In our Life Groups at Stevens Creek we are working through Rick Warren’s study, “40 Days of Love.” It is based on 1 Corinthians 13, The Love Chapter. In our groups I have been challenged to purposefully go out of my way to love people. You think that would be easy, but how often do you really [...]
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40 Days of Love
Posted in Hearing from God, Life Lessons, Prayer on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Growth
Posted in Foundation, Hearing from God, Jesus, Life Lessons, Prayer, The Creek on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love Stevens Creek!!! The church is growing and growing and growing. Today I have been thinking and praying about growth. My thoughts and prayers have been about the church’s growth, my personal growth, my wife’s growth, my son’s growth, our family’s growth and the growth I have witnessed in other people. God has blessed me [...]
Heat Seeking Missile Prayers
Posted in Foundation, Hearing from God, Life Lessons, Prayer on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am not sure where I picked up the term “Heat Seeking Missile Prayers,” but that doesn’t really matter, I love the phrase. Pastor Marty loves to talk about effective prayer, specifically Matthew 7:7-8. I really like it when Marty breaks down the Greek translation about prayer, he says ”Ask and keep on asking. Seek and [...]
Endurance
Posted in Foundation, Friendship, Hearing from God, Life Lessons, Prayer on December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This has been an incredibly tough Christmas season for me. Those of you who know me know some of the circumstances that I have been dealing with. Without going into particulars, I just ask you to give me a little latitude as I am dealing with some extremely stressful and life altering situations that affect [...]
John 3:17
Posted in Bible, Foundation, Hearing from God, Jesus, Life Lessons, Prayer, Salvation, Strategy on December 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you have been in church for any amount of time you have heard, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” To many, this is the bedrock of Christianity and they quote this scripture with zeal, with [...]
