Feb
01
Posted by staff
Practical Ministry, a new book by Dr. Tom Cannon, offers fresh insights, and practical, hands-on help for training leaders. Jesus made it perfectly clear – the servant of God has been called to live by different rules than the children of the world. That’s why some have deemed the church, ‘the upside-down kingdom.’ Jesus said, “Whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all.”
Servanthood is not a dirty word. Rather, in it is reflected the heart of God, and the mission of heaven. To serve others, is to serve God. To give up the best part of yourself, for the betterment of your neighbor, is truly to have Christ revealed through you.
One of the most potent, and life-changing images of Christ, in the entire Bible, is a picture of Jesus, with towel wrapped around his waste, washing the feet of his disciples.
Contrast that with the attitude of James and John’s mother, concerning the proper placement of her sons, “Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons. She bowed down in front of him to ask him for a favor.” He asked her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Promise that these two sons of mine will sit, one at your right and one at your left, in your kingdom.”
Nobody likes that kind of attitude in fellow laborers, do they? Somehow, it grates us. The reason it irritates us so badly, is because it is so diametrically opposite to the role Jesus models for us.
In these verses, we find Jesus’ own attitude toward Servanthood revealed. Not only does He appreciate hard working people, who are not afraid to get a little dirty, but the truth of the matter is, that our Lord – the God of heaven – actually embraces Servanthood in a real and personal way: so much so, in fact, that He forever links Himself, and His purpose for coming to earth, with it.
In all we do, as servant-leaders for Christ, we are called to serve well. Practical Ministry will give you a clear, easy-to-follow roadmap for successful leadership.
Now available on our website, and through Amazon.com.
Product Details: Practical Ministry
Published on: 2010-01-21
Binding: Paperback
314 pages
Jan
29
Posted by staff
Books by Tom Cannon have been designed to help change your world, by changing your heart.
Books by Dr. Tom Cannon include: Two Faces in the Mirror, Servants of the King, Mountain Empire and Changing Natures.
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Jan
28
Posted by staff
The much anticipated release of Tom’s new book, Rescuing Peter, is here! Rescuing Peter is now available at: Amazon.com, Tom Cannon.org, DestinyMinistryPress.com, and DestinyMissions.net.
We believe Dr. Tom’s new book, Rescuing Peter, not only addresses many of the hot topics facing people today, but provides them with desperately needed solutions to their struggles. Rescuing Peter has been designed to help people triumph over the disappointments and personal failures they often encounter in their own lives.
Rescuing Peter is a must read, for everyone who has struggled to live an overcoming, abundant life in Christ. Not only does Dr. Tom identify the root cause of many spiritual battles, but with clear, biblical insights, he helps readers find the pathway to new life in Christ.
Publisher’s Information: Rescuing Peter
“In the Apostle Peter, we find ourselves revealed … and in his failure, we discover how badly we need rescuing, too.
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Jan
08
Posted by staff
Destiny Ministry, Inc. is a non-profit, global outreach and mission support ministry. We minister to the needs of people in many ways.
For book publishing, we use the imprints: Destiny Ministry Press/ Preacher’s Kid Press. What do we publish? We publish books that are designed to help challenge readers to surrender their hearts and lives to Christ, in greater ways, so they might live freer, happier lives than ever before.
Through Destiny Missions we reach out to the world. We know the only hope of the world is Christ, and the only way you can become a partaker of the hope that Christ brings to the world, is to accept Him as your Lord and Savior. By doing so, you are lossing the chains of the sin off your life, and are entering into the most exciting journey – a journey of joy and victory – that you could ever hope to find.
We hope you will identify with the work we do, and help spread the Good News, by purchasing the books we publish, and by making a donation, so that we might better reach them, for Him. Our hope is to make the world a better place, and hopefully, we can do that one person at a time.
Jan
07
Posted by Tom Cannon
THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD – THE HOPE OF THE NATIONS!
Saturday, January 7, 2010 at 8:36pm
My prayer, above everything else, is to see God’s glory revealed in our churches, and in our lives – beginning now.
The other day, a prophetic word from Pastor Phil Cappuccio got me thinking about the powerful presence of God that we have experienced, through the years, and it made me long for more of His presence. That’s what His Word is supposed to do within us.
In many of our churches today, we have a ‘good’ anointing, but its just not enough to transform a generation. We must have more! The good news is; that God is willing to pour out more of His presence upon this generation, if we will come hungry, and have a passion for His presence.
After you’ve experienced the presence of God like many of us have throughout the years, you learn two things. If God poured out His Spirit in abundance before, He will do it again (If we actively seek Him for more). And secondly, we can’t be satisfied with less, if we want to receive His presence in abundance.
For those who have never experienced God’s presence in a transforming, life-altering way, I want to give you a brief insight into what a mighty anointing is like. Some of you will remember how we used to stand for hours in His presence, worshipping God with audible praise, and feeling like worship service didn’t last long enough, though it was an hour or more long. But many of you have never fallen under His anointing, without anyone touching you, simply because the weight of His presence was too heavy upon you, to stand.
I have seen battle-hardened veterans, who haven’t shed a tear in years, weep like babies, when God’s presence broke open the well in their lives, and washed away years of hurt and bitterness. In Cambodia, as we worshipped the Lord, I have seen hundreds of Buddhists and Hindus grasp their chests, gasp with delight, and begin laughing for joy, as the presence of God removed the pain of sin from their hearts, and filled them with His presence.
Worship, at times like that, wasn’t about the music we sang, or even the language we sang them in, it was about the message WE sent to God; that we loved Him so intensely, that we were willing to give Him what He wanted (worship), more than desiring to have Him meet any of our needs.
True worship demands sacrifice on our part. We must put our desire to please God above everything else on earth, period. It cannot be about pleasing the crowd, or rocking the house. True worship must be the expression of our love, stemming from a pure relationship.
Within an environment, where every heart longs for more of God, it’s amazing what the power of God can do. People are saved, bodies are healed, bondages are broken, and the prophetic declaration of God comes with such power and precision, that it changes our lives forever.
Don’t take me wrong, I am not criticizing the church, or modern worship leaders, they are worshipping the only way they know how. The problem is, its just not enough to take us where we need to go in God. We are presently confronted with a generation that is desperate to discover the reality of God. Nothing else is capable of convincing people that God is real, and really cares about their needs, than to have His overwhelming presence descend upon them.
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