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I'm not happy.  I'm restless, fidgety and having a hard time focusing on anything.  My soul is troubled and my mind is perplexed.  The status quo is unacceptable and I refuse to pretend everything is OK when it's not.  If things continue this way, I'm done. Most Pastors would be content with a congregation of 200+, no debt on the church, hitting all of our goals for the past year, a

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As I typed the title to this week's post I thought to myself "this could ruffle some feathers" I'm not trying to ruffle feathers but I really want to generate some discussion on this topic because I hear the phrase "move of God" dropped from the mouth of preachers and congregants alike. Usually it's in a context as follows:  "We really had a move of God last Sunday" "What our church really needs

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The Cowardly Lion in the "Wizard of Oz" story lacked what many of us lack at times when it comes to facing things head on - Courage.  Remember his #1 hit? "Yeah, it's sad, believe me Missy, When you're born to be a sissy, Without the vim and verve But I could show my prowess, Be a lion, not a mowess If I only had the nerve." Truth is, we are all born with a level of courage.  We aren't born to

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All I wanted for Christmas this past year was a GPS and my wife got me one (see picture below).  A month later it was stolen and since it cost substantially less than our homeowner's insurance deductible, I wrote it off as a loss.  It probably won't make a dent on my itemized deductions, but life goes on.  This week, Gwen and I are taking a couple of personal days on the central California

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This year I have been challenging our church (Fountain of Life - Phoenix, AZ) to Be Intentional in all we do, especially when it comes to staying on mission.  You cannot be a follower of Christ and divorce yourself from His commission to make disciples of the nations.  As I frequently say to the people at FLI, "The Great Commission is not Optional."  Yet while most followers of Christ understand

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Yesterday I got into an intersting email discussion with some colleagues about the attention span of a congregation, specifically a Pentecostal/Charismatic one.  In 2009, former Presidential Advisor David Gergen was inteviewed by Bill Hybels at Willow Creek's Leadership Summit and stated that the most effective speeches were 15-20 minutes in length.  He further stated that if a speaker goes

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I am in Happy Jack, AZ this weekend with my wife's family celebrating my father-in-law's 70th birthday.  About 25 miles somewhere south of here, AT & T has service.  That simply means I have no connection to the world via my smartphone.  My kids quickly point out that if we had Verizon we would have service.  It's a tired argument with me.  I'm not switching.  I was finally able to wrestle my

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This past Saturday night I had a dream that had profound spiritual significance.  I shared it with my congregation Sunday morning, but I thought it would be good to blog about it for those who may not have been there.  In this dream I was with our congregation for weekend services.  I saw many of our current congregants as well as many new faces I had never seen before.  (Hopefully this

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Last week I began a series a messages at Fountain of Life that I have been preparing for months titled "Extreme Makeover - Home Edition."  I was really disappointed that because of a technical glitch, only the last 6 minutes of the message got recorded.  With that, I thought I would post the sermon transcript in its entirety here on my blog page for those who may have missed the message and want

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Ah, the joys of getting older.  At (almost) 42, I am roughly at the half way point of my life.  From this vantage point I have now seen multiple generations - how they act and how they think - and even though I understand a lot of what culture brings to the table with each generation, there are still some things I don't get.  I've been chewing on this for a while and some of the things on this

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Gen 3:8"...Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden." NKJV Sunday morning during an amazing worship time at our church I received a revelation about relationships.  For thousands of years the only realy way to communicate with an individual in a relational context was to speak face to face.  Letters could be written but could not replace

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Below is an article I wrote for The Pentecostal Messenger which was published in the June, 2010 issue. Patience When we moved into our current home in 2005, we inherited 3 trees that graced our back yard. Problem was, with half the yard taken by a rather large swimming pool, we needed more space for our 5 kids to have room to play. Since the next door neighbor wasn’t willing to give us any of

