Author Archives: sdgale

• His Eye is on the Squirrel

  Posted on September 4, 2012 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    There’s an old hymn that has lent comfort to many a saint of the Lord in their pilgrimage in this world. It goes like this: Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come, Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heav’n and home, When Jesus is my portion? My constant […]

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• God’s House of Prayer—XME (part 1 of 5)

  Posted on September 1, 2012 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    God’s House of Prayer—Extreme Makeover Edition (part 1 of 5) “My house will be a house of prayer for the nations.”  Those words of God recorded by Isaiah the prophet would be picked up by Jesus in each of the Synoptic Gospels, and alluded to by John in his Gospel account.  This identity and […]

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• Prayer Cell Schedule

  Posted on August 31, 2012 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    Prayer Cells are temporary small groups held for the purpose of discipleship in prayer through instruction and practice.  They are intended to establish a biblical foundation for establishing a house of prayer through which a church will exercise the mission given it by God.  The Prayer Cell is the basic building block through which […]

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• Prodigal Psalms

  Posted on August 27, 2012 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    The Psalms provide a wonderful resource for our prayer, a divinely-inspired one.  In the 150-psalm Psalter God gives us songs for all seasons and prayers for all reasons. The words of Psalm 9 lead us in praise to our God. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount […]

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• Prayer Sell

  Posted on August 24, 2012 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    It is striking to notice the contrast between the prayer typical of most of us and the prayer exemplified in the pages of Scripture.  It seems that the mainstay of the prayer diet of the believer involves matters related to self.  A main course of petitions, side expressions of thanks, sprinklings of praise, a […]

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• Resourcing Gospel Conversations

  Posted on August 19, 2012 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    I’m not sure resourcing is an actual word but since any noun can be verbized nowadays, I’m sure you get the idea.  When we talk to people about the gospel, it is helpful to have something to put in their hands to reinforce the conversation. Some of you are aware of my recent hospitalization […]

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• Orthopractic Adjustment

  Posted on August 17, 2012 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    A sign in a chiropractor’s office might read: “Glad to see your back.”  Spinal adjustment is the chiropractor’s bread and butter. God speaks to us about the back.  He wants us properly aligned in two ways, orthodoxy and orthopraxis.  Orthodoxy is right doctrine; orthopraxis right practice. Orthopraxis speaks to our lives under the lordship […]

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• The Womb of Prayer

  Posted on August 14, 2012 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    The Bible is a pastoral book.  It does not contain oracles fallen from the sky like a plane dropping leaflets for advertising or propaganda.  God did not speak through His prophets into a timeless vacuum.  Rather, God spoke into the lives of His people to bring His decrees and wisdom to bear on their […]

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• Equipping in Evangelistic Prayer

  Posted on August 6, 2012 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    What does your church do to mobilize its members for personal evangelism?  A pastor friend of mine said the approach of most churches is to have their members memorize the pastor’s phone number. While a case could be made that the pastor of the local church is the chief evangelist, for him to be […]

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• When Pastors Panic

  Posted on July 30, 2012 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    On Tuesday, May 8th of this year I sent an email from my hospital bed to the congregation I serve as a pastor.  The previous Thursday I had collapsed on the tennis court and been taken by ambulance to the hospital.  That would be the entry way to a slew of tests to figure […]

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