Terry's Journal

Where is Jesus right now? He is seated at the right hand of the Father.

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Believers must find a place to commit to growing with other members of God’s family. A healthy Christian community is one that will be full of grace and patience.

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That is the incredible reality of the life of faith. Being a Christian is immeasurably more than right belief, acceptable behavior, and effective service.

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There is always a sense of clarity that comes with a new year.

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This Christmas season let's remember the baby that changed the world.

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We were made for such intimacy and are never satisfied with substitutes, regardless of how important they seem to be. We want Christ!!

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Countless well-meaning people seem to be trying to earn right standing with God by working tirelessly for Him.

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Gorden Fee describes in one of his books Israel as the People of the Presence. The phrase itself says it all. People of the Presence. Its worth writing again.

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Preaching a series of sermons on the Holy Spirit at Five Stones Community Church in Ashland, Ohio, I asked what it would take for the un-taming of the church.

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It has often been said that the church is like a football game. There are hundreds of people in the stands desperately needing exercise watching twenty-two people on the

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I constantly meet people who struggle with their self-image and sense of purpose.

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Presence of the Spirit among the People of the Presence. That’s certainly the core of the concern is it not? That sentence represents the deepest longing of my heart.

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In I Corinthians, chapter twelve, Paul used the human body as a metaphor for the church. He emphasized that there is only one body of Christ, which is the church.

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The distinction between lay and professional ministry has hurt the church.

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Many of our thoughts, feelings and misbeliefs are the product of deep wounds caused by significant people in our lives at times of vulnerability.

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Although talking about sin is unpopular in some churches today, it must be addressed head on.

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In our search for freedom we must consider several different aspects of truth. It is important that we realize some things about facing truth.

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The principle that "the truth will set you free" (John 8:32) has the potential to transform a person's life.

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God's people must become increasingly consumed with Jesus Christ. Through Him we have every spiritual blessing necessary for life and godliness. This includes not only su

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There is a truth that may not seem profound, but it is what been one of the most blessed discoveries of my life and has affected my entire understanding and experience of

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Few men and women press in to know the Lord genuinely until they are faced with suffering and trial. While the language of relationship and friendship with Christ graces

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It is essential to recognise that life and wholeness come exclusively from the Person and work of Jesus Christ. There are many instruments of healing available to believe

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You must seek the Holy Spirit's help on this journey to intimacy, surrendering to His presence and power. You need to tell the Spirit about your heart's desire and submit to His leading.

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I am convinced that every Christian has a longing to have a regular experience in the Lord's presence. That ache is evidence that people were made to commune with the Lord

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Quiet. I wonder sometimes if many of us even know what the experience of quiet is like. Especially today. We have so many ways in which technology has made our world even noisier.

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Every Wednesday evening, about 7pm, a gathering begins at our farm. Seminary students, university students, and a few people from the community draw together for fellowship, food, and time discussing the Kingdom of God. And of course, there is prayer.

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Most all of us spend time most days devotionally before the Lord. That’s good. But there are times when the longing within is for something more. A time with the Lord that is more focused, longer, allowing deeper fellowship and prayer. I believe that longing is actually the whisper of Christ inviting us, like his disciples long ago, to come apart.

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For the wounded healer, the very wound touched by Christ becomes the channel of healing he uses to touch another person. Wounds become the source of healing. What can be more like the ministry of Jesus than this?

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Eugene Peterson wrote a book entitled The Jesus Way. It is a good book, and the central theme, simply spoken is that the Christian life is about following Christ, (t

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It might serve us well, the next time we start down the road of doing judging one another because of some differences, to remember this list, to focus instead on all the wonderful ways in which we are united … and that it took the cross of Christ to make us that way. No small price for unity I’d say.

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