Archive for February, 2009
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Feb 27, 2009
No CommentsGame of Hope
As many of you know, I love sports, I love Texas, but most of all I love stories of hope. This one combines all three! Be encouraged and also challenged in what we can do to restore hope to someone who is broken. God be the Glory! Game of...
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Feb 25, 2009
No CommentsWhat is your Burden?
“What wrecks the human heart of someone who loves God is often the very thing God wants to use to fire them up to do something that they wouldn’t do under normal circumstances.” Bill Hybels, Pastor of Willowcreek Community Church. This past Sunday, we looked at Moses meeting God at the burning bush. It was in the place...
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Feb 24, 2009
2 CommentsWill you Fast?
Fasting creates space–in our schedules and in our spirits–for meaningful encounters with God. About more than sacrificing food, it is also about eliminating distractions in order to seek God’s face and become more intimate with him. Fasting from a particular food may also be combined with abstinance from time-consuming or distracting activities like television or...
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Feb 24, 2009
2 CommentsTerra Incognita (Wild Goose Chase)
Well if you have been reading Wild Goose Chase by Mark Batterson, then maybe pages 90-91 caught your eye as it did mine. On the edge of medieval maps, cartographers used to inscribe the Latin phrase terra incongnita Naysayers and doomsdayers believed that if you ventured too far into unknown territory, you would either fall off...
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Feb 23, 2009
No CommentsEast End Ecclesia (church plant update)
East End Ecclesia: Greetings from the home of the 2009 super bowl champs the “sixburgh” Steelers!! Ok I just had to throw that in. These past couple of months has been a combination of a lot of work, a lot of struggle, and a lot of confirmation that we are exactly where God wants us to...
