Ministry always surprises me. It goes like this – I start a new ministry, I hate it for a while, then I love. It was the same when I started a new church (although ‘hate’ is probably a little too strong here). A few weeks in and I certainly wasn’t enjoying it, and I was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘joy’
The biggest surprise at Neutral Bay is the kids
Posted: March 16, 2010 in college, lifeTags: joy, kids ministry, Neutral Bay
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It’s Your Time?!
Posted: December 3, 2009 in Jesus, lifeTags: 1 peter, book review, Jesus, Joel Osteen, joy, philippians, suffering
I happened to walk past this book in a book store a few days ago. Everything about this book makes me cringe. From the title to the cover, to the fact that it was number 7 on the highly questionable top sellers list at the book store. I know that Joel Osteen has a lot [...]
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth in to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade – kept in heaven for you, who through [...]
In one of the talks at Engage this year one of the speakers said this – Happiness is a cheap toy. Joy is an unbelievably powerful force. God is ferocious for your joy, but happiness is fickle. Happiness is a cheap toy. I can’t tell you how much I am seeing this to be true [...]
