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article | May 20, 2011

Brothers, pray for us. ~1 Thessalonians 5:25 There is no greater gift you can give your pastor and the spiritual leaders of your church than to pray for them. Pastors cannot win the battle alone; they need committed intercessors to lift them …

article | November 13, 2009

We’re so glad you’ve decided to accept the 30-Day Growing in Gratitude Challenge! Your decision means that you truly want to learn to recognize and express appreciation for all you have in life. Each day you will be challenged to grow in …

article | March 18, 2019

The first time someone called me a visionary, I laughed out loud. “Me?” I looked around, convinced she must be talking about someone else. It was the day of my first event as the women’s ministry leader at my church. I called …

article | May 14, 2008

Introduction Within my lifetime, there has been a sweeping revolution-a revolution of how women view themselves and their roles, how they view men, how they view their families, and how they function in our culture. Whether they realize it or not, the …

article | October 21, 2019

Few, if any of us, would deny prayer’s value. But if we as a community of leaders are brutally honest, is group prayer as high of a priority to us as recruiting and shepherding leaders, teaching and training, or casting vision? In …

article | October 8, 2020

Paul’s first word to the Ephesians is the cornerstone for personal revival: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (1:2, emphasis added). Preaching the gospel to ourselves and praying it into our souls is critical …

article | August 28, 2008

I don’t know that there has ever been a time in our nation’s history when prayer was any more desperately needed than it is at this hour. Our television screens have been flooded with images of destruction and death: from the grisly …

article | March 31, 2015

There is a perception among many evangelicals that Bible study is dangerous. I have heard it articulated by ministers and laypeople alike over the years. Once a woman in my Bible study told me her pastor had discouraged in-depth Bible study, saying …

article | May 20, 2011

Introduction Welcome to the 30-Day Husband Encouragement Challenge! It didn’t take many weeks of marriage for me to learn that my attitudes and words have a profound effect on my husband. I have the ability to make Robert feel encouraged and cherished. …

article | April 10, 2014

It's going to be a great week! It has to be. Because on this very week, thousands of years ago, Jesus shook the very foundations of the earth. All of history points forward or backward to what happened this week as Jesus …