Today’s Reading: Matthew 17-24 One day mother of James and John came to Jesus and asked him to allow her two sons to sit on his right and his left in his kingdom. Jesus told her that it wasn’t his place to decide, God would decide. Now check out what happens with the other disciples [...]
Filed under: Bible, Discipleship, Spiritual Disciplines | Leave a Comment »
Today’s Reading: Matthew 10-16 In my reading this morning, something really stood out as I’m preparing to preach on people getting involved in Kingdom work through their local church. At Sonlight, we believe that every member is a minister. It’s not the responsibility of the pastors to carry out the ministry of church. God’s word [...]
Filed under: Bible, Church, Discipleship | Leave a Comment »
Today’s Reading: Matthew 1-9 Over the next two months my goal is to read through the New Testament twice and evaluate where to go next. Lately I have felt that God has been leading me to know more and more about his word. I want to be become so familiar with God’s word and what’s [...]
Filed under: Bible, Church, Discipleship | Leave a Comment »
Last week I dared our church, especially the men, to get the Love Dare book and begin to practice loving their spouses. This 40 day devotional is amazing! Each day, there is a specific dare that you are to do in order to vove your spouse. The dare comes from the three page devitional that [...]
Filed under: Church, Discipleship, Family | Leave a Comment »
This week we launched a church-wide initiative to reveal the spiritual condition of our church family. Part of me is very excited to see the final results! However, the other part of me says to prepare myself for the revelation. At Sonlight, we hope to reveal where we all stand in light of our spiritual [...]
Filed under: Church, Discipleship | Leave a Comment »
This Sunday I’m going to be teaching about “Spiritual Fitness.” So many people are obsessed with physical exercise and staying physically fit. By the way, we should be physically fit and we should exercise in order to take care of our bodies, that what we have talked about for the past two weeks. However, I [...]
Filed under: Church, Discipleship | Leave a Comment »
Over the past two weeks I have been engaging in several spiritual disciplines. I have discovered that these disciplines are essential in my relationship with Christ. These disciplines refresh your spirit, they draw you closer to God and they empower you daily. Over the next few weeks I’m going to be sharing from my personal [...]
Filed under: Discipleship, Personal, Spiritual Disciplines | 1 Comment »
We arrived in Birchwood, TN last night after an eleven hour journey with our 16 month old grandchild. Let me just say that she was amazing! She sleep for about an hour but the rest of the time she was fine. It was actually an enjoyable trip and we were able to have some fun [...]
Filed under: Discipleship, Personal | 1 Comment »
As we were praying about attending this seminar called Momentum, we asked God who might lead this endeavor. God brought Dan Neice to mind because of his heart and passion for helping others establish a sound and biblical financial plan. I’m so glad that he answered the voice of God and decided to join us [...]
Filed under: Church, Discipleship, Finances | 2 Comments »
Did you know that average church person in America gives 2.6% of their income to the kingdom of God? I’m talking about people who say that they are devoted followers of Christ! Only 5% of Christians actually tithe 10% of their income. As we arrived in Nashville, the Momentum staff provided us a financial assessment [...]
Filed under: Church, Discipleship, Finances | Leave a Comment »
