Today I logged my 500-503 miles run. I’ve run more than that but its been 500 since I began keeping track. It’s pretty crazy to think that I could have run from New York City to Toledo Ohio (roughly.) I never thought when I began running a couple of years ago that I would actually [...]
Posts Tagged ‘God’
From here to Toledo.
Posted: February 28, 2012 in growthTags: 500 miles, eugene peterson, God, perseverance, relationship with God, relationships, rob schwinge, spiritual growth
Plug and play
Posted: November 10, 2011 in family ministryTags: God, ministry, personal growth, relationship with Jesus, rhythm
Yesterday I talked about how your relationship with Jesus is going to be unique and that we need to be willing to look for Him and experience Him in a lot of different ways instead of just trying to fit Him into a form or mold. But then I also said that your methods might [...]
One of the most important things someone must realize about their relationship with Jesus is that it will look different for everyone. God is simply to big and to artistic to put all of our relationships with Him into a structure or a mold. We need to look at our relationship with Jesus more like [...]
How bad do you want to find God?
Posted: November 2, 2011 in leadershipTags: God, proverbs, solomon, treasure, treasure hunt, wisdom
I was reading this morning in Proverbs where it says: “if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.” So many [...]
Who God really is
Posted: October 24, 2011 in randomTags: church, doug fields, God, ministry, thoughts, truefaced
I saw this video on Doug Fields blog the other day and thought it was too good not to share. I wonder how we would live differently if we really understood the way God sees us.
GUILTY!
Posted: August 31, 2011 in leadershipTags: 3 c of leadership, church, conduct, God, guilty, leadership, ministry, youth ministry
Yesterday I talked about how as a leader, what you do will flow out of who you are. Today I am going to talk about the second “C” of leadership that Paul talks about it 1 Timothy 3 and that is CONDUCT…
Spill it
Posted: June 27, 2011 in family ministry, leadershipTags: commune, God, hannah, pour out your soul, prayer, vulnerability
I was reading through 1 Samuel the other day and there is a passage in there that really struck me…
Are you afraid of God?
Posted: June 13, 2011 in family ministry, leadershipTags: afraid, fear of God, God, ministry
As I’ve been reading through the Old Testament in my bible in 90 days challenge. I’ve noticed that there are a ton of references to the people’s fear of God. It really got me thinking…
No!!!! I don’t wanna!
Posted: May 29, 2011 in family ministry, leadershipTags: bridgewater, cling, God, idols, invitation, join, jonah, ministry, powerhouse, preaching, sermon, worthless
I am preaching this morning at our new Bridgewater campus on God’s invitation to join Him in his work. I am going to be preaching on Jonah and how he was invited to join God’s work in Ninevah and he ran away, like so many of us do when God invites us into His work. [...]