same God that empowered Nehemiah and his workers to completely rebuild the wall around Jericho in 52 days. As a community of faith, we are learning that Jesus has called us out to be on mission to change the world. I [...]
There’s been a buzz around Twitter today. Here’s what its all about. Keep your eyes open for this: I Copied this from POTSC -
Today something starts anew.
It is the first small step into officially beginning People of the Second Chance (Website).
What is People of the Second Chance? Truthfully, we’re still sort of figuring that out.
But [...]
This past weekend the CSRA Youth Ministry Network hosted the 2009 DNOW for our local area. Typically each student ministry that participates in the local DNOW schedules a fun activity on Saturday morning/afternoon for their students to have a little fun as a group. This year we wanted our students to definitely have fun, but [...]
Tebow is passionate about football and about winning, but he is more passionate about Jesus! On Thursday night, I found myself pulling for, not the Gaytors, but Tim Tebow. I found it amazing that the game announcers could not even talk about Tebow without talking about his faith and his off the field missions work. There was no seperating Tebow from his faith.