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A few weeks back I was walking throug Home Depot and saw an end cap display promoting low flow shower heads.  My mind went back to a Men's Camp our church did several years ago in Prescott.  The campground had these low flow shower heads installed to suposedly save money on water.  My brother-in-law, who is in the plumbing wholesale business had been to this campground the previous year and

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Jerry Zovne closed out camp with a talk about Lifestyle Breakthrough.  Our Lifestyle determines our direction which determines our destination. Giving is not a Sunday Event Working for Whom? Feelings?  Yes, you have Them Love is a Verb Giving is not a Sunday Event (Luke 11:39-42) Develop a militant attitude about giving.  Find a need and give aggrssively, not when I.... (Ps 82:3-4)  The

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Marty Hatley opened the morning session after an great season of worship.  Subject "Work."  Work by definition is an exertion or effort designed to accomplish something.  God isn't going to do everything for us.  We have to do our part in the relationship.  Prov 22:15 - We all have areas of foolishness in our lives that need to be driven out by the rod of discipline.  We exert effort with God

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Barrier-Breaking Worship led by Jason Chavez and Mike Mrozinski. A great, extended time in God’s Presence. Sam Casey batted lead-off for the morning sharing from his heart 3 questions God asked him  What do we want God to do in our lives? What does God want to do in our lives? What’s in our life that’s stopping God from doing it? (Ps. 139:23-24)  Tim Condon was next, speaking from Deuteronomy

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A major wreck on Hwy 260 delayed many of the guys for several hours. 10 of us went to dinner at a local dive called “Nik L Niks Fish and Chips.” It was really quite good and I think our tips were a blessing to the sole proprietor running the place. We came back to camp for some worship and sharing about our expectations for the weekend. Some of the thoughts were…… God is setting the guys up for

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A round of a modified version of "21" (Basketball) with BRandon Bowman, Matt Nord, Colin Wendt, and Brandon Painter.  Young Mr. Painter wins.  I feel old.

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I'm blogging this weekend from the FLI Men's Camp from Camp Shadow Pines in Heber.  Keep checking back for periodic updates as the weekend progresses.  We will also be posting updates and pictures on the FLI Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/edit/?id=110911168929875#!/pages/Phoenix-AZ/Fountain-of-Life-International/110911168929875 Had a great ride up with James Roberts, Peter and

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The Four Faces of Me Ps 139 – I am fearfully and wonderfully made Prov. 30:24-28 Until we know who we are we will not know how to relate to other people. We are in ministry because we love people. Some become bitter towards people over time but we have to remember what we are called to do. Solomon wrote down the 4 personalities in Proverbs 30 – characteristics and how they function. A

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I'm honored today to be attending a confnerence with 3 up and coming leaders from my church.  I'm going to post things as we go along today that hopefully will speak into your life.  The guest speaker today is my good friend, Russell Hylton - Pastor of Bethel Family Worship Center in Indianapolis, IN.  Hope you enjoy the thoughts. Psalm 127:1-5 Sons, Not Servants If God doesn't build the house

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I love John Mayer's hit song, "Say."  It has a nice melody and a catchy, smooth groove to it, but recently I examined the lyrics.  Check this section out: Have no fear for giving inHave no fear for giving overYou'd better know that in the endIts better to say too muchThen never say what you need to say again Think about the last 2 lines.  I think JM was trying to declare that sometimes it's

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Several years ago I read a book from Willow Creek titled “Becoming a Contagious Church” which illustrated the gaps that exist between the unregenerate (unsaved, lost, unchurched, far from God…whatever description you choose to use) and God. The author described the vast cultural chasm that exists and has to be bridged before individuals will become open to hearing about the life changing

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This afternoon, Gwen and I were at lunch with a new couple from our church and I got a phone call from the school nurse where my two youngest boys attend.  A call from the nurse usually means a stomach ache or a headache to which we can easily say, "Give him some Pepto or some Tylenol and send him back to class."  Today was different.  My youngest son, Chandler (who is the most accident prone of

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