The Phone Call I Should Have Made
Greg May talks about thankfulness on the Energion.com Podcast. Just because people work without expecting anything in return doesn’t mean we should fail to thank them.
Greg May talks about thankfulness on the Energion.com Podcast. Just because people work without expecting anything in return doesn’t mean we should fail to thank them.
Pastor Patrick Badstibner is founder of World Prayr (on Twitter). Pat has been providing us with a monthly blog post, but I’m pleased to be able to present this blog post, the second in a series of four weekly posts by Pat, to our Energion Publications family. Check the World Prayr organization and the World Prayr devotional blog as well. …
Energion Publications is pleased to announce a book signing and relaunch event with Dr. Lonnie D. Wesley, III for his book The Seven: Taking a Closer Look at What It Means to be a Deacon. This event will take place at the Tracy B Gallery, 1216 North 9th Avenue, Pensacola, FL on Saturday, July 1,…
‘Tis God who gives the skill, But not without [human] hands: [God] could not make Antonio Stradivari’s violins Without Antonio. -George Eliot (woman poet/writer) It is the strange paradox that our work is something we do; yet it is only a manifestation of God’s work in us, expressed in the Latin koan: orare est laborare…
… or perhaps you shouldn’t. I’ve known many pastors who didn’t want to preach stewardship sermons, or “money sermons” as they’re often called. The congregation doesn’t want to hear about money. They’d rather be encouraged in various ways. I’ve also known many pastors who claimed they were totally unafraid of the money sermon. They claimed…
From Dave Black Online: It is God’s prerogative to realign our lives to bring more glory and praise to His name. (David Alan Black is author of three Energion titles: Why Four Gospels? (just released), Christian Archy, and The Jesus Paradigm.)
The Psalms are a wonderful book, not only for the many things we can learn from them, but because they provide us with something to read or to pray for almost any mood and any occasion. When we’re down, there are laments (Psalm 28). When we’re up, there are short, lively praise Psalms (Psalm 150). In trouble, we find prayers for safety and rescue (Psalm 140). Ready to meditate? Look for Psalms of wisdom (Psalm 104), telling you of God’s power (Psalm 29), his law (Psalm 19, Psalm 119), and his covenant (Psalm 89). Angry? You can even find some Psalms with a tone of vengeance (Psalm 137). Overcome by temptation? There are Psalms of penitence (Psalm 51, Psalm 32). (The Psalms in parentheses are just examples.)