Random reflections from a modern day pastor.
-
Discipleship Forces Change!
When we consider the word, “discipleship”, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Is it more to do? A challenge to your status quo? Perhaps an inconvenience to what you want? Those may very well be the negative thoughts that creep into our hearts, but is that not where the Holy Spirit…
-
What do you follow?
Disagreeing with God’s Word is a common theme not only in today’s culture; but in the time it was written because it always challenges the way humanity “thinks things ought to be”. This continued disagreement to the Word of God only makes it more difficult for us to submit fully; but it NEVER changes what…
-
Will you do one thing?
Faith requires that each of us accepts that we are not in control, and that in the admitting of that truth we are presented with a real opportunity to understand Who is! However, asking God to “prove” that He is real continues to be a challenge that is not only seen all over scripture, but…
-
Are You Task Oriented?
Focusing on ONE task at a time is often one of the most difficult things that we may face today. In a world where we are graded by one another on how well we “multitask”, we have to stop and consider what Jesus tells a crowd of people who followed Him in John 6:26. He…
-
Will you trust His will?
Wouldn’t it be great if we could walk on water? Just think about the time we could save being able to cross the smallest lake without needing alternate transportation! While it might be easy to focus on the “convenience” of something, we need to see (because we can easily miss it) that not everything…
-
What do you need?
One of the most often celebrated miracles of Jesus in John 6 is the feeding of the 5,000 men (which implies that there were far more people present than just 5,000 people). However, what if we examined this event not from the “satisfaction of our bellies”, but from the standpoint of praising God for what…
Got any book recommendations?
Pastor T.J. Conwell 