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God Can Use a Person Whose Heart Is Like This

 
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God Can Use a Person Whose Heart Is Like This

By Craig Groeschel (Bible Gateway Blog)

Years ago, I heard a pastor tell a story that I'll never forget. This seasoned preacher described how each week, after the Sunday service, he'd stand by the door of the church to greet people as they left for their cars. He described the joy of hugging the grandmas and high-fiving the younger kids week after week. The pastor admitted openly that he loved when his parishioners would praise his message, complimenting him on how God used him to speak to them.

But then the pastor described an encounter he had with a guy ...

 
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Forgiveness: Pulling Out the Snake's Fang

By Deborah Liu (Bible Gateway blog)

On June 17, 2015, Polly Sheppard attended Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. That night, Dylann Roof, a self-professed white supremacist, arrived and spent an hour in the study with his victims before pulling out a gun during prayer time. In all, he shot 12 people, nine of whom lost their lives, including Emanuel AME pastor and State Senator Clementa C. Pinckney. Polly witnessed her friends being gunned down in front of her, and when Dylann reached her, she recalled him saying, "I'm not going to shoot you. I'm going to leave you here to tell the story."

Dylann Roof wanted to start a race war that day. He chose Emanuel AME—also known as Mother Emanuel, the oldest AME church in the South—as the spark to ignite that war. But what he encountered was something wholly different....

 
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Craig Groeschel

Am I a Kingdom-Minded Leader?

By Craig Groeschel (Bible Gateway blog)

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. —Albert Pike

A while back, I bumped into an older lady who recognized me as the pastor of Life.Church. She explained that she was a member of another church in town. Although I didn't know her pastor well, I said that I'd heard a lot of great things about him. She responded, "Wow! I can't believe you're speaking well of the competition." Shocked, I explained that in no way did I view her church as a competitor. She shot back, "Well, your church is definitely our competition...."

 
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Dallas Willard Daily Devotional- August 31, 2022

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We serve others in love through our discipleship

Pastors are sent to make disciples of Jesus, apprentices to Jesus in kingdom living. Life is primarily devoted to work. All legitimate work is devoted to the creation of value, of what is good to a lesser or greater degree. That was God's plan. He not only creates; he creates creators—you and me. One of the saddest things in human life is the desecration of work in a loveless world. Discipleship to Jesus, properly guided by pastors, enables individuals to find in their work a divine calling and see the hand of God in their efforts to create what is good and to serve others in love.

From Knowing Christ Today: Why We Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge. Copyright © 2009 by Dallas Willard. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers.

 
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