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		<title>A Few Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://srozema.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/a-few-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[God has been going crazy at 24/7!  Talk about JOYFUL worship!  Two reasons why I think it&#8217;s happening:

Our services have been more about Jesus than our church.  When you have a church that spends all its time talking about how YOU are going to do things, what YOU need to change, how YOU felt about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=srozema.wordpress.com&blog=1414118&post=244&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How It Should Be</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim DeGroot knows what&#8217;s up with this blog post.  Simple and right to the point.  This is what I long for every week&#8230;if this isn&#8217;t our heart about church, we&#8217;re probably not aiming for the right things!  Jesus said to make disciples of all nations&#8230;when was the last time you envisioned an entire country being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=srozema.wordpress.com&blog=1414118&post=229&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ONE Lesson #4: Raising the Bar</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With God behind us, we can do anything (Php 4:13).  But when our knowledge goes too far beyond our practice, our belief becomes a burden because we&#8217;re not giving God space to fulfill the promises of scripture in our lives.  It&#8217;s easy to acknowledge what God says to us and still live lives that never [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=srozema.wordpress.com&blog=1414118&post=220&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ONE Lesson #3: Purposeful</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I accidentally deleted this post from before, so I had to completely rewrite it&#8230;I have to confess an unreasonable amount of frustration after I realized what I&#8217;d done&#8230;hopefully I haven&#8217;t forgotten anything really significant!
The best thing a leader can do is NOT to be in front of people, dragging them behind.  The best thing a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=srozema.wordpress.com&blog=1414118&post=221&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Necessities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I cannot tell you how excited I am for tonight.  It&#8217;s our first 24-7 service of the new school year, and the leadership team has been praying so much for God to show up in an incredible way&#8230;I believe that God is going to answer that prayer!  When our ministry (which is EVERY effort [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=srozema.wordpress.com&blog=1414118&post=210&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ONE Lesson #2: Sports and Math</title>
		<link>http://srozema.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/one-lesson-2-sports-and-math/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The vision that God gives us for our ministry to others is so vital to the life of that ministry.  Without God&#8217;s dream for our lives placed in our hearts, we will always burn out and lose focus.  But WITH God&#8217;s calling, we cannot STOP being on fire for it!
However&#8230;just because God gives you a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=srozema.wordpress.com&blog=1414118&post=207&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m an Opportunist</title>
		<link>http://srozema.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/im-an-opportunist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://srozema.wordpress.com/?p=195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First off, check out my friend Tim DeGroot&#8217;s new blog here.  He has taught me so much and I am blessed to be able to serve with him in ministry, and I have no doubt that you will benefit from what he has to say.
Second:
I have prayed so much in my life for God [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=srozema.wordpress.com&blog=1414118&post=195&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ONE Lesson #1: Possessed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently attended the ONE conference at NewSpring Church for senior pastors, youth pastors, and children&#8217;s pastors and man, did God speak to me there!  I&#8217;m going to do a series of blogs on some of the things the Holy Spirit revealed to my heart, starting with this:
Because my friends and fellow leaders are such [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=srozema.wordpress.com&blog=1414118&post=190&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;You Chose Wisely&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://srozema.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/you-chose-wisely/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will&#8230;&#8221;
Ephesians 1:11
&#8220;Therefore, as God&#8217;s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.&#8221;
Colossians 3:12
&#8220;For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=srozema.wordpress.com&blog=1414118&post=187&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday school Alumni</title>
		<link>http://srozema.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/sunday-school-alumni/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very rarely do I hear any pastors preach from the most common Bible stories anymore &#8211; those stories are apparently only suitable to Sunday school.  I am just as guilty of this, I am incredibly disinclined to speak on the teachings found in stories like Jonah and the Ark, the fall, or David and Goliath.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=srozema.wordpress.com&blog=1414118&post=183&subd=srozema&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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