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It’s Not What You Think

Albert Einstein said, “Thinking like we always have is what got us where we are.  It is not going to get us where we are going.”  One of the great quests of life is simply to get from point A to point B—from where we are now to where we need to be, yet many never progress because they never change the way they think. Read the article.

Bouncing Back – Keys to Recovering from Mistakes

Many know Rick Renner because of his outstanding books and his powerful ministry in Russia.  I recently interviewed Rick and asked him about what he’s learned from mistakes he’s made in the ministry.  The wisdom he shares in this interview is truly priceless, and this is one of those “must-hear” interviews.  This information can help you avoid making certain mistakes, and provides great principles for recovering from mistakes when they do happen.  Click here to listen on-line or to download.

Selecting an Architect, by Charlie Daniels
(President of Daniels & Daniels Construction)

Have you ever hired someone for a particular task and gotten a nagging feeling in the pit of your stomach that kept saying this particular person just was not the best fit for the job?  What comes to mind is a job that I did where the church had hired a certain architect.  The guy was very capable due to his extensive work with various government projects.  He ended up doing a really nice job, however from the first time I met him, I knew that he wasn’t the best architect for the church.  Read the article.

A Medical Description of the Flogging and Crucifixion of Jesus
At this point, another phenomenon occurs. As the arms fatigue, cramps sweep through the muscles, knotting them in deep, relentless, throbbing pain. With these cramps comes the inability to push himself upward to breathe. . . Air can be drawn into the lungs but not exhaled. Jesus fights to raise himself in order to get even one small breath. Finally carbon dioxide builds up in the lungs and in the blood stream… Read the medical description.

Great Thoughts Regarding the Cross, and the Suffering, and Death of the Lord Jesus Christ
Charles Spurgeon said, “So Christ was made a curse. Wonderful and awful words, but as they are scriptural words, we must receive them. Sin being on Christ, the curse came on Christ, and in consequence, our Lord felt an unutterable horror of soul. Surely it was that horror which made him sweat great drops of blood when he saw and felt that God was beginning to treat him as if he had been a sinner.  It was an anguish never to be measured, and agony never to be comprehended. It is to God and God alone that his griefs were fully known.”  Read the thoughts.

Great Thoughts on the Resurrection of Christ
Philip Yancey remarked, "In many respects I find an unresurrected Jesus easier to accept. Easter makes him dangerous. Because of Easter, I have to listen to his extravagant claims and can no longer pick and choose from his sayings. Moreover, Easter means he must be loose out there somewhere." Read the thoughts.

Dave Williams' Church Planters School
Monday, June 23 - Friday, June 27
St. Pete Beach, Florida

Pastor Dave Williams and his team have launched 41 successful, growing churches that have spawned hundreds of others across the globe. Now, you can be trained by the same team that has been successfully planting churches for over two decades.  Click here to learn more.

Quotes for March

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GOSSIP
“I would rather play with forked lightning, or take in my hand living wires with their fiery current, than to speak a reckless word against any servant of Christ, or idly repeat the slanderous darts which thousands of Christians are hurling on others, to the hurt of their own souls and bodies.”
- A.B. Simpson

BEHAVIOR
“Un-Christian behavior on the part of any Christian is a disgrace to all Christians.”
- F.F. Bruce

MARRIAGE
"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."
- Mignon McLaughlin
 


CHARACTER
“Christianity isn’t worth the snap of your finger if it doesn’t straighten out your character.”
- D.L. Moody

PRAYER
“We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power. We have a great deal of activity, but we accomplish little; many services, but few conversions; much machinery, but few results.”
- R.A. Torrey

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