You know the little sample vials of perfume you sometimes get in a store? Well, a pastor I know made use of a number of those in a worship service. Let me tell you about it.

This man was preaching from 2 Corinthians 2:15: “For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved, the fragrance of life.”

Anyway, he got enough of those perfume samples so everyone got one when handed a bulletin that read, “Do not release the perfume until told to do so.” Then during the message this pastor painted his picture of us being the smell of life to a dying world.

When he finished, he asked everyone to release the aroma by breaking the tiny neck of the perfume vials. It was beautiful! I’ll never forget the sensation, how it brought life to the minister’s words.

 

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I am grateful that I continue to hear how positively readers are responding to my latest book entitled The Sermon Sucking Black Hole—Why You Can’t Remember on Monday What Your Minister Preached on Sunday. This book is available at Amazon.com by clicking here.

In this book, I offer some solid tips to the people sitting in the congregation to help them remember what their pastor has said from the pulpit.

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You will find a variety of other helpful resources for pastors and congregations at the Mainstay Ministries website. Please click here.

 

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The Chinese invented paper about 105 A.D. So, paper has been around for quite a while. Still, it surprises me how few people bring anything to write on when they attend church. It’s as though they assume nothing worth writing down is going to happen. Those whose faith is vital, more often than not, bring paper and take notes on Sunday.

Let me get you to quickly examine your expectations about church this coming weekend. All right?

Will something special happen? Might you possibly need to write down someone’s phone number to call to see how he or she is doing? Is it going to be business as usual, so don’t worry about it this week at the church? Or, maybe it will be a time when the Lord works and He may want to make use of your gifts.

I’m saying to you, be prepared. Take a pen and paper just in case.

 

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I am grateful that I continue to hear how positively readers are responding to my latest book entitled The Sermon Sucking Black Hole—Why You Can’t Remember on Monday What Your Minister Preached on Sunday. This book is available at Amazon.com by clicking here.

In this book, I offer some solid tips to the people sitting in the congregation to help them remember what their pastor has said from the pulpit.

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You will find a variety of other helpful resources for pastors and congregations at the Mainstay Ministries website. Please click here.

 

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Film is most amazing. It can take you backwards in time or thrust you forward into the future. As long as we have filmmakers, our lives won’t be limited to the present.

The church also has this amazing ability to transcend time. Recently, I took a man back in time to meet Jesus. It was no trouble at all. The two of us, through prayer, bowed together before Christ on the cross. I chose that place in time, over 2000 years ago, because this fellow needed his sins forgiven. Well, he named what he had done and prayed, “Jesus, please let the blood you’re sharing wash me clean.”

And by his testimony, not just mine, that’s exactly what happened. Most amazing, heh? Christ’s great act of love was suddenly once again right here and now.

 

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I am grateful that I continue to hear how positively readers are responding to my latest book entitled The Sermon Sucking Black Hole—Why You Can’t Remember on Monday What Your Minister Preached on Sunday. This book is available at Amazon.com by clicking here.

In this book, I offer some solid tips to the people sitting in the congregation to help them remember what their pastor has said from the pulpit.

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You will find a variety of other helpful resources for pastors and congregations at the Mainstay Ministries website. Please click here.

 

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When I spoke at the baccalaureate service at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New York, I was also invited to a meal at the home of the college president. The food was delicious, and a dignified man in kind of a butler’s coat served a dozen or so of us around the table. This man was very polished in what he did.

Before dessert, the college president introduced our waiter, who was an employee at Eastman Kodak in Rochester. In fact, some of the beautiful table-settings were his. And, every year for over two decades, he played the role as servant to servants of the Lord at this given meal. How marvelous, heh?

I witnessed a powerful silent sermon on servanthood by a churchman that day. I don’t think I’ll forget it for a long time.

 

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I am grateful that I continue to hear how positively readers are responding to my latest book entitled The Sermon Sucking Black Hole—Why You Can’t Remember on Monday What Your Minister Preached on Sunday. This book is available at Amazon.com by clicking here.

In this book, I offer some solid tips to the people sitting in the congregation to help them remember what their pastor has said from the pulpit.

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You will find a variety of other helpful resources for pastors and congregations at the Mainstay Ministries website. Please click here.

 

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