Love Your Church

2021-06-01

It is time for us to recapture the New Testament's vision of Christ's church. I am happy to commend Tony Merida's timely book, which is a clarion call for us to fall back in love with Christ and his church.

Author: Tony Merida

Publisher: The Good Book Company

ISBN: 9781784986094

Category: Religion

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How to grow in love for your church. God calls us to be "devoted to one another in love" (Romans 12:10). What does this look like for us today? How can we be the kind of church member who makes a real difference? This engaging book by Tony Merida explores what church is, why being part of it is exciting, and why it’s worthy of our love and commitment. He sets out eight privileges and responsibilities of a church member: to belong, to welcome, to gather, to care, to serve, to honour, to witness and to send. As we see how wonderful it is to belong to God’s family and be a part of his amazing witness to both the earthly and the heavenly realms, we’ll grow in our love for and commitment to our local church. This is a great book for every churchgoer to read, whether they’re new or have been attending for some time but need re-energising with God’s vision for the local church. With a discussion guide at the end of the book, Love Your Church is also a great resource for small groups.
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Husbands Love Your Wives As Christ Loves The Church

2020-11-17

Lord, I know you said husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it, but you don't know Quinta. She's lazy, she doesn't clean up, she doesn't cook, the house is dirty, dishes are piled up in the sink, ...

Author: Reginald Joseph

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

ISBN: 9781645695509

Category: Religion

Page: 106

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In this heroic tale of Love, courage, commitment, and awaken through brotherhood, this Manuscript shows how communication cannot exist without understanding, and power isn't achieved without knowledge. Remarkably so, at 33 years of age Reginald Joseph Jr. with this book, embodies the essence of fellowship in the church, the marriage, our friendships, and more importantly ourselves, by using theology, psychology, and sports references to send the readers on a Christ awakening note journey. Based on true events, he writes a love letter to the church and to marriages around the world using personal experiences and entendres to convince a body of believers of their true superpower in strength in numbers, and unity. With his platform, Reginald writes out his thesis sermon to the masses, and provides a business plan for the community/ communities to save a sleeping nation. Highlighting hometown heroes; in this first, of a two book series confronting the new age. This book is a must have.
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You Love Your Daddy Don t You

2008-03

In the few months since I began attending this church, I have come to love the pastor, Reverend John Wolfe, and his wife, Reverend Judy C. Wolfe, Associate Pastor and Grief Counselor. I already cared for the chaplain, who first led me ...

Author: Sarah Harrison

Publisher: CCB Publishing

ISBN: 9780980919141

Category: Family & Relationships

Page: 315

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"Mama, something terrible is wrong with me. There is blood in my panties!" Those were the words of seven-year-old Sarah. Mama told her she must have fallen or something and not to worry. Sarah went away feeling sad; her chance for help was gone! It was Sarah's alter, Susie, who had been sticking pencils and other items in her private place. Susie had come when Sarah was only four years old. Susie had become Daddy's 'special' little girl by sitting on his lap. In return he gave her a dollar for any change she had. Daddy played with Susie's pee pee and it was Susie that slept in the upstairs bedroom with her fourteen-year-old brother. Later in life, two other alters would appear. "You Love Your Daddy, Don't You?" is told through the memories of Sarah. It reveals a child's determination to survive despite profound emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. This was compounded by constant neglect from both parents. About the Author: Sarah Harrison has written several articles for the Women's Institute for Incorporation Therapy's monthly newsletter as well as articles for spiritual magazines. She also volunteers as a mentor in a local school system, helps with special group activities in an assisted living home, and provides guidance to troubled parents and teens on www.experts.com. After the death of her husband, Sarah Harrison moved from Atlanta, Georgia in 2007 to a suburb near Charlotte, North Carolina to be near her grandchildren. She has joined Harrison United Methodist Church and is active in Youth Group, Emmaus, Epiphany, and Faith Partners.
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Organic Outreach for Churches

2018-05-22

If the members of your church are will- ing to embrace the Word of God as truth and as their roadmap for life , there is still hope that they can be led into world - changing outreach . Question 2 Does your church love people and long ...

