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The church was dying. More steeped in tradition than Scripture, it was failing to meet the heart needs of the people.

I often tell people that my greatest weakness in ministry is often me. I am sure that many of us feel at times that the greatest hindrance to accomplishing something is ourselves, and this proves true in ministry as well.

God has designed our bodies to respond instinctively to a variety of situations.

“I think that one of the problems for you, students is that you are not thinking about this material outside of class." That was the rebuke one of my professors recently gave to my classmates and me, and it was a point well taken.

We often spend more time trying to figure this mystery out than we do getting ourselves ready for what He might have planned. In fact, I’m fairly confident, sometimes He is actually waiting on us to ready ourselves before He directs us.

"It may be useful, but is it true?"

Because we live in a culture that constantly asks, 'What's in it for me?' sometimes we need to address that in the gospel, perhaps more clearly and frankly than we sometimes do.

Persecution. The mere utterance of that word has the potential to deflate any conversation because it is a word that scares.

We use our conversations best, then, by using them for the Lord's purpose, which is to accomplish the Great Commission.