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So I was pretty stuck Monday and Tuesday with the message for Sunday. Frustrating but fortunately I’ve learned to not be quiet about this when this happens. God will use other people to help if you let them all know you need help.
Enter Georges Boujakly and the Creative Team. Georges [...]

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I have a love-hate relationship about my time in the Army. Hated the 18-20 hour days. Hated being in the woods 20 to 30 days at a time. Hated the cold, wet marches with 45lbs of gear on my back. Hated the food for the most part. We had a [...]

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The journey of the Harvest thus far:
The Past 30, The Next 30
A Little Sacrifice Now…
Why The Debt And Why Now
Exodus 36:5
A Gentle Rebuke
So what happened Sunday? We had over 17k dollars come in towards the debt…which means there is 19k left…which means in the span of 9 months we’ve gone from 100+k in debt [...]

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This Sunday we’ll wrap up our I Want A New Marriage and we’re going to talk about sex. We’re also doing a Q & A session…so things could get a little interesting!!!
While I was at the Convention this week I was asked – don’t you get tired of preaching the anti-sex sermons? [...]

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Some quotes from Sunday’s service…
From Lynn’s reading:
My husband does not deserve my resentment, but my respect and my love. He may never come to church, I don’t know, but I am content to leave the future up to God.

God never meant for me to handle this in my own power anyway and trusting in Him [...]

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Last week I preached on Ephesians 3 – the mystery of God and how our mission as the mystery is to make known the mystery. KNOW being more than just intellectual assent, but rather an experiential…well…experience. To taste and see that the Lord is good. Today was another example for me. [...]

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Good night…I’m hoping this is just a season for me but I can’t seem to write anything worth posting lately.
Busy? Yeah, but who isn’t, right? It’s not really busyness that’s kept my blog quiet as of lately. Actually, pace has gotten better in the last few weeks. I’m getting [...]

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One of things that I’m starting to see and feel happening at WH concerns eggshells. As in walking on them. I’ve never been very good around eggshells. (insert your sarcastic comment here, Wayne.) I don’t even like it as a color.
It’s loosening up here. That’s a good thing. [...]

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What I’ve learned thus far….
1. I’m not going to accomplish half the things I thought I would this year.
I’m not sure if this is because I’m the only paid pastor on staff or just the normal course of transitioning for a new pastor. Maybe both. I don’t think this is necessarily a [...]

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Yesterday we took a pretty big risk. Well…it felt like a risk at the time. It played out.
Instead of preaching/teaching on the discipline of silence, we just did it. We sat in silence for a little over 13 minutes. Afterwards, I kind of gave some pointers of how to [...]

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