Author: pdbarringer
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A2B: 2 Ways to Engage in Our New Series at Kfirst
Life isn’t about destinations. It’s about the journey. The journey helps us move from where we are today (A) to where God wants us to be (B). We like to start endeavors. We like to complete them. It’s the journey in between that we don’t look forward to. Many times, the process from A to…
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Razor Sharp: 6 Ways to keep your marriage sharp
From the beginning of this, please note something: Marriage is hard work. In saying that, I want to pose a question: Are we working too hard on our marriage? Before you fire off emails, posts, rebuttals, etc at me, I want to work out a thought that came out the other day. It stemmed from a simple saying:…
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Social-Media Church: 8 Reasons why you should encourage your congregation to post while you preach.
I’m a proponent of social-media. Like it or not, it’s here and we have an opportunity to utilize it as an amazing tool for our preaching. The words “Hear, O Israel” in Deuteronomy 6:4 tells us that God wanted his instructions to have the maximum reach. He didn’t want anyone to miss out on what he…
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Self-Hurting Marriage: 7 Things we do every day that are actually hurting our marriage.
Something I learned a long time ago, when it came to my body, I was eating what I wanted and doing what I wanted not worried about the physical outcome. It lead to an unhealthy lifestyle that, because of an accident, empowered my doctor to give me some sobering news that changes needed to happen.…
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Confessions of an Insecure Pastor Part 2: 10 Things that definitely are NOT a waste of time for pastors
I’ll begin this post like my last in this series: My name is Dave. And I am an insecure pastor. Insecurity, defined, is the lack of confidence in oneself; the state of being open to danger. For generations, pastors have been fearful to admit this struggle, let alone, talk about it openly. I’ve been told it will…
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2-Minute Devo Series: Book of James Day 19
Thanks for joining us for our journey through James. Take the time to read to the passage of the day and spend some time afterwards in prayer. Todays passage: James 5:13-20 Are any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You should sing praises. 14 Are any of you sick? You should…
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2-Minute Devo Series: Book of James Day 18
Thanks for joining us for our journey through James. Take the time to read to the passage of the day and spend some time afterwards in prayer. Todays passage: James 5:7-12 Dear brothers and sisters,[a] be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall…
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2-Minute Devo Series: Book of James Day 17
Thanks for joining us for our journey through James. Take the time to read to the passage of the day and spend some time afterwards in prayer. Todays passage: James 5:1-6 Look here, you rich people: Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you. 2 Your wealth is rotting away, and…
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Confessions of an insecure pastor: 4 reasons why I shouldn’t preach all the time.
My name is Dave. And I am an insecure pastor. It’s the truth about many people, let alone pastors. Defined, insecurity is the lack of confidence in oneself. Also, it’s the state of being open to danger. Put that together in a pastor’s life, you’ve got someone who struggles with their own strengths and weaknesses…
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2-Minute Devo Series: Book of James Day 16
Thanks for joining us for our journey through James. Take the time to read to the passage of the day and spend some time afterwards in prayer. Todays passage: James 4:11-17 Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters.[a] If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But…
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