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Happy Birthday, Rev. Billy Graham! Rev. Graham turned 86 this past Sunday when they had a special prayer meeting to prepare for the LA Crusade (Pastor Jim-Bob was there).
As you know, there will be a Billy Graham Crusade in Los Angeles (one of his last) from November 18 through 21 at the Rose Bowl. Because everyone knows and respects Billy Graham, including non-churchgoers, it is a wonderful opportunity to invite someone with you to come that might not go to church. They would possibly be more willing …

Listen to these words (Mark 8:34-35): “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.” Listen to the challenge that Bill Hybels received when he was a youth (from The Volunteer Revolution)
“For six months, take the great gamble. Follow the model of Jesus with reckless abandon. Take advantage of every opportunity to serve – …

Hold on to Jesus
Steven Curtis Chapman, James Isaac Elliot
Verse 1:
I have come to this ocean,
and the waves of fear are starting to grow.
And doubts and questions are rising with the tide.
so I’m clinging to the one sure thing I know.
Chorus:
I will hold on to the hand of my Savior,
and I will hold on with all my might.
I will hold loosely to things that are fleeting,
and hold on to Jesus, I will hold on to Jesus for life.
Verse 2:
I’ve tried to hold many treasures;
they just keep slipping through my fingers like …

God’s working in me … I have always been attracted to Jesus’ passion and his charisma. I’ve always wanted those qualities in me as a leader and as a person. But, recently, I have been realizing that these are all external qualities. As I seek to have a deeper, intimate connection with God, I am much more drawn to the internal qualities of Jesus … his character. In fact, I found that Jesus’ charisma came from his character.
In reality, character is so much harder to …

Have you ever had this thought? As you study more and more about a certain topic, you understand and learn that you know NOTHING about it! Perception-wise, you knew more about it than, before your pursuit of understanding more …
For example … I remember doing a sermon series on prayer once. I remember reading about 20 books on prayer. And as I learned more about it, I found out that I had MORE questions and that I knew far less about prayer than when I started …

Cool … got this plug-in for this blog. So, everytime I or anyone else who write in the comments, a Scripture reference, it will automatically link to the Bible online so that anyone can click on a reference and see what the verse(s) is.
Here’s an example: If I type, Proverbs 3:5-6, you can now just click on it and see the verse!
Nice! Oh, the translation that I have linked is ESV (English Standard Version) which is a pretty new translation. It’s a translation that is making …

It’s always good to gather with others in a home. I wonder what the 1st century church looked like. I wonder if it was all just them gathering at people’s homes, sharing their lives, doing life together.
It’s such a catch 22 isn’t it? We’re so busy to do “life together” and yet, that’s what we need because we are busy, to give us perspective.
In the company of people and hearing about other people’s lives, it gives meaning and purpose for your own life. I …