Life Transformation Groups

Life Transformation Groups

8/28/23 by Larry Barker There are three (3) areas that need our continual focus for our individual lives and for our churches to be spiritually healthy. They are an upward or God-focus (Col. 2:9), an inward or personal-growth focus (I Pet. 2:2), and an outward or...
Habits Determine Who You Are

Habits Determine Who You Are

8/21/23 by Larry Barker Recently I was listening to a podcast, Making Disciples, with Robby Gallaty. It was the March 27, 2022 episode Keeping the Fire Burning.  He stated, “The habits we do on a daily basis create the person you are.” II Corinthians 4:16 says,...
Prayer with No Intermission

Prayer with No Intermission

8/6/23 by Larry Barker Our good friend Bill Elliff, in The Presence Centered Church, quotes his mentor Manley Beasley as saying, “The mark of a godly man and the mark of a godly church is that everything they do is God-initiated.” Bill states, “Everything flows from...
Start with The Why

Start with The Why

7/31/23 by Larry Barker 2023 is here and another year of opportunity is before us. A new year brings evaluation of what we need to change, what we need to do differently, and what we can do better. We seem to be enamored with the “how” of ministry far more than the...