If you are just joining us, you can start back at the beginning of this series of posts here. Ministry with Jesus results in new provision. And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets […]
Ministry with Jesus doesn’t take on everyone at once. Five thousand men plus women and children. Five thousand men PLUS women and children. That is A LOT of people to feed. If you want to get overwhelmed quickly, start calculating the needs of the world. Spend even an hour at a soup kitchen, under a […]
If you are interested in reading this series of posts from the beginning, click here. Ministry with Jesus starts with what you have. (Part 5 of 7) This is a concept my husband and I are starting to call the builder budget. We live in a society that tends to look more at what we […]
If you are just joining us, you can start back at the beginning of this series of posts here. Ministry with Jesus sees and addresses the present need. Our God is compassionate, and His Son does only what He sees the Father doing. When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion […]
If you are just now joining us, you can read Part 1 of this series here and Part 2 here. Ministry with Jesus is REST! The plan that Jesus laid out for the disciples was rest. And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many […]
To start at the beginning of this series, click here. Ministry with Jesus happens in the desolate places. Just to solidify this point, in Mark 6, the story of the Feeding of the 5000 includes the words “desolate place” 3 times. It appears twice in the version in Matthew 14, and once in Luke 9. […]
Compared to the mountain top with God, the world around us, those valleys and houses we are called to minister in(see my Mountain Top post for more on this), can seem desolate. But, here’s the Good News: Jesus is found in the desolate places. That is where He is feeding His people. Now the […]
Our God is a mountain top God. It’s true. When Jesus speaks to His Bride in Song of Solomon Chapter 2, He comes to her “leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.” Then He calls to her and says “Arise, my love, my beautiful one and come away.” In a perfect parallel, in Mark […]
OK, I fully accept that this might ruffle some feathers, but hear me out… For quite a while I have struggled with the terminology “Joe-Bob got saved yesterday.” First and foremost, I struggle because, by my understanding, Joe-Bob got saved by the blood of Christ, same as you and me. That did not happen today. […]
The Beginning… We moved into our current home when my daughter was only a month old. Who has time for dinner parties with a one month old? And yet, now that my family had grown, my desire to fill that new dining room was growing too. It was so deep that I just couldn’t help […]