8. Try being sober-minded and focused if you want God to show up.
“…and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.” (Ephesians 5:4 NASB)
“The key-note of your conversation should not be nastiness or silliness or flippancy, but a sense of all that we [...]
As I have been flipping through page after page of many different kinds of churches I have i’ve taken note of some of the types of ministries that they engage in or focus on. A few have caught my eye that have devoted much of the ministry energy to such things as crisis intervention, disaster [...]
7. Dont give to Ceasar’s what doesn’t belong to Ceasar.
“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” (Mark 12:17)
The Church is a precious jewel, a royal diadem which belongs wholly to its builder, Christ. To give away the church, the bride, to the world, is truly adulterous [...]
