Author: Tom Nicholas
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Prelude Story: The One Who Knelt Before Jesus ever preached a sermon, healed the sick, or sent out disciples, He knelt.In a dusty upper room, hours before the cross, the One who had every right to be served took a towel and water and began washing feet. That’s what divine leadership looks like.It’s not just filled…
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Prelude Story: The Christmas I Was Ready For It was Christmas evening, and I was ready. I had prepared a family worship that would bring everyone together—multi-generational and multi-lingual. There were songs for the kids, carols for the adults, and readings in the different languages represented around our table. I had games for laughter, moments for…
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Prelude Story: When the Fence Went Up On the edge of town, two neighbors built side by side for years. One raised cattle; the other grew vegetables. They often traded—a sack of potatoes for a gallon of milk, a laugh over the fence. Then, one spring, the rancher put up a tall new fence. Not for…
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Prelude Story: The Church That Found Its Rhythm They didn’t plan it. It just happened. A few weeks after discovering their gifts, the little church began to move in sync. The woman with mercy began organizing meal deliveries for shut-ins. The teacher opened her living room for a short midweek Bible study. The encourager began writing…
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Prelude Story: The Church That Remembered Its Hands A small church had been praying for revival for years. They prayed for new families, for musicians, for young people to return. But most Sabbaths looked the same. One afternoon at prayer meeting, an older member said softly, “Maybe the people we’re praying for are already here—but…
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“We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us.”— 1 Thessalonians 2:8 “Jesus said to them, ‘Come and have breakfast.’ … When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Do you…
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“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”— Matthew 28:19–20 “Those who had been scattered…
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“How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent?”— Romans 10:14–15 “You are the light of the world. A…
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“So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the…
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“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.”— Romans 12:1–2 “Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth,…
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