Browsing Archive: August, 2010

Don't Give Up!

Posted by Terry Reed on Sunday, August 29, 2010,

  Discouragement is one of the greatest problems facing pastors of small churches.  There are many things that happen that can get a leader down.  Unrealized expectations, you know, when you think something big is going to happen and it doesn’t.  Another cause is unkind and unappreciative church members who don’t always treat you the way they should.  Sometimes financial problems rear their ugly head and with no relief in sight, can really be discouraging.

  The list goes on and on.  Let...


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Charred but not Destroyed

Posted by Terry Reed on Sunday, August 22, 2010,

  A couple of nights ago we were in town at a local restaurant celebrating our oldest son’s 25th birthday.  When we left my wife checked her cell phone and saw a missed call.  It was one of her daycare parents (my wife runs a Christian daycare) so she called back expecting some news about one of the kids.  The message she got was stunning—our friend had seen fire trucks out in the country and went to see what was up and our place was on fire!  It wasn’t our house, we were assured but th...


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That's My Pew

Posted by Terry Reed on Sunday, August 15, 2010,

  In one small church I pastored there was an elderly man who loved for people to visit the church but who also loved his seat.  Occasionally a visitor would get there before him and sit in his favored spot.  When he came in he would go over and shake hands and introduce himself.  He would then say “That’s my seat.  Don’t move, you can sit there today, but that’s my seat.”

  Most people saw the humor—I mean he was an older guy and he was trying so hard to be friendly.  He just co...


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Fort Apache Pastors

Posted by Terry Reed on Sunday, August 8, 2010,

  I love John Wayne movies.  From the earliest black and whites to the final blockbusters before he died, the Duke was a masterful actor.  Although he played plenty of different roles, most of his movies were westerns and that’s how we tend to remember him.

  My favorite of the older ones is Fort Apache.  In this film, Wayne’s character is a captain in Apache territory serving under a colonel  (played by Henry Fonda) who needs to be somewhere else because he doesn’t understand the nati...


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The Urgent Need for Prayer

Posted by Terry Reed on Sunday, August 1, 2010,

  “Ask and it shall be given unto you.”  Those are the words of Jesus.  A promise with amazing implications.  Limitless resources available not because we work so hard, but because we ask.  It couldn’t get any better.

  So if all of that is true, why don’t our churches pray?  Many churches advertise a midweek prayer meeting but when you get there they take prayer requests, say one prayer over them, and then go on to other things.  Prayer is supposed to be a priority, but it is talked...


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