Ten Minutes on Sunday: 11-08-09 – Disciple?

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Disciple? When are you a Christian?

The problem most Christians have with their faith is that they turn their Christianity off and on.  Jesus said that people will know we are His disciples if we obey His teaching. 
This is my first attempt at a video blog.  I call it “Disciple?”    I enjoyed doing it and hope to do them regularly.

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Patience: 1st Ingredient of Growing Faith

Dear Friends of Life Connection Church,
I hope you have had a great week enjoying the cooler weather.  Chili, Frito Pie, Hot Chocolate, Holiday Brews at Starbucks, sleeping with the windows open under thick blankets, and of course….Football and the MLB playoffs.  This is a great time of year.  And with the weather we have had, [...]

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Thank God for Cheerleaders

weekly email to Life Connection Church in Euless, TX
Dear Friends and Family,
Thanks to reconnecting with old friends on Facebook I found out about the passing of a friend from High School this past week.  I had not seen Jan Burkhalter in over thirty years but I really felt I needed to be at the memorial service [...]

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God Changes Plans

weekly note to Life Connection Church in Euless, TX
Dear Friends and Family of LCC,
I hope you are enjoying all of the rain.  Here is one thing on which Lisa does not agree with me, I like cloudy days.  Is that weird?  I like cloudy days with a breeze…..  Is that a guy thing or a [...]

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One Community – We Need Each Other

Teaching Series: ONE Community – One Needs One – post 2 – Talk from Aug 2, 2009
Here is first post……
God created man and he created us to be in community with God and each other.  Even though we naturally pull away, and get alone, when we struggle,  aloneness is not the best thing to do.  [...]

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God Heals a Broken Heart w/ (Audio)

I like to call comforting verses or Scripture that you can look to for encouragement refrigerator verses.  You ought to have them around, or even better, memorized to pull out when you need them.  One of those is: 

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. Ps 34:18

Our Father in Heaven [...]

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9/11:Reminder We Are Not in Control

This is my weekly email to friends and family of  Life Connection Church in Euless, TX
Dear Friends and Family,
I hope you will take a moment out of your day to pray for all the people who have been hurt due to the most terrible events that occurred on Sept 11, 2001.  Wikipedia reports that including [...]

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“50″ – Time Flies Whether Having Fun or Not

weekly enote to friends and family of Life Connection Churchin Euless, TX
Dear Friends,
Well…I have been thinking about this off and on since 8/22/08….In the last few months the introspective thoughts have become more intense, the prayers more frequent, and dog-gone- it…the emotions about life in general have been cranked up and are much more urgent.  Tomorrow I turn 50.  [...]

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ONE Community – Created to do Life Together

In the beginning God said, “It is not good for man to be alone.” (Gen 2:18)  It is ironic that humans, when given the choice, tend to go in the opposite direction of what God intended.  When we try to use our own wisdom, our own feelings, we reject God’s wisdom.  And when we do, the Bible labels it pride and [...]

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The Secret of a Successful Faith

This is my weekly email to Friends of Life Connection Church, Euless, TX
Dear Friends,
Last Sunday at LCC was awesome.  We have pulled the church together into one service while we go through a new teaching series I am calling “ONE Community.”   We started out the series with Psalm 133:1, “How good and pleasant it is [...]

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God Wants to be in Your Details

Last night we had our monthly Iron Men meeting.  It is a group of men at our church who are committed to serving at LCC and being discipled in leadership.  They have each made a year commitment to serve, make a stronger presence at LCC, read a book a month, attend a monthly four hour meeting, and [...]

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ONE Community at LCC

Weekly Email to Life Connection Church in Euless, Tx
Dear Friends,
I am really excited about the next seven weeks in the life of Life Connection Church and beyond.  I remember the verse that God used to get me pumped about becoming a pastor was Acts 2:427-47.  It is a picture of the Christian Church and how [...]

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The Power of Being “ONE”

 weekly enote to friends and family of Life Connection Church in Euless, TX.
Dear Friends,
I hope this note finds you well.  There are many we know, and it may be you, who are not doing so well right now.  I pray for you and your strength to increase as you go through whatever is causing your anxiety at [...]

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weekly email to LCC – Why Do People See and Not Believe?

This is my weekly enote to friends and family of Life Connection Church in Euless, TX
Dear Friends,
I would like to start this note with a Thank You for your faithfulness.  Most churches experience some drops in attendance and giving in the summer.  That normally goes with the church territory and you plan for that in [...]

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Bringing the Mission Trip Home

We just had a group from LCC complete a mission trip to Chicago.  It was a working and serving trip organized by World Changers.  There were about 400 students and adults from all over the country who met to be God’s love with skin for the city of Chicago and to serve people who needed [...]

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Not Paying Enough Attn and Smack

weekly email to friends and family of Life Connection Church in Euless, TX
Dear Friends,
I hope this note finds you well…..Our Mission Team in Chicago is finishing up and will be heading back.  Please pray for their safety and comfort as they travel.  It has been a good trip.  Lives have been changed both for those who are serving [...]

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weekly email to LCC – Don’t Be Jealous of Mercy

This is my weekly e-note to friends and family of Life Connection Church in Euless, TX
Dear Friends,
I hope this day finds you well.  We are really busy at LCC.  Next week we have some adults and kids going to Kid’s Camp at Mount Lebanon and on  July 4 we have adults and teens going to [...]

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weekly e-mail to LCC – Unexplainable Peace

This is my weekly enote to friends and family of Life Connection Church in Euless, TX
Dear Friends,
I hope this note finds you well.  I know it already feels like summer outside, but the real first day of summer is not till this Sunday.  That’s right.  So click your heels together three times, turn around, and [...]

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weekly e-mail to LCC – Sent

weekly e-note to Life Connection Church
Dear Friends,
I am really excited about what is going on tomorrow away from the LCC church building.  We will be doing church tomorrow for Kids in the clubhouse of an apartment complex in Euless.  Thanks to 6 Stone Ministries , Beach Club Children’s Ministries and Apartment Life Ministries we have been [...]

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