Tag Archives: encouragement

• Refusing to be Encouraged

  Posted on April 24, 2017 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

  You know how some people can’t take a compliment? You tell them “great job,” but they deflect the praise or explain it away. Some more pious folks will immediately point to God and say that it’s all of God. No it’s not. Sure, we are to cast down our golden crowns before God in recognition […]

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• God’s Remedy for Pastoral Weariness

  Posted on October 13, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    This article could be addressed to Christ’s disciples throughout the church. Every person engaged in ministry knows well the discouragement and fatigue that go along with it. How many of us have not taken the towel of ministry in hand, poised to throw it in, walk away, and move on to less frustrating endeavors? […]

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