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Category Archives: spiritual awakening
Lay it on the line!
How can we let God change us if we won’t even let Him change the church program? Take a risk like the chicken who went halfway across the road to lay it on the line. Lay your all on the line … Continue reading
Posted in adult language, change, change management, changes in worship, commitment, cussing, fire, fire in church, fire in the heart, fire of God, fire of the Holy Spirit, funny thought, GPS, happiness, humility, Jesus, joke, Laughter, make me laugh, mature language, profanity, revival fires, Send the fire, shopping, spiritual awakening, spiritual fire, the Holy Spirit and fire, Uncategorized, unhappiness
Tagged Christianity, church, house church, humor, preaching, revival, sermons, simple church
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When sermon-hearers aren’t allowed to make a peep, they easily fall asleep
When people fall asleep in church, instead of asking what church is doing to bore people, we make jokes about it. Church too often gives people this message: “If you don’t like the Sunday morning rap, you can always take … Continue reading
Posted in awake you that sleep, challenge to pastors, congregations, controlling pastors, First Great Awakening, frozen, getting enough sleep, great awakening, insomnia, long-winded sermon, pastor, pastor dependency, rap, rapper, rapping, sermon material, sermon topics, sermons, sleep disorder, sleep epidemic, sleep number bed, spiritual awakening, Uncategorized, wake up, wake-up call, We must wake our selves up
Tagged Christian commedians, church, church humor, church jokes, clean humor, comedy, humor, sleep number, sleep problems, sleeping in church
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A background TV in a restaurant?
Listen. The most important things ever said to you are said by your conscience and by the Holy Spirit. Too often we treat the Holy Spirit like a background TV in a restaurant. We ignore Him and order what we want. The … Continue reading
Dear Salvation Army: We need God’s fire more than ever!
Back in the day when The Salvation Army was young and was spreading the power, love, and presence of the living God around the world, General William Booth wrote a song that passionately cried out for God to send His … Continue reading
Posted in another Pentecost, Bible type revival, church history, demonstration of the Spirit's power, early Salvation Army, God's power, greatness of a man's power, Pentecost, power, power of God, prayer walking with The Salvation Army Flag, revival fires, revival history, Salvation Army church, Salvation Army Corps, Salvation Army Flag, Salvation Army General, Salvation Army soldiers, Salvation Army USA, spiritual awakening, spiritual fire, spiritual formation, spiritual revolution, The History of The Salvation Army, Uncategorized, wonder working power, You shall receive power
Tagged history, Lindell Cooley, music, quotes, revival, Salvation Army, Send the fire, William Booth
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Getting real about Oct 31!
Calling all saints, we’ve got a mission! It’s All Saint’s Eve today–the day before All Saints Day. So who’s a saint? The Catholic and Orthodox churches call people who lived extraordinarily holy and Christ-like lives “saints.” However, the Bible definition … Continue reading
Posted in 2 Corinthians 4:6, 95 theses, a new reformation, alternative Christianity, called to be saints, canonization of saints, Castle Church, Germany, God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, great awakening, has shinned in our hearts, organic church, Protestant Reformers, Reformers, revival, sainthood, Salvation Army Corps, spiritual awakening, spiritual movement, Uncategorized, Wittenberg Door, Wittenburg
Tagged All Saints Day, Christian, Halloween, Martin Luther, Nashville, October 31, Reformation Day, saints, Salvation Army
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Inner peace doesn’t come with fanfare. It quietly creeps into the soul like an inchworm.
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.” -Colossians 3:15
Posted in celebrate recovery, Christ, Christ-centered recovery, Christian recovery, Colossians, fanfare, fruit of the Spirit, how to grow spiritually, peace of God, peace of mind, recovery groups, rejoice, soul, soul food, soul searching, spiritual awakening, spiritual disciplines, spiritual goals, spiritual growth, spiritual healing, spiritual health, spiritual hunger, spiritual insight, spiritual life, spiritual maturity, Uncategorized
Tagged contentment, inner peace, overcoming worry, peace, recovery, satisfaction, spiritual formation, tranquility
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SOS! — Society Overthrows Sanity!
SOS! — Society Overthrows Sanity (Where has sanity gone?) –When sanity seems scarce and you need some security, don’t splash in the stream of senselessness, but step into the soundness of sapience, the surety of sympathy, and the support of … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, chaos, compassion, false security, fear, if it feels good, mental torment, security, spiritual, spiritual adventure, spiritual atmosphere, spiritual awakening, spiritual discernment, spiritual disciplines, spiritual discovery, spiritual experience, spiritual fire, spiritual formation, spiritual growth, spiritual healing, spiritual health, spiritual hearing, spiritual hunger, spiritual innovation, spiritual insight, spiritual intoxication, spiritual leadings, spiritual life, spiritual listening, spiritual maturity, spiritual passion, spiritual power, spiritual prompting, spiritual promptings, spirituality, Uncategorized, wisdom
Tagged absurdity, crazyness, definition of insanity, hedonism, mental health, mental illness, politics, pursuit of happiness, sanity
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Row v. Flow (Religion or Holy Spirit)
Row v. Flow Should we dutifully row to a droning drumbeat in the galley ship of religion? Or freely flow in rushing rivers of living water released by the Holy Spirit? Put Jesus in the driver’s seat. Learn to go … Continue reading
Posted in Christian spirituality, different drummer, flow of the Spirit, flowing in the Spirit, flowing of the Holy Spirit, go with the flow, God's flow, Holy Spirit flow, Holy Spirit promptings, Holy Spirit take over, how to flow in the spirit, inner flow, listening, listening prayer, listening to God, Spirit's flow, spiritual adventure, spiritual atmosphere, spiritual awakening, spiritual church, spiritual disciplines, spiritual flow, spiritual flows, spiritual formation, spiritual healing, spiritual hunger, spiritual innovation, spiritual listening, spiritual maturity, spiritual movement, spiritual passion, spiritual transformation, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged church, flow, galley ship, galley slave, Holy Spirit, religion, rivers of living water, row v. wade
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Hope that will heal your hurting heart . . .
Hope healed my hurting heart My heart was filled With stinging things Thorns and thistles, Entangling vines, Biting bugs, snakes and rats, Gnawing on my soul With torment and trauma And inner drama Day and night. And then one day … Continue reading
Posted in broken heart, deliverance, deliverance ministry, demons, depression, discouragement, drive out demons, freedom in Christ, God's love, healing, heart care, inner healing, inner peace, inner rivers, inward change, overcoming depression, perfect love casts out fear, radical love, rivers of living water, spiritual awakening, spiritual growth, spiritual transformation, the way the truth the life, transformation, Uncategorized
Tagged Christianity, encouragement, hope, poetry, salvation, spiritual formation, testimony
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