Author: Kevin G. Harney

Publisher: Zondervan

ISBN: 9780310566083

Category: Religion

Page: 201

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Nearly all churches and ministries consider themselves dedicated to evangelism, and many explicitly include outreach in their mission statements. But few are actually bearing fruit. Kevin Harney diagnoses this problem and offers guidance for multiplying the outreach impact of churches. Organic Outreach for Churches provides direction for local congregations to weave evangelism into the fabric of the church. Commitment to the Great Commission is not simply about sending money and prayers to missions or holding occasional events to reach out (although these things are good). Organic outreach happens when evangelistic vision and action become the domain of every ministry and the commitment of every person in the congregation. This will not happen accidentally. There is huge spiritual and practical resistance to such changes. But the only way evangelism will become an organic part of a church is when every leader and each member is gripped by a commitment to proclaiming the gospel. This book is a roadmap for pastors and leaders who wish to infuse evangelistic passion into every aspect of their church's life.
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Church One Pilgrim s Progress

2016-02-16

rattled off four bits of perfect advice: “Love God, of course. Love your people. Serve them. Teach them.” When I began writing this book, I asked my father the same question, and he was equally succinct, paraphrasing Jesus: “Love God ...

Author: David Rowe

Publisher: Lulu Press, Inc

ISBN: 9781329782402

Category: Religion

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Part memoir, part theology, this book is an affirming theology of Church, built on the stories of one pastor's life in ministry. David Johnson Rowe has served churches throughout the Northeast. His love for Church is grounded in scripture and experience.
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God Really Is A Woman

2010-07-01

Ephesians 5:25-33: “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it:” If a husband chooses to love his wife, how will his wife respond? She will feel loved. She will feel joy.

Author: Virgil Leroy Pace

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

ISBN: 9781453515334

Category: Religion

Page: 68

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God Really Is a Woman When we say God is really a woman, we have come to this conclusion by both Scriptural proof and logic. God is perfect in all things. Therefore He is perfect in logic. We see in the Scriptures that God is three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Jesus speaking to His twelve apostles said in Matthew 28, “Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel, baptizing in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” The popular belief is that the Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus. The scriptures show that the Holy Spirit is the Mother which we will see. The Holy Spirit descended from the clouds in the form of a dove. What a wonderful, beautiful picture of the blessed Holy Spirit Mother. We cannot learn the truth of God from the manuscripts. A lifetime of study of them wouldn’t reveal the truth of the Holy Spirit. It has been lost in the translations. But not in God’s Word. Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my word will not pass away.” The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, (Father, Son, Mother), is a perfect picture and example of a perfect family by which every family should strive to imitate.
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Change Your Church for Good

2007-02-04

This is what Paul is referring to in Ephesians 5:25–27 when he says, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, ...

Author: Brad Powell

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

ISBN: 9781418552695

Category: Religion

Page: 320

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The church is the hope of the world when it's working right...and therein lies the problem. Most aren't. This has led both Christians and non-Christians to give up on the church entirely; it has led many others to give up on all existing churches-and maybe even start new ones. But all church can and should be transitioned to a new life. A church is never beyond hope. This book will provide principles and practices that can lead to a resurrection of any church, in any setting. It will provide the inspiration and information needed to lead a church successfully through the necessary changes of tradition and culture without compromising God's timeless truth. When this happens, the church will once again be what God intended...the hope of the world.
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Leadership in Small Churches

2021-02-25

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORS My attendance in the City Council meeting was in response to an ongoing, heartfelt burden that I needed to get out of the church more often, meeting people and learning about concerns of families in our area.

Author: Kelly Malone

Publisher: Lexington Books

ISBN: 9781793629777

Category: Religion

Page: 151

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Leadership in Small Churches inspires and equips men and women who are called to serve in churches of less than 100 people, which are the majority of churches in the United States. Small churches in the United States suffer from a lack of leadership. On the one hand, there is a shortage of leaders. On the other hand, leaders who serve faithfully sometimes feel ill-equipped to carry out their calling due to inadequate training, especially a lack of training specific to small churches. This volume provides guidance from scholars and practitioners with experience in small churches. Because of their experience in and commitment to ministry in small churches, these writers are well qualified to discuss the breadth of topics in this book. These topics include developing vision, handling conflict, pastoral care, preaching, discipleship, ministry to youth and children, missions, and identifying and training leaders.
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A complete Body of practical Divinity being a new improvement of the Assembly s Catechism To which are prefix d some memoirs of the Author s life with his solemn form of covenanting with God With a preface by J Smith

1723

Am not I directed and commanded by God himself , to fet before me the love wherewith Chrift loved his church , as my example , for my imitation , how I ought to love my wife ? Epb . v . 25. Hufbands , love your wives , even as Chrift ...

Author: Thomas DOOLITTLE

Publisher:

ISBN: BL:A0019175650

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