Pursuing life lived W.E.L.L.
We've been talking about a making a devotional podcast separate from the church sermons to reach more people and this is the beginning of that project. To get it started I needed to use existing audio so I just posted a recent sermon to get Anchor podcast system setup. Watch for new content soon. https://anchor.fm/chris-teien/
Here are links to some spiritual gift and personality tests I like. The more experience you get serving the Lord the more effective these test are. It is fun to study spiritual gifts and consider what your gift(s) might be. The topic lists from GotQuestions.org are helpful. The first four resources and free and the …
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Songs to encourage and inspire you that our loving God is still in control and we can trust Him for our every need (even with the Covid mess). https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0R9mVmmNAAj8F9a58jiW7Q?si=-I2eOm0FQ5WCbW9gwIhYsg
This year I making more of an effort to help other church pastors and ministry leaders find helpful resources for their ministry. And by sharing my list with you it will be easy for me and my volunteers to remember where they are. I used to work in the marketing department for well known brand …
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Recently I shared how other people can encourage, inspire and speak wisdom from the Lord into your life just like the Apostle Paul did in the short visit he had with the Thessalonians before he was chased out of town. Pastor Peter West went to be with Jesus in 2011 but we used to go …
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I was cleaning out some files and found this newspaper clipping from my first full time ministry opportunity (1996). So thankful to Pastors George Kalb and John Fuller (now pastor of https://www.prairielakeschurch.org) for giving me the opportunity and teaching me so much. I've been serving in different ministries for 24 years and there are other …
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There are a ton of apps, program and resources out there. It's difficult to figure out what really works well. I am primarily writing this for my friends that ask me what resources I am using to accomplish my tasks and goals. I am church pastor and Christian man. This is what I find works the …
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I have been sharing these Connecting with God booklets for years with people of all ages. Here is a helpful instruction guide to give you ideas how to best share your faith using these booklets. Using a booklet to share the gospel is helpful because it takes the pressure off of you. You don’t have …
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Consider sharing your life with a kid in need. Kids need to be cared for and trained up to be successful in life. You may be able to help a child in crisis for days or weeks or months. Sometimes foster children become adoptable. Sharing your life and family with a troubled child can be …
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https://youtu.be/rHnSIHIg4XI For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 (NIV)
FamilyLife Ministries made a movie about the struggles of parenting and it is currently streaming on Neflix, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube and Google Play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i80XydPGpQE From http://familylifeministries.org/likearrows/about/ "When conflict, rebellion, and resentment overwhelm their family, Charlie and Alice are forced to rethink their parenting strategy. In the process, they realize how critical intentionality and focus …
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It is hard to find Christian movies on Netflix now that many of the producers have taken them to their own streaming services like Pureflix.com which is sad because I think Christian movies should be out in the public arena like Netflix so that non-Christians might have an opportunity to easily see them. I am …
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I've served as a church pastor for over 20 years and in that time I've seen the tragic results of people giving into sex/living together before marriage. A committed Christ-follower will not regret choosing purity over unbridled passion - beware that Satan uses lust and desire to trap couples. God created sex and it is …
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My favorite free Bible app is YouVersion. My favorite Bible Study PC Program is Wordsearch but their Android/iOS apps are lame. If you have a lot of money to spend Logos Bible Software and their apps are good but their books are high priced. I also have study Bibles I bought for Kindle & Google Play …
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I have been driving around with a big "I AM SECOND.com" sign on the back window of my truck ever since my adult son died of an accidental drug overdose in 2016. When people ask me what is "I AM SECOND.com" I tell them it is a website full of videos of famous and not-so-famous …
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I want to share this article from a pastors wife that was posted on Mother's Day a couple years ago. I know some moms who prayed for their kids and worked hard to raise them right and tried all they could to help their children become successful adults only to see their child make poor …
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