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If you're anything like me, then the chances are that you've had your fair share of struggles as a leader. These obstacles can be frustrating but in reality, aren't so much an issue to overcome rather than the everyday bumps in our careers and personal lives; this is what I write about on my blog.
That verse was never about your suffering.
God will never give you more than you can handle” isn’t in the Bible. Here’s the verse Paul actually wrote instead.
No building this Sunday. Same 10:30 message.
Reader, quick update before Sunday. This week, Mars Hill Anywhere is online only. No in-person gathering. If you were planning to walk through the doors Sunday morning, save the drive. The building is closed. The service is not. CHECK YOUR SOURCE, Week 1: More Than You Can Handle You did not fail the test. You were handed a weight that verse never promised to keep off you. “God will never give you more than you can handle” is not in your Bible. What is in your Bible is a temptation verse,…
God never promised manageable trouble.
God never promised this would be manageable. New series starts Sunday testing five sayings mistaken for Scripture.
Grief does not require a death.
Good morning, Reader. Four days from now, Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church walks into a room with Mars Hill Anywhere for the first joint service either congregation has held in years. That is not a small thing. Two pulpits do not share one microphone by accident. This Sunday: The Gathering The Gathering: One City. One Savior. One Worship Experience. This Sunday, Mars Hill and Ebenezer combine into one 11:00 AM service, done by 12:30. Tag-team welcome and announcements, one combined worship…
Ebenezer and Mars Hill share a room again.
I was gone. Not glancing-at-the-phone gone. Actually gone. And Mars Hill Anywhere did not fall apart without me, because this was never supposed to run through one man’s exhaustion in the first place. Family. Friends. This church. You pushed me out the door and then held the ministry down while I was out of pocket. That is not a small ask, and you did not treat it like one. Thank you. Homegoing: Vevely A. Parker Before anything else this week, we hold a family in our arms. Our sister, Vevely…
One sentence stops you from finishing everyone else’s wall.
One sentence stops you from finishing everyone else’s wall.
The Shovel You Keep Handing Them
The people closest to you are planting your future harvest. Galatians 6:7-8 on choosing who still gets access to your life.
Honor them. Don’t obey them. Two different words.
Honor them. Don’t obey them. Two different words, and the gap between them is where your whole life happens.
Put it down. It was never yours.
The stronger you are, the longer it takes anyone to notice you’re drowning.
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