Power Up Ministries

People have changed. Organizations have changed. The church has changed.  While the fundamental doctrine of the church has not, and does not change, it is quite obvious that the culture of the church does change. The changing culture and times places a demand on the leadership to make adjustments as well. Is your leadership style outdated? It is true in numerous organization especially in the church. The highest positions of leadership are held by those [ continue reading ]

  In the northeastern United States codfish are a big commercial 
business. Note the following facts: There is a market for eastern 
cod all over, especially in sections farthest removed from the 
northeast coastline. But the public demand posed a problem to the 
shippers. At first they froze the cod, then shipped them elsewhere, 
but the freeze took away much of the flavor. So they experimented with 
shipping them alive, in tanks of seawater, but [ continue reading ]

  1. Purpose Of Spiritual Warfare Is To Set The Captives Free Genesis 14:13-16, “And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again [ continue reading ]

Common consensus holds that the role of the pastor has changed dramatically in the past few decades.  Despite the belief that the exclusive model for pastoring should be the New Testament church, the ministry has evolved into a functional role that bears little resemblance to the corresponding ministers of the first century.  The level of education, a radically different culture, affluence and the technology available to us today as opposed to the early church make [ continue reading ]

  “It is a sin to be good if God has called us to be Great.” —Thom Rainer, Breakout Churches The first sentence in Thom Rainer’s Breakout Churches smacked me. Being good—and perhaps better than many—is certainly no justification for falling short of being great. Greatness is often sacrificed on the altar of goodness. After all, we are probably better off than some. By greatness I simply mean reaching our fullest potential, and this looks [ continue reading ]

  Working with Volunteers – Part 1 Volunteers Are Our Job. As a church leader you need volunteers to accomplish the work you have been called to do. Without them the work will not get done. (Can you imagine the choir without the volunteers?) Volunteers are the driving force behind the work of the church. When we involve others, better ideas are generated and more work gets done. But volunteers are more than agents who [ continue reading ]

  “They live in their own countries, but only as nonresidents; they participate in everything as citizens, and endure everything as foreigners. Every foreign country is their fatherland, and every fatherland is foreign. They marry like everyone else, and have children, but they do not expose their offspring. They share their food but not their wives. They are in the flesh, but they do not live according to the flesh. They live on earth, but [ continue reading ]

Evangelism Through Prophecy We live in a day that individuals realize that something is different and most individuals believe the world will end, although they believe it will not happen during their lifetime.  Popular secular belief is that it will be in the future during another generation.  It is the freight train barreling down the track, but if I ignore it, it want hit me, syndrome. But, there is great interest in all of the [ continue reading ]

Four Tragedies Every Sinner Will Face. Living Without the Gospel If our gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost.- 2 Corinthians 4:3 The tragedy of living life without the benefits and advantages of the gospel. Dying Without the Gospel The death of a saint is precious in the eyes of the Lord. Dying without Christ to leave this world without eternal hope Dying without Christ is, in one sense – “to [ continue reading ]

One of the most prolific statements written in the word of God is found in the book of Matthew chapter 22. “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law [ continue reading ]