Imagine if people got as excited about the ordinary means of grace and the fellowship of the saints at their local church as they did about a mega-conference.
years ago. It’s good to be around people who deal with stuff on a weekly basis and it always draws us back to a place of being dependent on The Lord and his grace.
As a person in ministry with a Generalized Anxiety Disorder the older I get the more and more I encounter the comfort of the Holy Spirit amongst my usual worry provoking events in life. Today I had my yearly imaging for my 2 kidney cysts and 1 tiny kidney stone and it
seems to get easier every year. My doctor goes to my home church also and I’m thankful he takes great care of me amidst my various minor health problems. One of my main mentors at my home church is a retired Christian counselor with PTSD from a tragedy he went through a few
There’s something deeply glorious and profoundly healing when we can freely be ourselves and laugh and cry in the presence of others who truly get us and receive us. We all long for that. And whenever it happens, I think we’re getting a glimpse of heaven.
jump into a building project … make sure you pray, discern, and have your numbers and finances lined up. I’ve had too many friends who have done building projects that were too big for their budget and ended up belly up. #pastor#faith#ministry
I’ve done real estate investment for the past 15 years. I’ve watched people buy millions of dollars worth of real estate and then drown in a sea of debt. One of my mentors always said, “your Church Building can make your Church or kill your Church.” For leaders looking to
Faith Crisis: I’ve walked alongside Pastors who have been through some real wars throughout the years. My father in law battled division in his denomination that left him with some real emotional battle scars. One of my mentors lost his Church building. One of my
other mentors was forced out of his Church and now lives in the backwoods far away from people and not wanting to return a Church. Pastors can sometimes battle the same things everyday people battle. Instead of leaving Pastors up the creek to fend for themselves … I
@lukegeraty haha totally I understand. There are very few of what Wimber called “Classic Vineyard” guys left it seems like that understand the here and not yet view of the kingdom and other things like Tuttle, Wimber, and Eddie Piorek would always circle back to. God Bless Luke
-Elliott