THE WHOLEHEARTED LEADER: When Things Don’t Go the Way We Want

2021-06-02T08:49:54+00:00

THE WHOLEHEARTED LEADER PILLAR 4: Holiness of Character When Things Don’t Go the Way We Want   Patience! Now, this is a fruit of the Spirit, and you cannot get rid of this one! Patience is all about longsuffering, and this can be tough! Patience is a virtue. So, how do we grow in the quality or characteristic of patience? You might not like the answer!   How do we grow in patience? You’ve got to go through some suffering! And you have to persevere through it. Be careful about asking the Lord to teach patience. Patience is learned through those [...]

THE WHOLEHEARTED LEADER: When Things Don’t Go the Way We Want2021-06-02T08:49:54+00:00

THE WHOLE-HEARTED LEADER: The Soil of Adversity

2021-04-16T13:14:09+00:00

THE WHOLEHEARTED LEADER PILLAR 4: Holiness of Character The Soil of Adversity   In this fourth pillar of becoming a wholehearted leader, I want to share what it means to walk out holiness of character. Paul said that "suffering produces perseverance, perseverance produces character, and character produces hope" (Romans 5:3-4). We must learn to grow the fruit of the Spirit in the soil of adversity. We must learn to see ourselves as the righteousness of God and to live by faith to become like Christ, so that we display His character.   How do we become holy? God made us holy [...]

THE WHOLE-HEARTED LEADER: The Soil of Adversity2021-04-16T13:14:09+00:00

Perseverance: How Do I Persevere and What Happens When I Do?

2019-06-11T16:41:18+00:00

How do we persevere through those times that just don’t make sense – when there’s grief when there are questions when there’s hurt?  We know where to be on the alert because our enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8).  We literally live in a war zone, not against flesh and blood, but against the spiritual forces of evil (Ephesians 6:12).   We don’t want to live in fear of persecution, but we need to be prepared and built up spiritually so we’re not destroyed by it – instead, we are [...]

Perseverance: How Do I Persevere and What Happens When I Do?2019-06-11T16:41:18+00:00

Persecution: What’s Happening and Why?

2019-05-06T18:21:15+00:00

On Sunday morning, November 5, 2017, worshippers at Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church heard shots ring out in the parking lot, and looked up in horror to see a man in the doorway, wearing black tactical gear and wielding a semi-automatic rifle.  He began systematically shooting virtually everyone in the pews.  When the massacre was over, 26 men, women, children and babies lay dead or dying, with another 20 injured. The killer was from our nearby community of New Braunfels, Texas.   As I was praying over my brothers and sisters, God reminded me of the thrill of victory and the [...]

Persecution: What’s Happening and Why?2019-05-06T18:21:15+00:00
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