As soon as any organization gets larger than the life of the organism that sustains it, it can begin to crush that organism, and the organism begins to die. Many of us have lived through that kind of experience at some point in our journey. As the Church, we never want to put ourselves in the position where we exist to provide certain “services” as an organization. To use a Biblical image, we must fight to sustain the organism that is the Church. Our goal as an organism is to be obedient to …

I want to encourage leaders to find a new expression and a new fragrance and a new passion from the realization of the brokenness around us. It will unlock a depth of intercession and heart cry that I believe is integral to the expression of worship, and God ends up looking awesome. Pursue that aspect of worship and have passion and integrity in your songwriting. From The Gut Songwriters - I would strongly encourage, however it works in your lifestyle, to dig from the deepest place of your guts when you …

"For by Him, all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whetherthrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by Him and for Him." (Col. 1:16). Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he …