Hurt people, hurt people. Healed people, heal people. #healing

The footprints of past faith steps with the Lord give you confidence to step into the new ones He’s leading you to take today. #faith

Make sure that when it’s time to coast that you can trust the current you’re in. #rest #peace

Doubt isn’t the absence of faith. In many ways it’s the evidence of it. #faith

Religion = behave → belong → behold Gospel = behold → belong → behave

You’re an underrower not the Captain In Acts 26:16, when Jesus met Paul on the road to Damascus He appointed Paul as a servant, which means “underrower on a gallery ship.” Know your role…there can only be one captain. #leadership

How to NOT survive a storm (Acts 27) -Ignore warning signs -v7 -Go with the flow -v15 -Reject counsel -11 -Look for wants not what is right -v13 -Give up hope -v25 -Neglect yourself -v34 -Hold on to anchors -v40 -Stay with a sinking ship -43 #discipleship

Don’t measure success by the response of others. In Acts 28 Paul, possibly the greatest evangelist besides Jesus, was rejected by the majority of the people in his last recorded “sermon.” Some even left before he was finished. Success is measured by faithfulness, not fruitfulness

Build the temple before the wall… When the remnant returned to Jerusalem they rebuilt the temple well before they rebuilt the city walls making a counterintuitive statement to everyone…”the Lord is our fortress!”

Nehemiah reminds me that a leader doesn’t only get angry or weep about the problem, but gets their hands dirty to discern solutions and courage to implement them. #leadership

Lord, forgive us for the countless times we use Your words to build things that you want to tear down.

“The light that shines the farthest will shine the brightest at home.” -Dr. Oswald J. Smith

“When little men cast long shadows, it is a sign the sun is setting.” -Walter Savage Landor

“Every great man is an actor of his ideal.” -Jordan Peterson

“Success” can lead to our failure. Too much of a good thing is a sure fire way to cripple any healthy organism. One of the easiest ways to sideline anything is to give it what it needs in excess.

In the Temple, everyone contributed to keep the brazen altar fire burning. Not everyone could be a priest or afford to donate a lamb or oxen, but everyone could bring wood. How does this apply today?

Repetition can embed meaning into a person or breed a familiarity that strips meaning from it. The same mountains one person longs to see are ignored by one who sees them everyday.

“When God’s work is done in God’s way for God’s glory, it will not lack God’s support.” -Hudson Taylor

We love to “earn” because it feeds a false value in us that our worth is found in what we do, not whose we are.

11 Keys to Preparing Your Heart for Worship youtu.be/wuctWU9UjJw