AaronMarcelli.org

journal entries from an emerging follower of Christ

Submission > Direction

| October 4, 2012

My personality leads me to be a planner.  Whenever I get a good idea or a revelation, my natural tendency is to first thing get out my calendar or make some sort of to-do list.  My wife is very much the same way.  And on top of that we live in a secular culture that [...]

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Allow God To Nurture Your Beliefs

| March 13, 2012

Some Christians can have a reputation for being stubborn in their beliefs.  For the most part, Christian churches are no better.  There is a lot of pressure on churches to have answers to all of people’s theological questions and a polished What We Believe section on their websites.  For people like me who want to [...]

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What Do You Want From Your Relationship With God?

| February 8, 2012

What do you want from your relationship with God?  Overall, why is it that you have a relationship with God? Are you coming before God in prayer and worship out of habit and duty or because you really have a vision for your walk with Him? If you’re having a tough time answering that question, [...]

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How Is Your Relationship With God?

| December 14, 2011

Let me ask you a second question: What did you feel when you read my first question?  I’m going to guess that most likely you felt some form of guilt.  As soon as you read that question you wanted to lower your head and something to the form of, “not as good as it should [...]

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Blessed With A Burden

| November 29, 2011

In my experience, the people who are most successful in life are extremely driven individuals.  They have a deep sense of passion or calling.  There is a cause (whether social, political, or religious) that compels them to give of their time, money, and effort.  They make a difference, rather small or large, because they are [...]

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Issues About My Book – I John 1:9

| October 4, 2011

The second piece of disagreeing feedback I received from someone who read my book was over my usage of 1 John 1:9.  This popularly quoted verse says that if we confess our sins God is faithful to forgive them.  At one point in my book I stated the context of that verse is that it [...]

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Leadership Lessons From Nehemiah – Chapter 1

| July 28, 2010

I have begun reading through the book of Nehemiah and just keeping a list of all the leadership principles I come across.  I cannot believe a church planter has not written a book yet about all the principles in Nehemiah that apply to ministry and church planting. These leadership nuggets though apply to all fields [...]

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