Our friend and mission partner Dave Berdan, who is the executive director of 37 Frank, a ministry of Strathroy YFC, comes to share his passion about the work that God has called him to.
Our friend and mission partner Megan Ratnam shares about what it means to make a difference as Jesus followers in the context that He has placed us in.
Just because our outer world may be in order, sometimes our thoughts and mind get away from us. It’s possible to turn off our computers, put away our chores, turn off our phones and take a break and still wear ourselves out on the inside. Anxious thoughts, work-think, negative thought cycles or overthinking can have the same stress response in our bodies as busy activities can. We may be resting from outer work while our internal world is physically torturing us. It's important to properly process our inner world by exposing our thoughts and emotions to truth – objective truth, as well as God’s truth.
Over this series, we are going to examine how to develop an intentionally slower pace. To slow our outer lives, our inner lives, to learn how to embrace stillness and listen to and connect with, the voice of God.
When we don’t take the opportunity to rest regularly, we operate our lives outside of the guidelines of the manufacturer’s recommendations and run the risk of experiencing things that God is trying to keep away from us: Stress, anxiety, worry, exhaustion, frustration…
Jesus lived with rhythm. He travelled, did the work of ministry, spent time with His disciples, but He also took opportunity to disconnect from the external world and engage His relationship to God.
What makes a man a man has been a very hotly contested topic in the last number of years… Instead of allowing men to be who they are, many men are being tempted to conform social pressures, abandoning their true identity.
There is a troubling social trend in the west that is afflicting men – social pressure, mostly through online personalities and those that follow them – to conform to a very narrow socially constructed view of masculinity.
I believe that we will be forced to live wisely and simply if allow generousity to shape our budget. If generousity is a priority of God’s and if what we have has been given to us by Him, then we should add generousity to our monthly budget.
Giving in Scripture has always been talked about in terms of first fruits. Basically speaking, whenever a harvest was gathered, the first and the best of the harvest was always given to God.
This week we are going to look at WHERE Christians should give… Who do we entrust with what God has entrusted to us?
Most people in our day and age give to causes that they are passionate about, and let me tell you, there are some weird causes out there…
God trusts us with His resources to channel every dollar to the right place, to please Him because ultimately, He is the source of all we have…
The New Testament outlines three places where a Christian should direct their generosity: The Church, the Poor, and the Gospel…
God owns it all, but He entrusts it to us. And God has some specific expectations with how we should steward what God has entrusted us with. God trusts us with His resources to channel every dollar to the right place, in order to please Him.
Whatever God has called and gifted you to do, your responsibility is to do it to the best of your ability knowing that you are serving God and accountable to Him. Don’t fall into the error that Martha fell into… pressuring someone away from their obedience to God because of socio-cultural expectations or theological interpretation.