Vacation 2010 – Day 16

Day one of the Answers for Pastors Seminar.  Very, very good! We got to the church where the seminar is being held WAY early.  Planned a 30 minute commute from the motel, and it turned out to be 8!  Even though there was a lot of rush-hour style traffic, it turns out...

The Goal

Colossians 2:1-3 (NIV) 1 I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally.  2 My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of...

Walking Like Jesus

1 John 2:3-6 (NIV)      We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.  The man who says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.  But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made...

Streams

John 7:37-39 (NIV) 37 On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.  38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within...

The Job

Colossians 1:24-29 (NIV)         24 Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.  25 I have become its servant by the commission God...

Faith, Love, and Hope

Colossians 1:3-6 (NIV)  We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints–the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up...