Be Thankful – Paul’s Encouragement from Colossians
Colossians is one of my favorite books. Every chapter encourages us to be truly thankful!
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Upward Outward Inward
Ten-Gai-Nai (Upward-Outward-Inward) Ten- Everything starts with God – Joy and Obedience Luke6:22 “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! 23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great …
Being Thankful in Trials? What?!!
God calls us to be thankful in and for our trials! How are you doing at keeping your attitude right when life throws you a curve? God says rejoice, HE is doing something in your struggle.
Family Friday: Discipling Your Children PART 1
Discipling your children Importance of discipling your children. What do we mean by discipling? Were you discipled? By Who? How? Shared resources. Encouragement. Helping them follow Jesus, to be a disciple themselves. What do they need to know? Age-appropriate What have you learned along the way that has …
Marriage A to Z: Are You Listening?
Listen What? Definitions Listen vs. Understand vs Hearing Engaged listening What hinders it? Distracted, not focused. Poor timing. Environment noisy, distracting. Physical pain, sickness Assumptions, assuming you know without actually listening, preconceived ideas Critical spirit kills people talking Should we ever not listen? Gossip/slander Listen to heart/message behind the words (problem, whining, speaking untruths); address …
Does Group Size Matter in Making Disciples?
Group size and Disciple Making – Does It Matter? Faith Communities Today Research 2020 “Our best estimates are there are between 350,000 and 375,000 congregations of all faith traditions within the nation. The trends around size will be addressed in a bit, but the vast majority of the country’s congregations are small. 70% of …
How is Your Character?
Developing Strong Character William Straton Bruce, The Formation of Christian CharacterCharacter is nature and nurture. It is nature cultured and disciplined, so that natural tendencies are brought under the sway of the moral motive. His natural individuality marks off a man from his fellows by clear and specific differences. But this individuality may be non-moral. …
Marriage A to Z: A Kingdom Focus
A Kingdom Focus for Your Marriage WHAT choices priorities, focus values relationships WHY temporal vs. eternal Too easy to get distracted by world/life value gives purpose, clarity of purpose guides decision making, use of resources/time/energy makes life simpler, narrows choices/options Relieves fear for future, needs adds stability; foundation, solid basis for life …
Why I don’t make Disciples. . . Excuses, Excuses!
Looking for questions and topics for future shows! Calling for requests and suggestions! Write us at talk@runwithhorses.net or the Run With Horses Podcast Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/RWHpodcast If what we are doing is helpful to you, we want to know about it. Our goal is to encourage and equip you to be more like Jesus as you …
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Family Friday: A look at furlough from the midpoint
The Smith family is in the midwest on a 7 month furlough before returning to Japan. If you want to follow along with the ministry side of things, Susan manages www.smithlife.net to let people know more about life and ministry in Japan.