5 signs of a dying church

* Attendance Loss

People stop attending and inviting others. They don't feel the same passion they felt when they first started attending or the burning desire they had when they were young. Quite frankly, they are not excited about their church or what is happening there.

* Attendance Leveling

I hear a lot of preachers say something like, "We've been running 300 quite regularly lately". They say that like it's a good thing, but in reality that's a bad thing. They've been running 300 for the last five years. That's not momentum...

* Offerings Have Recently Dropped

If people have stopped paying their tithes or regular giving to the church, that means that either they don't trust their minister with the money or they don't share the ministry's vision for their church. As a result, they're not being a supporter financially.

* No hanging around/fellowship after service

Every church I have been a part of, has always had wonderful fellowship of the members and their guests after the worship service had ended. Many are the times that the person locking the building up, had to tell people it's time to leave so he could go home. Have you noticed over the years that some people like to scurry out the door and leave immediately, instead of staying for a while and enjoying fellowship with their brothers and sisters in the Lord?

* Youth Group numbers declining.

Young people have a keen ability to recognize something that is real from something that is false. At least when it comes to faith, and whether or not people really love them or not.

Whether they know it or not, the young people of our generation are seeking after parental figures and role models. If the church is loving, caring, and reaches out to these young people, it will most likely have a Youth group that is growing exponentially.

5 signs ऑफ़ अ द्यिंग church

* Attendance Loss

People stop attending and inviting others. They don't feel the same passion they felt when they first started attending or the burning desire they had when they were young. Quite frankly, they are not excited about their church or what is happening there.

* Attendance Leveling

I hear a lot of preachers say something like, "We've been running 300 quite regularly lately". They say that like it's a good thing, but in reality that's a bad thing. They've been running 300 for the last five years. That's not momentum...

* Offerings Have Recently Dropped

If people have stopped paying their tithes or regular giving to the church, that means that either they don't trust their minister with the money or they don't share the ministry's vision for their church. As a result, they're not being a supporter financially.

* No hanging around/fellowship after service

Every church I have been a part of, has always had wonderful fellowship of the members and their guests after the worship service had ended. Many are the times that the person locking the building up, had to tell people it's time to leave so he could go home. Have you noticed over the years that some people like to scurry out the door and leave immediately, instead of staying for a while and enjoying fellowship with their brothers and sisters in the Lord?

* Youth Group numbers declining.

Young people have a keen ability to recognize something that is real from something that is false. At least when it comes to faith, and whether or not people really love them or not.

Whether they know it or not, the young people of our generation are seeking after parental figures and role models. If the church is loving, caring, and reaches out to these young people, it will most likely have a Youth group that is growing exponentially.

My Destiny

वहत इस माय देस्तिन्य?
वहत ऍम इ मदे फॉर इन थिस वर्ल्ड?
वहत पथ हस गोद चोसें फॉर में?
दो इ त्राद ओं ठाट पथ,
और हवे इ वीरेद आवे फ्रॉम आईटी?
दो इ सुब्मित म्य्सेल्फ़ व्होल्ली तो हिम अस अब्राहम दीद,
और दो इ चूसे तो हवे आईटी माय ओवन वे?
थे पथ इ त्राद उपों नो,
इन वहत वे दोएस आईटी इन्फ़्लुएन्के माय वर्ल्ड,
पोसितिवेली?
और पेर्हप्स नेगातिवेली?
तेरे अरे सो मानी क़ुएस्तिओन्स इ ओउघ्त तो आस्क म्य्सेल्फ़,
बुत थें थे लिस्ट इस एन्द्लेस.
थे स्पेशल गरचे ऑफ़ थे अल्मिघ्टी, जेहोवाह शम्मः,
इस वहत इ नीद तो सी में थ्रौघ.
थिस इस अबाउट में,
वहत अबाउट यू?
शालोम.

Faithfulness in our calling

He went out to meet Asa and said to him, 'Listen to me, Asa and all
Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with Him. If you
seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will
forsake you.'" - 2 Chronicles 15:2

Asa was the king of Judah from 912-872 B.C. He reigned for 41 years and
was known as a good king who served the Lord with great zeal. He
reformed many things. He broke down idol worship to foreign gods; he
put away male prostitutes and even removed his own mother from being
queen because she worshiped an idol. The Scriptures say that as long as
he sought the Lord, the Lord prospered his reign.

However, Asa was not totally faithful in his calling. There came a time in his life when he made a decision to no longer trust in
the God of Israel. He lost his confidence in God as his deliverer. The
prophet Hanani came to Asa to inform him that God's blessing was no
longer on his life because of an ungodly alliance he had made.

Were not the Cushites and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet when you relied on the Lord, He
delivered them into your hand. For the eyes of the Lord range
throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully
committed to Him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you
will be at war (2 Chronicles 16:8-9).

There are no guarantees that if we began well we will finish well. The life of Asa tells us this. It is only through God's grace
that we can be faithful to our calling. Each of us is capable of
falling away from God. Pray that God will keep you faithful to the
purposes He has for your life. He strengthens those whose hearts are
fully committed to Him.

