I do not think as a church we have yet come to grips with the fact that people are leaving organized religion not because they are attracted to vice, but because they are attracted to virtue and the people we keep offering as leaders & role models just don't have them.
It's easy to be so focused on making a living you fail to make a life. Begin your week by meeting with God first: "I will go to God, the source of all my joy!" Psalm 43:4
Your purpose has phases.
The word phase simply means a stage in a process of change or development. Meaning, on your path to becoming, there are different phases that you go through.
Part of our strength comes from properly identifying the phase we are in.
What we do is our sacrifice and service to God. Revealing our talents and gifts whatever they may be but it's not our purpose. Reducing purpose to the occurrences of a single day is far too small, a poor definition of purpose. Purpose is a three letter word #GOD
EVERYONE IS WELCOME AT BETHANY
Bethany Church has something for everyone. Church isn’t for perfect people. It’s for hurting people, for hungry people, for ordinary people, for growing people.
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I am convinced that God values my faith far beyond my clarity of the future. When Paul tells Timothy that God protects what we entrust to Him, He was talking about faith
@jjmann17 It’s not the person saying it as much as the person hearing someone say it. The filters are real and people often hear through their lens of perception making the saying toxic.
Today our pastor @anthonydoes had a special visit from the Honourable Member of Parliament @morricemike representing Kitchener Centre. Bethany Church welcomed a new friend and a partner with us in community engagement. We look forward to all that unfolds in the season ahead.
My daily spiritual practices of reading Scripture, meditating on them, abiding and reflection is my feeble attempt at intimacy with the Triune God, by the Spirit, with the Son and the Father, and this is preparing me for that day when I behold Him face to face.
Forgiveness is not a forgotten memory, it's a memory without retaliation attached to it.
Heard a miraculous story today about someone's ability to forgive an abusive relationship. All the details, no denials, no residual pain.
Many people strive to be history makers but, the Christian knows there is only one History Maker, Jesus Christ. The world doesn't require more history makers rather what we need is Legacy makers #livetobeoutlived