Sunodía Talks: LifePointe Church and Jesus School

Settle in for an interview Jessie Mejias had with ministers from LifePointe Church in Ames, Iowa. Drew Meyer is the lead pastor and his brother Tony Meyer is Associate Pastor. LifePointe offers an in-depth discipleship training called Jesus School. Alyssa Flaten is co-founder of Intentional Worship Ministries and ministers at LifePointe. She’s currently interning with Sunodía Prayer Counseling, assisting with

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Learning How to Forgive

Our intern Janice Bullock, a PhD candidate at Regent University, offers these beautiful insights into forgiveness, which she is walking through herself.   The Bible admonishes, “Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged…” (Matthew 7:1). Initially, I thought this verse meant Christians should not make judgments. Ouch! I knew this

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Just Say Yes

Listen to this article, read by the author, Jessie Mejias.   I love to read the Old Testament. I think that the characters, that is, people who actually lived, are so rich, but most of all, I love them because they are so flawed. They give me so much hope when I look at myself because one of the things

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When Praise Comes First

Listen to this article, read by the author, Jessie Mejias. In June of 2009, we were getting ready to go to London to visit our son. We had planned the trip on short notice and decided to use my sister’s airline privileges to fly standby and hope to get on first class at a deep discount. I was a little

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Blind Spots

Listen to this article, read by the author, Jessie Mejias. Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (NIV) Psalm 139:23-24 My first car was a 1982 Toyota Tercel. It was the most basic model because that

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Love conquers the fear of rejection

Last year I took a five-month sabbatical. During that time, I committed to receiving prayer ministry and spiritual direction. In my first meeting with my spiritual director, he gave me a homework assignment: to recite out loud 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 in three different ways. The first time I would say it as it is written (I used the NIV): Love

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