· A leader is one who has the courage to dream, the ability to organize and the strength to execute the action necessary – Bill Newman

· A leader is simple one who knows where he /she want to go, gets up and goes. – Bill Newman

· A leader is one who creates, natures and sees his idea to maturity that others may follow suit- Paschal Onuorah

· Every leader needs to spend time in solitude and reflection – Bill Newman

· A leader is someone who readily accepts idea and utilizes them for beneficial purposes. – Paschal Onuorah

· A leader is he who is ready to serve and not be served - Paschal Onuorah

· A leader must be a visionary - Paschal Onuorah

· Dynamic leadership is always fired by vision – Bill Newman

· A leader is one who has the courage to dream, the ability to organize and the strength to execute the action necessary – Bill Newman

· A leader is simple one who knows where he /she want to go, gets up and goes. – Bill Newman

· A leader is one who creates, natures and sees his idea to maturity that others may follow suit- Paschal Onuorah

· Every leader needs to spend time in solitude and reflection – Bill Newman

· A leader is someone who readily accepts idea and utilizes them for beneficial purposes. – Paschal Onuorah

· A leader is he who is ready to serve and not be served - Paschal Onuorah

· A leader must be a visionary - Paschal Onuorah

· Dynamic leadership is always fired by vision – Bill Newman

Vision Part 1

· Your vision or dream is simply your view of what life would be like if certain current needs are met. – Bill Newman

· Your vision is that revelation given to you by God which with determination and doggedness, its actualization can be set in motion -Paschal Onuorah

· Vision creates power – Bill Newman

· Vision is that resolution whose actualization will be beneficial to the world around you. Paschal Onuorah

· Vision is a comprehensive sense of where you are, where you are going, how you are going to get there, and what u’ll do after you get there – Bill Newman

· Vision creates an atmosphere for impossible possibilities – Paschal Onuorah

· Vision is about dreaming dreams about the future – Bill Newman

· Vision is seeing the big picture and personally painting apart of it – Bill Newman

· Vision is being challenged by the world around you and bring compelled to make a mark on it though the force of your own ideas, personality, resources and desires. Bill Newman

· Vision is the camp fire around which people will gather – Bill

· Newman

रेसुर्रेक्टेद FAITH

"थें हे रेअचेद आउट हिस हैण्ड एंड टूक थे क्निफे तो सले हिस सों" (गें २२:१०).

तेरे अरे तिमेस इन ओउर लिवेस व्हेन गोद ब्रिंग्स अ टेस्ट तो सी इफ वे अरे रेअद्य तो पुट तो देअथ थे वैरी थिंग ठाट गोद प्रोमिसेद वे वौल्ड हवे. सुच वास थे केस इन थे लाइफ ऑफ़ अब्राहम विथ इसाक. इसाक वास थे प्रोमिसेद सों. येत, गोद सैद तो रिसे थे क्निफे तो सक्रिफिस हिम इन ओबेदिएन्के तो गोद.

व्हेन गोद ब्रिंग्स सुच अ टेस्ट इन्तो ओउर लिवेस वे उसुअल्ली हवे अ चोइस. निठेर चोइस इस अत्त्रक्टिवे. ओने चोइस विल ओफ्तें सल्वागे सम आस्पेक्ट ऑफ़ थे विसिओं. थे ओथेर चोइस विल तोताल्ली किल थे विसिओं फ्रॉम ओउर पेर्स्पेक्टिवे. होवेवर, ठाट इस थे फैथ देसिसिओं. ठाट इस थे ओनली देसिसिओं फ्रॉम गोद'स पेर्स्पेक्टिवे.

इफ वे चूसे थे फैथ देसिसिओं ठाट किल्स थे विसिओं - वे विल विटनेस थे रेसुर्रेक्तिओन ऑफ़ थे विसिओं सुपेर्नातुराल्ली बी गोद. ओउर ओवन फैथ विल बे लौन्चेद इन्तो अ व्होले न्यू दिमेंसिओं. हे विल रिसे उस उप इन आर्डर तो स्पेअक थ्रौघ ओउर लिवेस इन ठाट एक्ष्पेरिएन्के. गोद ओफ्तें ब्रिंग्स ठाट परसों इन्तो अ वैरी पब्लिक मिनिस्ट्री.

होवेवर, इफ वे चूसे थे लेस्सेर देसिसिओं, वे विल रेसिडे इन अ लेस्सेर वाल्क विथ गोद. गोद विल एक्सेप्ट थे देसिसिओं बुत तेरे विल बे कोन्सेक़ुएन्केस तो ओउर फैथ जौर्नी. हे कान्नोत ट्रस्ट उस विथ अ बिग्गेर विसिओं बेकाउसे हे सीस ओउर ओबेदिएन्के इस मोवे-अबले बसेड ओं ओउर पेर्सिवेद कोन्सेक़ुएन्केस.

इफ वे चूसे थे लेस्सेर देसिसिओं थें गोद विल ओफ्तें ओर्चेस्त्रते ओथेर इवेंट्स इन ओउर लिवेस ठाट अरे देसिग्नेद तो डेवेलोप ओउर फैथ तो अ लेवल ठाट विल अल्लो उस तो मके थे राईट देसिसिओं थे नेक्स्ट टाइम.

पेर्सप्तिओं इस नो reality

"The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken." - Job 4:१०

In the advertising business we often say that "perception is reality"
for the person who views our advertising message. It does not matter
whether the audience believes the message to be true, only that they
perceive it to be true. Their actions will be the same whether they
believe it or only perceive it.

The enemy of our souls is very good at this game. He may bring on us what we perceive to be true when it is a lie. It may appear that
there is no way around a situation. He may bring great fear on us. When
we buy into his lie, we believe only what we have chosen to perceive to
be true. It usually has no basis of truth. Such was the case when Peter
looked on the waters during a night boat journey with the other
disciples. At first glance, he and the disciples screamed with fear,
thinking that what they saw was a ghost. It was actually Jesus.

Satan's name means "accuser." He travels to and fro to accuse the brethren. He brings an impressive front to all he does, yet behind
that front is a weak, toothless lion with a destination that has
already been prepared in the great abyss. He knows his destination, but
he wants to bring as many with him as possible; so he often has a big
roar, but little bite.
The next time some event comes into your life that creates fear and trembling, first determine the source. Look past the emotions and
evaluate the situation in light of God's Word. Perception is not always
reality.