Church as a Community Grounded in Prayer
More people, according to a lot of research out there, claim to be spiritual rather than religious. Being religious means that you observe all that your established religion requires of you. For example, you show up for worship services and all other Church activities. All that isn’t bad! But, the struggle is whether you’re only doing […]
Healthy Churches Are Outward-Focused
Healthy Churches are outward-focused. They also have the other four markers I discussed in my previous articles: hospitality, inviting, generosity, and disciple-making. Our scriptural foundation is Acts 1: 8, But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea […]
Heathy Churches Are Disciple-Making
Healthy Churches are disciple-making, in addition to being hospitable, inviting, and generous. Let us read Matthew 28, 19-20, Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus told them to go. When they saw him, they worshipped him, but some doubted. Jesus came near and spoke to them, “I’ve received all authority […]
Healthy Churches Are Generous
Healthy Churches are generous, in addition to being hospitable, and inviting. They have members to whom giving is a part of who they are as a Church. Let’s start with this Scripture as the foundation for our short reflection, The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully […]
Healthy Churches Have Members Who Are Inviting
Healthy Churches have members who are inviting. Let’s look at Romans 15: 7-9. It’s a passage that you may have heard of a lot, especially these words: Welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. ESV. Since the New Testament original texts were written in Greek, the original Greek word […]
Hospitality is a Marker for a Healthy Church
Hospitality is a marker for a Healthy Church. What’s a Healthy church? Good question! We should start defining what a healthy church may mean. Of course, the concept of “healthy churches” is found nowhere in the Bible. The only place, however, and where we can get an idea of how a Healthy should operate is […]
Community Helps You Experience Healing
In addition to faith, the renewal of the mind, and a sense of freedom, community also plays a role in help us experience personal healing. In my previous articles, I discussed the following: How your faith can help you experience healing. How renewing your mind can help you experience healing. How having a sense of […]
Freedom Helps You Experience Healing
Another critical element of personal healing is a sense of freedom. That’s in addition to faith and renewing of the mind, which I discussed in my previous articles. Find them here: Faith helps you experience healing. Your mind helps you experience healing. So, what kind of freedom do we then need for us to experience […]
Your Mind Helps You Experience Healing
Renew your way of thinking, and you can experience healing! Of course, as you may agree with me, faith is key to our healing, which I discussed in my previous article. Yes, faith helps us experience healing. [bctt tweet=”Also, know that faith is a mental exercise.” username=””] In other words, faith is something that takes […]
Faith Helps You Experience Healing
You may have heard that Jesus can heal, or still heals even today. Of course, that’s something you read about in the Bible. Probably, you’ve read it as many times as I have. Also, perhaps, you’ve prayed with and for people asking God to heal. If you’re like me, I prayed twice and for many […]
