Family
Family Worship
Fathers have an enormous impact on their children’s faith and values. One of your most important ministries is worshipping with your kids! Consider the results of this survey: If both your parents worshipped with you regularly while you were growing up, there’s an 80 percent likelihood that you’ll worship God regularly as an adult. If…
Read MoreOur Vision For Youth Ministry
If the statistics are true, up to 75% of the population of Zambia are children and youth under 20 years of age! To break this down a bit more, we are told that 49% of the population is 15 years old or younger. This all means that there are approximately 8.25 million young people in…
Read MoreHow To Walk Worthy of Your Calling
In our series on Discovering the Church we have looked at four pictures of the church. We have seen the church as a family and the goal is maturity. We also saw the church as a field – the goal being the quantity of our fruitfulness. We have seen the church as a building the temple…
Read MoreThe Church Is A Family
Nothing brings more joy than the birth of a child. The goal a family has for a child is not just that a child is born, but it is to see the child grow to maturity and to live a productive life. There is great joy in watching the early development of a baby – the first…
Read MoreI Am The Door
Owners of the house come through the door! If you see someone climbing through the bathroom window in the dark of night – its a pretty good possibility that its either your teenager trying to sneak home after curfew or it is a thief! We moved to Kitwe in May 1993 and moved to a…
Read MoreThe Compassionate Forgiver
In our text John 8:1-12 we read of a woman caught in an adulterous relationship who is dragged to Christ. Through this story we see Christ revealed as the Compassionate Forgiver! We all need to receive that forgiveness that only He can offer. In these verses we will discover five attitudes that unlock for us God’s response to…
Read MoreGoing On To Spiritual Maturity
Becoming a Christian happens when you turn from your sin to Christ and receive God’s forgiveness by faith Jesus. John calls this being “born again” (Jn. 3:1-18). Birth is a wonderful thing but ecoming a Christian is just the beginning of a new life. God’s plan for His children is that they go on to…
Read MoreYour Greatest Threat – It May Not Be What You Think!
Do you battle with pride like I do? I bet you do (even if you are too proud right now to admit it! 🙂 Someone has said that they view pride is the source of all other sins… I think they are right. How about joining me in a little self-evaluation. Consider the following: Pride…
Read MoreSix Tips For Successful Parenting
How would you define a home? Perhaps you would give me your street address, describe your house – the style, how many rooms or the color of your gate. The dictionary defines a home as a family or group of people who live together, it is the place where somebody feels he or she belongs.…
Read MoreBelieve: One Man’s Journey of Faith
We have all faced moments of desperation! The circumstances in life spirals out of control right past all of our human wisdom and ability. In such moments we are painfully aware that our resources, our influence, and our position in society are useless to meet the need. It may be a personal illness, or the…
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