Jeremiah Richards
Ministry Pharisee
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Reading John 7 today it became apparent to me that I often critize other ministries that God is using to do great things. That is a pharisee!
Many times Jesus taught and did miracles and the Pharisees rejected Him. Here is John 7 they reject Him for several reasons, but one was because He is from Galilee. Galilee was not the place the Messiah was supposed to come from.
What do you do when the movement of God in your city comes from another place? Another ministry? Do you reject, criticize, and blog crap about them, because it is not your ministry or do you believe and give glory to God?
I pray that as we launch Columbia Church we will embrase the activity of God that is happening in other places in our city. Places like Dutch Fork Christian Church, Awaken Columbia , and East Lake Community Church , Newspring, and many others!
God move and may I not be a pharisee…
Like a 2×4 to the face
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So I was readig and journaling yesterday and came across this passage in John 6.
” 26Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
So I began to ask myself, Do I desire Jesus because of the blessings he can provide, “because you ate the loaves and had your fill”, or because we want Him?
Ask that question in the context of how you pray for and lead your church, your family, your buisness, and your own life and you will be changed. I know I have desired Jesus for the blessings He can bring and not for who He is.
God help me long for you alone and not the blessings you can provide!
How does that fall on you?
Night of Wonder – WOW
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So I sat on the edge of my seat at the Dutch Fork Christian Church Night of Wonder Christmas concert. I have never been so proud of the band and the production team. This was by FARE!!! the best DFCC production I have ever seen in the 7 years I have been here.
Jimmy Smith, our worship pastor, and his team hit a home run. I sat there with chills as I knew people were experiencing the spirit of God through the concert. The crowd was big, the music was awesome, and God showed up.
If you want to see a pic from my phone you can check the twitter updates on the right side of my blog, but I will also post some video clips as soon as I get them from our video guy. Jimmy, band, and production team you should all be very proud of what you did tonight. It was excelent! I can not wait to see some of the many new faces show up at DFCC again.
www.ColumbiaChurchOnline.com
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Check it out.
I spent several hours working on getting the first site for Columbia Church up and running tonight. There is no content on the site, but I will be adding more in the next several days.
Updates Coming
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So I am getting ready to start a new chapter in my life, planting a North Point Strategic Partner Church, and I am expecting that to increase the frequency of my blogging. I also know from experience that it can be frustrating to keep checking a blog to see if there are new updates, so I have come to the rescue.
If you look to the right of this post you will now see a link that says
“Subscribe via email updates”
You can now click on that and enter in your email address and recieve updats sent directly to your email inbox instead of checking back here every few hours and being frustrated because there is nothing new added.
Just another way I am trying to make the world a better place…. 
Updates Coming
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So I am getting ready to start a new chapter in my life, planting a North Point Strategic Partner Church, and I am expecting that to increase the frequency of my blogging. I also know from experience that it can be frustrating to keep checking a blog to see if there are new updates, so I have come to the rescue.
If you look to the right of this post you will now see a link that says
“Subscribe via email updates”
You can now click on that and enter in your email address and recieve updats sent directly to your email inbox instead of checking back here every few hours and being frustrated because there is nothing new added.
Just another way I am trying to make the world a better place….
Humbled
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I don’t know if you have ever been completely humbled by what God was doing in your life, but I am there.
Over the Thanksgiving holiday I had the provilage of having dinner with my family, but also with Dr. Ramesh Richards. He is a professor at Dallas Theological Seminary and friends with my father. Dr Remesh is a leader in the Christian Community and a wealth of knowledge. It was humbling to talk to him about what God was doing in my life, planting Columbia Church, and even more humbling to hear him pray a blessing over me and my family as we pursue Gods plan. It was a pleasure spend Thanksgiving with him and his family.
I have discovered that when I make myself aware of Gods presents and acknowledge it I am brought to this place of humility often. God has called and equipped me to plant a new church in Columbia. I know little about planting a church, but God has also given me relationships with several people who are church planting geniuses. Men like David McDaniel, and the North Point Church expansion team, the team at Elevation Chruch, and Jeff Shipman with Crossroads Community Church. As God moves in Columbia Church and lost people find Christ it will be because of the investment of these men and their churches.
I am humbled… How is God humbling you?
Thank you God for all you are doing.
“For Gods call you are inadequate, but you are not incompetant.” Dr. Remesh Richard
Enjoying Vacation
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So I am in Boca Raton, FL at my parents house for Thanksgiving enjoying some much needed R&R. I could not ask for better waether. 
This was taken from the front porch of my parents house with my macbook pro. I hope to blog a little more with a week off than I have in recient weeks.
Trans Siberian Orchestra Rocked My World
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Huge thank you to my good friend Jimmy Smith, http://www.allpraise.com, for getting my wife and I tickets to Trans Siberian Orchestra. I have never seen a better concert ever.
Thanks Jimmy!
For more pics check out my flickr sidebar.
Trust
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For some people trusting in God is a thing they tell themselfs they are doing while they do nothing and wait for God to do everything. For me it is something that requires action!
Take the first step.
