Issue #292
1/3/2007
To fulfill your life mission, get in shape in 2007
by Rick Warren
To live out your full ministry potential in 2007, you'll have to take care of your body to the best of your ability. God doesn't want us to worship our bodies, but he does want us to care for them. With a new year kicking off this week, this is the time to start getting healthy. [more]
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Are you a good steward of your health?
by Tamara Quintana

We'd all like to say that we're prepared to go wherever God asks us. While we might be spiritually ready to follow God's call, Tamara suggests we may not be prepared physically. She believes we need to broaden our idea of stewardship beyond money, time, and talents – to include our physical body. Are you up for the challenge in 2007? [more]


On Kingdom Business
Tetsunao Yamamori and Kenneth A Eldred ed. (Crossway, 2003)  

This book proposes a new model for combining missions and business – real businesses that make a profit, meet real needs in a community, and reach people with the Gospel. The book explains both a theoretical and practical explanation of the kingdom-minded business, including 11 case studies of companies all over the world. It's a crucial read for anyone looking to lead a church into holistic ministry in locations otherwise closed to the Gospel.

 
   


"God’s timing is perfect. I see a spiritual hunger, I see a spiritual readiness, the willingness to commit, and a willingness to sacrifice; and all of these things coming in together … has created a 'kairos' moment – the right time for a reformation to take place." - Rick Warren, Urbana 06 (Dec. 27-31, 2006)



"Don't you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him because God's temple is holy. You are that holy temple!" - 1 Cor. 3:16-17 (GW)



Free Pastors.com sermons - Check out this regularly updated list of free sermon transcripts by Rick Warren.
Atheists discuss the benefits of faith - A recent gathering of scientists discussed whether faith in science can be a substitute for faith in God.
Church Central - On this site, you can find practical archived articles on a variety of aspects of church health, including worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry, evangelism, and prayer.
One-year Bible reading plan - A new year is a great time for a Bible reading resolution. Here's a plan to read through God's Word in a year. You can also find 30-day and 90-day plans through links on the side of the site.
President Ford's faith and his pardon of Nixon - The day of President Ford's state funeral in Washington, Newsweek Managing Editor Jon Meacham wrote about how Ford's faith played an important role in the most controversial decision of his presidency.


Warren calls Urbana 06 students ‘reformation generation’ - Melissa Deming

Seven keys to getting healthy this year - Dr. Don Colbert

Getting serious about exercise – a pastor’s story - Joe McKeever

Pastor, your bad cholesterol can be reversed - Dr. Daniel Spaite

Ask Rick Muchow: Dealing with ‘grumpy Mondays’ - Rick Muchow

The Saddleback small group difference (Part 3) - Steve Gladen

God uses The Purpose Driven Life in Kenya prisons, police force, and Hindu community - Manda Gibson

Conquering the monster of greed - Mary Southerland



"Pastor, take care of your body. It belongs to the King. Work out and watch what you take in. When it comes to exercise, a little goes a long way." - Paul Powell

"A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other." - Unknown author

Six out of 10 Americans surveyed said lack of motivation and power have prevented them from keeping their past New Year's resolutions. - Source: eDiets.com

“. . . The ultimate test of leadership is not the polls you take, but the risks you take. In the short run, some risks prove overwhelming. Political courage can be self-defeating. But the greatest defeat of all would be to live without courage, for that would hardly be living at all.” - U.S. President Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006)

"All your life an unattainable ecstasy has hovered just beyond the grasp of your consciousness. The day is coming when you will wake to find, beyond all hope, that you have attained it, or else, that it was within your reach and you have lost it forever." - C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

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