Archive for May, 2007

My number one responsibility

May 11th, 2007

I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on what my number one responsibility is as a minister. Is it preaching, teaching, praying for people, visitation, counseling people, community outreach or helping the poor?
As I have reflected on this the Lord has been prompting from all directions with one particular verse - Mark 12:30. I have had [...]

Salvation offering

May 10th, 2007

Something the Lord placed on my heart last weekend was to take up a salvation offering at the end of my message.
What I mean by salvation offering is asking the congregation to write down the names of people they are praying for to be saved. The list of people might include family, friends, workmates and [...]

Right in the middle

May 8th, 2007

One thing that I am really conscious of lately is being right in the middle of God’s will.
I believe with all my heart that God has a plan and a purpose for each of us. And it is only when we find out what that plan is, and then persue it with all of our [...]

Prayer for Evangelism notes

May 7th, 2007

Here’s the outline of the message I did in church yesterday. It is titled “Praying for breakthrough in evangelism”.
1. Pray for your environment
This is the place where you spend most of your time or you feel God wants you to impact. It might be your street, workplace or school.

pray it will be a place [...]

Talent search

May 5th, 2007

Just a quick post before we head off to Merredin again.
Todays Our Daily Bread talks about God’s talent search. It looks at how God finds those whom He can use. Unlike shows like Idol or Star Search, He looks for different qualities.
It is worth a look. You can view it here
God Bless,
Dave

Head and heart prayers

May 3rd, 2007

I’ve been reading back over my prayer journal recently. This is where I record my prayer requests, my thoughts and the things God has been saying to me.
One thing I have noticed is that I pray different types of prayers depending on the situation. They could loosely be called head prayers or heart prayers. [...]