Ministry Updates

According to Dennis Rainey …

"We spend far more time preparing for the wedding and all the details surrounding that than we do for the marriage.  We spend more money on the wedding dress than we do on marriage preparation."

By a look at these statistics recently published -- I'd say he makes a strong argument:

• $72 billion per year is spent on weddings.
• The average wedding budget is $20,000.
• $1,016 is the average cost of wedding rings for the bride and groom.

To be sure every soon-to-be-married couple is ready to walk down the aisle in June ...

• Do we really understand what Jesus meant in Revelation 3:20, "Behold I stand at the door and knock ..."?
• Was the Lord's prayer in Matthew 6 intended for us to recite verbatim? 
• ­­­In Luke 5, Jesus healed the leper, but in Luke 15, he commanded him "tell no one."  Why would Jesus have told the leper to keep the good news to himself?
• In Ephesians 6:4, Paul tells parents to "Bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord."  What did Paul mean by "discipline" and "instruction"?  

These are tough Bible questions and who better ...

"I want ____________ "[fill in the blank]

There are a lot of things I want. There are, however, very few things I actually need.  A mentor told me about an easy way to refocus my thoughts so that I have a proper view of my wants vs. needs!  He calls it a "second of grace":

1. Stop. [Stop stressing and worrying ...]

2. Breath in.

3. Pause.

4. Breath out.

Think about it.  We have air ... and the ability to breathe.  This doesn't cost us anything.  And we've been doing it all this time without even thinking about it ...