“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.” John 15:7 It would be very easy to go on a tangent that most prosperity teachers go on when confronting these words of Jesus. That tangent would be focusing asking for [...]

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The world’s concept of love, even much of the church’s concept of love isn’t always what the Bible teaches us about love. One concept of “church growth” is to “love people into the kingdom.” What they mean by this is to be extra nice to people, invite them over for food, develop relationships with them, [...]

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How do you measure growth? And once you know how to measure it, how do you achieve it? Many, if not most, churches and ministries these days measure growth by the amount of activity that is going on and by the amount of people involved in those activities. Those people may be leaders or participants [...]

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To do, or not to do? What is it we want to be or do? If you want to be like Mike you learn how to play basketball. You live and breath basketball. You play it. You practice it. You hang around others who have a similar passion for the game. All of that is [...]

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