Goals for the New Year

By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv The beginning of a new year is the usual time to set goals for cell ministry. Just like New Year’s resolutions, many churches set goals for growth and new leaders. But setting goals is only part of the process. When goals are...

Change

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org Over a year ago I met a guy who was going through a hard time. I invited him to worship at our church; we even had a popular athlete speaking. He declined. Just over a month ago I met him again, and he had fallen back into a hard...

Focus

By Pastor Rob Campbell, www.cypresscreekchurch.com Al Ries writes in his book, Focal Point, that there are four things you can do to improve the quality of your life and work. You can do more of certain things. You can do less of certain things. You can start to do...

Preparing for the Future Now

By Joel Comiskey A couple weeks ago, I had a very bad day. Nothing worked out right. I was crabby, indecisive, and critical. I didn’t sleep well the night before and it showed. By the end of the day, I welcomed a good night sleep. I started the next day with...

Final Encouragements for 2016

By Joel Comiskey We’ve come to the end of another year of blogging. We will start blogging again on January 09, 2017. We are thankful that we now have 25,000 people receiving the blogs daily in their email. God has truly blessed this ministry. I wanted to express my...

Dispelling the Dark Days of Christmas

By Pastor Rob Campbell, www.cypresscreekchurch.com The Christmas season can be a difficult time for many people.  Some are experiencing dark days of disappointment.  They connect with the words of Job: “I waited for the light, but darkness fell.”  Others are consumed...