Pastors, Preach The Word of God...

I can’t impress this on you too strongly. God is looking over your shoulder. Christ himself is the Judge, with the final say on everyone, living and dead. He is about to break into the open with his rule, so proclaim the Message with intensity; keep on your watch. Challenge, warn, and urge your people. Don’t ever quit. Just keep it simple.

You’re going to find that there will be times when people will have no stomach for solid teaching, but will fill up on spiritual junk food—catchy opinions that tickle their fancy. They’ll turn their backs on truth and chase mirages. But you—keep your eye on what you’re doing; accept the hard times along with the good; keep the Message alive; do a thorough job as God’s servant.  

2 Timothy 4:1-5 MSG 

How Successful People Win by John Maxwell

I just finished John Maxwell's How Successful People Win. It answers questions about learning from losses, because it can help you win. Most of us need someone to help us figure out how to do that. If that is your desire—to become a learner from losses—you need to change the way you look at losses, cultivate qualities that help you respond to them, and develop the ability to learn from them. You can do that using this road map:

• Cultivate Humility: The Spirit of Learning
• Face Reality: The Foundation of Learning
• Accept Responsibility: The First Step of Learning
• Seek Improvement: The Focus of Learning
• Nurture Hope: The Motivation of Learning
• Develop Teachability: The Pathway of Learning
• Overcome Adversity: The Catalyst for Learning
• Expect Problems: Opportunities for Learning
• Understand Bad Experiences: The Perspective for Learning
• Embrace Change: The Price of Learning
• Benefit from Maturity: The Value of Learning

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The Blessings of Obedience

The Blessing of Obedience to God and His Word

Found in Deuteronomy Chapter 4

• Long Life
• Success
• Peace
• Mercy
• Justice
• Wisdom
• Understanding
• Nearness to God
• Answers to Prayer
• An Inheritance
• Manifestations of God
• Victory Over Enemies
• Prosperity
• Blessings Upon Offspring

Tithing is a Key to receiving...

Malachi 3:8-12 

Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me! “But you ask, ‘What do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?’

“You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me.9 You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating me. 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test! 11 Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease. Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. 12 “Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be such a delight,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.