If I know who I am, it gives me identity.
If I accept who I am, it gives me security.
If I enjoy who I am, it gives me fulfillment.
If I improve who I am, it gives me growth.
If I share who I am, it gives me multiplication.
If we focus on the growth of the church, church growth will be incremental, if we focus on the growth of our leaders, church growth will be... #grow#hodges
After a totally inspiring week of connection and encouragement at @arcchurches conference in Birmingham and at our sending church @seacoastchurch in Charleston, we started our family adventure in #sanfrancisco#JustThe5OfUs ❤️
‚Do this in rememberance of me..‘ Remembering what God has done in the past, gives you and I hope for the future. In Deut 8.2, Moses says; ‚Remember how the Lord led you all the way‘. Take a moment now to remember a God-experience.
„The stone that got rejected became the cornerstone..“ When you experience rejection, it can hurt. But in reality it is just God redirecting you to something better.
In spite of wrong decisions, past mistakes, you and I have made, in spite of the hurt we have experienced, in spite of the people who are against us, you and I have a God who is FOR us.
Children that grow up in a secure home have the ability to trust and love others, more than many adults. They have experienced a father or mother who loves, trusts and is there for them. You have a THAT Father in heaven.
There is no win without practice, no great results without a process, no achievement without preparation. Do well with what you have now and you will be given more.
Every big thing that God wants to do in and through your life starts small. It‘s easy to become frustrated when the big thing hasn‘t arrived yet but in Zach 4.10 God says „Don‘t despise the day of small beginnings“.