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Pastor Steve Eden gracechurchok.com. This is my Bible. We are who it says we are! We can do what it says we can do! The truest thing about us is what God says about us. And He says: We are one body and one bread! Our differences make us stronger not weaker!
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Pastor Steve Eden gracechurchok.com
This is my Bible. We are who it says we are! We can do what it says we can do! The truest thing about us is what God says about us. And He says: We are one body and one bread! Our differences make us stronger not weaker! And We are united together in His Spirit & His purpose!
Resurrecting the Men of God Isaiah 32:1-2 1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, And princes will rule with justice. 2 A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, as a cover from the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, and as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Resurrecting the Men of God Character Traits of a “God-made man”: 1) He is a man of high degree and nobility
Resurrecting the Men of God From the Strongs Concordance: Princes – Headship of any rank/class, Chief Captain, General Mighty Men of Valour - Powerful Warrior, Champion, Valliant Craftsman/Smiths - Carpenter, Craftsman, Worker, Workman Apt for War – Those who make war, battle, fight or engage
Resurrecting the Men of God Character Traits of a “God-made man”: 2) He rules “well”
1 Timothy 3:1-5 1 This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; 3 not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; 4 one who RULES his own house WELL, having his children in submission with all reverence 5 (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
Resurrecting the Men of God Miles Munroe: “The key to the restoration and preservation of a sane and healthy society is the salvaging of the male, especially the fathers.”
Resurrecting the Men of God David Blankenhorn: author of ‘Fatherless America’ “Fatherlessness is the most destructive trend of our generation.”