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Day 001: Beginning with the End in Sight
The Search for Meaning “Our greatest desire, greater even than the desire for happiness, is that our lives mean something.” Daniel Taylor, Tell Me A Story If you study the history of humanity, you cannot miss seeing our restless, unending, search for meaning in life. In order to make sense of life, we all must…
Read MoreGrow in the Grace and Knowledge of Jesus
CHRIST we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.Colossians 1:28 If you have never been through a focused discipleship and spiritual growth study, now is a great time to start! Beginning Monday February 3, 2025 we will be sharing our MilktoMeat discipleship curriculum through…
Read MoreEven If…
The year 2024, for the Tyson family, wasn’t the best of years. It was a year of stress – financial stress, emotional stress, physical stress. It’s been a year of heartbreak and sorrow where some relationships are concerned. It’s been a season of dealing with health scares and, for me, learning to manage some chronic…
Read MoreDay 165: You Are Father God’s Gift to the Body of Christ!!!
Finally, we reach the end of our journey together. Not THE end, but just a conclusion to these readings. If you have made it all the way through with us, you should feel a real sense of accomplishment. This may be the end of our readings, but it is only the beginning of the next…
Read MoreDay 164: How Do We Discover and Use Our Gifts?
This is the main question that many have: “How do I know what my gift is???” Before we even deal with this question, I think it is important to understand that you do not simply have a spiritual gift or gifts, but that YOU are the gift that Christ has given to His Body the…
Read MoreDay 163: Where Do We Find Lists of Spiritual Gifts?
Today, we are simply going to scan over the passages in the New Testament which list all of the Spiritual Gifts and see how they fit into the larger picture. The key passages are listed below. Beside each gift listed, there is a number. This number corresponds to the gift in the following list with…
Read MoreDay 162: What Are Spiritual Gifts and How Do They Work?
Psalm 139:13-14For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. In this final week of MilktoMeat readings, we want to focus on how you fit into the larger Kingdom purposes…
Read MoreDay 161: What Are the Questions That Bring Ministry Into Focus
One of the truths that we have been trying emphasize in this study is that we are called to a Body, a group or people, that we live and work together with in our Vision and Mission as Christ’s people. As we develop the last questions today, always keep in mind that you will not…
Read MoreDay 160: What is the Big Picture of Gifted Ministry?
Ephesians 4:11-12It was he (Jesus Christ) who gave some as Apostles, some as Prophets, some as Evangelists, and some as Shepherds and Teachers, in order to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ. How do all the 5 facets of gifted ministry work together to…
Read MoreDay 159: Who Are the Shepherds and Teachers?
Today, we consider the last two gifted types of people that the Lord Jesus has given to us to equip us. The Shepherds and the Teachers work together to train us in some of the “every-day essentials” of following Christ.
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