Dancing with truth and peace
Monday
July 2015
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Lead Yourself
The prophet Samuel anointed Saul as king, mentored him, prayed for him and served with him. Saul wore the crown humbly and honorably for a while, but the longer he wore it, the more it wore him. He grew paranoid and prideful, so God rejected him as king. Samuel was devastated. His nation faced an […]
Thursday
May 2015
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Your Church, Your World
This is an article I originally wrote for the Christian Standard. I knew how the game worked. Someone would walk into our church office, request to speak to a preacher, ask for prayer, and then tell a dramatic story of misfortune. They needed money and they needed it now. Their sister was dying of […]
Wednesday
February 2015
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog, Lead Yourself, Your Family
The size, desperation and persistence of the crowds surely felt suffocating to Jesus. You can’t blame the crowds. If you had a chance to be healed, hear spectacular teaching and catch a glimpse of the one rumored to be the hope of Israel, you’d go running and pushing too. So how would Jesus keep a […]
Tuesday
January 2015
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog
The word “calling” spooks us. We imagine some sort of mystical, magical poof that leaves us with an intricate path for our future. But when it doesn’t pan out this way, we feel directionless. I do believe that God sometimes clearly calls us in extraordinary ways. He told Paul to go to Damascus and find […]
Wednesday
January 2015
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog
Do you have any “sighers” as friends? When things don’t go their way, they let the whole world know by emptying their lungs with a tremendous exhale. Go ahead. Try it. It’s kinda fun. I doubt Jesus sighed often. Joyfulness and patience filled his heart. Habitual sighers lack both. But there was a time in […]
