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Here's the thing that can be difficult to wrap our minds around: If you make disciples, you always get the church. But if you make a church, you rarely get disciples.
Many of us serve in or lead churches where we have hundreds or even thousands of people showing up on Sunday. But we have to
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PLAN YOUR LIFE
A famous British writer George Bernard Shaw once visited a sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein at his studio. The visitor noticed a huge block of stone standing in one corner and asked what it was for. "I don’t know yet. I’m still making plans."
Shaw was astounded. "You mean you plan your
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Troy Brewer on Dec 15, 2002
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The Plan
People do not have any control over when they are born, to whom they are born.
The local, national or worldwide environment that they are born in. If Jesus is the messiah, the anointed one, God made to be a man that is here to complete a perfect task, then the time and place of his
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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Make no little plans; they have no magic to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2007
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Abortioninterferes with Gods plan a plan He willed before He created the universe. Abortion
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 7, 2007
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Illustration: A Better Plan
When in college Robert J , Morgan came across a poem written by a teenage girl looking for a husband. It was written as a prayer, and this is what she said:
Dear God, I pray all unafraid / As girls are wont to be
I do not want a handsome man / But make him, Lord, like
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NO OTHER PLANS
There is an ancient legend about Jesus’ ascension into heaven.
He is met by the angel Gabriel who asks him, "Now that your work is finished, what plans have you made to ensure that the truth that you brought to earth will spread throughout the world?"
Jesus answered, "I have
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Anglican
Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 10, 2002
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A PLAN FOR EVERYONE
In the opening pages of his autobiography, An American Life, Ronald Reagan writes, I was raised to believe that God had a plan for everyone and that seemingly random twists of fate are all a part of His plan.
My mother - a small woman with auburn hair and a sense of optimism
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Church Of God
NO OTHER PLAN
An old legend imagines Jesus arriving in heaven right after the Ascension, welcomed by all the angels. Then the angel Gabriel asks Jesus, "You suffered much, dying for the sins of mankind. Does everyone down on earth know it?"
"Oh, no," replied the Savior, "just a handful of folks
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 17, 2000
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Leadership is the ability to put the plans into practice, and to accomplish the specified objectives through the skillful management of people, time, and tangible resources. A good leader is one who is able to motivate people; one who is capable of making good decisions, even under pressure or in
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"An intelligent plan is the first step to success. The man who plans knows where he is going, knows what progress he is making and has a pretty good idea of when he will arrive. Planning is the open road to your
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Contributed by Eugene Morell on Jan 7, 2012
THE LORD'S GAME PLAN
After I had been a Christian for a while, I felt that I was being called ton the ministry. I figured that the Lord had made just about his biggest mistake by calling me. When I told Barbara about what I felt, I rejoiced when she told me that I couldn’t be a pastor because all
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Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Feb 22, 2003
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Illus: A family in the East was planning a month’s vacation to the West Coast. At the last minute the father’s work responsibilities prevented him from going, but Mom insisted that she was capable of driving and that she and the kids would go ahead. Dad got out the maps and planned the route and
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Paul Newell on Aug 28, 2001
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Serving is the plan or strategy of the church. It’s how we are to do “business”. Just think about how we talk about church…it goes against just about everything in this world…
We call our meetings “services”
We call what we offer – “ministries”
The funds we receive are
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007
Zookeepers in the Netherlands are planning to hook up Dutch and Indonesian orangutans over the Internet and believe the link could at some stage be used as an online dating service where apes could get to know one another and keepers could work out whether they
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 13, 2010
ACCEPTING THIS PART OF THE PLAN
Years ago, the church I was serving did a cantata, during which one of the choir members gave a brief testimony. He was a beloved man who had been battling cancer. After acknowledging that he had asked all the questions and experienced all the emotions he simply
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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ADVENT Scripture Reading for December
Prophecy
December 1 - Isaiah 9:2, 6-7
December 2 - Mark 1:2-3
December 3 - Isaiah 11.1-2
December 4 - Isaiah 61.1-2
December 5 - Matthew 24:36-44
December 6 - Jeremiah 33:14-15
December 7 - Zechariah 6:12-13
Preparations - Bethlehem
December 8 - Micah
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational