This is very timely. This next weekend is the Prescott-area Truth Quest Youth Apologetics Conference. The theme this year is Truth & Unity.
Let us pray for unity in God’s Church, and please offer a special prayer for our youth.
Daniel
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for the Church to be united Biblically. I think today’s world often stress shallow unity. Sometimes the church can imitate the world where its the idea of unity at any cost, even with the sacrifice of sound biblical doctrines. That’s […]
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for Church’s Pastoral Search Committee. A few weeks ago for Sunday I had a post on “Pray for churches you know looking for a Pastor.” While it is important to pray for that I also think it is important to pray […]
I think this is the first congregation I have been in without any truckers, but we still have plenty of people who drive a lot. One of our deacons covers the southwest states for work, one is a police officer, and I drive about 200 miles a day 3-4 days a week.
I have known more than 100 truckers in my life. Most love the work, but it can be aggravating and stressful due to bad drivers, rude drivers, and weather conditions, not to mention time restraints on deliveries and time away from families and friends.
Let’s remember them before our God!
Daniel
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for those in your church who are truckers. This past week driving made me think a lot about truckers. So it got me thinking: What a privlege if the Church can pray for those who drive trucks. It’s not an easy […]
My wife and I made sinful mistakes in the relationships we had before we met. We went super-traditional courtship-style ourselves. We have counseled a few couples together, and I have officiated many more weddings.
This is something I think of regularly, and thus pray for engaged couples. Please join us. This world and Satan will put so much pressure on then- and already has been!
Daniel
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for those who are engaged to be married. This past week we had a couple over for pre-marital counseling. I consider it a privilege and serious responsibility with faciliating this as a pastor. But it got me thinking: What a privlege […]
If you have not seen pictures, it looks like an atomic bomb went off, or possibly like the Lord is moving with Israel in the wilderness! It is a fearful sight. Let us pray for this community and the loved ones who may suddenly have family and friends from their (especially if they are suddenly living together!)
Daniel
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for the Residence of East Palestine, Ohio in light of the Train Fire Disaster. Been hearing about this disaster of over a million gallon of toxic chemicals burned after the train derailed. They had to also burn it since there’s […]
This is a regular conversation, especially at Youth Group. We just discussed how evolution has led us to think we can know better than our predecessors in everything, even the people who literally walked with Christ. There are many issues that are rarely dealt with in public or refused to be acknowledged. True science leans into questions.
Daniel
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Talk to someone about the Problems of Evolution. February 12th is actually Question Evolution Day which happen to fall on a Sunday! But talking to someone about the Problems of Evolution could also be done on any Sunday. And given how the […]
Our church doesn’t have any newlyweds. The last two were two years ago. They did listen when I said to not focus on ministry but on each other (Deuteronomy 24:5) and studying the Bible (with groups us good!)
Though, having officiated hundreds of weddings, this has been on my heart for a long time.
Let us remember our newlyweds!
Daniel
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for those who recently got married in your Church. Someone in our Tuesday Bible study recently got married! It got me thinking: We as a church should pray for those who recently got married! We should pray for their direction of […]
As discussed before, we have sent one of our elders to pastor a small local church looking for a full-time pastor. I know of four churches whose pastors will be leaving soon, and, just in our town, six churches looking for a youth pastor or other leader. (Fortunately, we are a close-knit community of youth leaders. E help each other out.)
We need more men to step up to lead, getting educated and pastoring local flocks.
Daniel
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for churches you know looking for a Pastor. In 2021 I was guest speaking at a church that lost the two pastors that they had. This church had a Chinese Senior Pastor and an associate pastor for the English ministry. I […]
I happen to be presenting an outreach plan (among other plans) for our church. Our annual meeting is in a month, and we will be pushing more outreach work for our congregation.
It can be intimidating and even scary, but we know it is our calling as Christians. It is not as scary as dealing with an attack, but we must remember it may happen to us, too.
Daniel
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Praying for your church outreach effort. It might mean someone’s eternity with life and death (read to the end). Yesterday our church had an outreach for Asian Lunar New year. It was all day event (hence I haven’t been on […]
Our little congregation is blessed with a few elders who all preach (giving our Pastor Scott a Sunday off each month.) Our church tends to get guest music leaders!
I happen to be the guest preacher for a couple other smaller churches every so often, one of which we sent one of our elders to when their pastor of 35 years retired and they needed someone.
I don’t think many people realize the unique stress guest preaching can cause. The speaker can offer a one-off message (possibly even one preached before somewhere else), but the faithful preacher wants to know the hearers were blessed, that spiritual growth was offered, and that the home pastor is honored.
I was the fourth guest for our old elder after he took over that little country church. Apparently, the first three made that congregation very hesitant to have new people come in! They were either arrogant know-it-alls and/or spiritually abusive. Praise God I have been asked back seven more times already! (They even offered to have me step in to replace our guy when he needs to move on, especially as they hope to bring on a full-time pastor. He is currently paid as a missionary by our congregation.)
Of course, we also have to think about the hearers when a guest preaches. So let us pray for the guest, the congregation, and the pastor while he is gone!
Daniel
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for your church’s future guest speakers. Last few years it seems its been harder to find guest speakers for my local church. There’s many reasons for that. I think many fellow alumni from the Seminary went to are also also busier […]
Do we truly love the Lord our God with all our hearts, souls, minds, and strengths? Maybe I can help with the mind part, at least! This is Daniel M. Klem, apparent poet, reluctant yet passionate Disciple (Peter?), and foolish man attempting to understand theology!
a simple man of God 