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Jan 9, 2021 “God does not begin by asking our ability, only our availability, and if we prove our dependability, He will increase our capability” (Neal Maxwell). “God does not call the qualified. He qualifies the called. And the litmus test isn’t experience or expertise. It’s availability and teachability. If you are willing to go when God gives you a green light, He will take you to inaccessible places to do impossible things” (Mark Batterson). Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Samuel, Isaiah, and Ananias: each expressed their availability to God by saying, “Here I am.” Before they be...

Each new year, many people make a resolution, only to fail to achieve it in the following year. Mark Batterson offers practical ways to tackle your goals.

Cultivate Authentic Relationships, Avoid Civil War

Joe McKenzie: New Year's goals Joe McKenzie Win the Day: I know it sounds like Coach Klieman’s motto, but this is the name of an upcoming book by pastor Mark Batterson. This works beyond the football field when applied to daily life, not the entire new year at once. It takes pressure off if you don’t have to win the entire year or even a month, just today. Work toward those goals today. And then, tomorrow — win that one too. And, dang if that doesn’t add up. But, you have to start. Now. Take action. Win today.

Sometimes a field trip can pay off. But it was much more than a trip when the campus pastor and members of Lifegate Church decided to drive around Fremont. Robert Wilson, Fremont campus pastor for the multi-site church, read Mark Batterson’s book, “The Circle Maker,” which encourages prayer. Wilson and about 400 congregants from Fremont and Omaha then took a circular journey around the city, stopping to pray in various locations. One of the end results is the church’s new location in the former Oriental Trade Company building at 2407 N. Colorado Ave. The church had three s...