by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! Sing to him, sing praises to him;...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Mar 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. | Deuteronomy 6.6-7 An...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Mar 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Mar 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Mar 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. | 2 Timothy 4:5 Leadership requires sacrifice. I have written about the specific stress of being a pastor before. I have heard many conversations and read many...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Mar 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. | 1 Peter 5:2–3 The above is...
