Donna Sparks
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God of the Unexpected
I’m always amazed by how God moves and ministers in ways we can never fathom. He is a God of the unexpected. This past weekend I was invited to speak for a women’s luncheon and stay to preach at the church on Sunday morning. God always has different messages for different congregations, and I always …
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Why Church Outreaches Often Fail
“And if I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men to Myself” (John 12:32). There’s no doubt that people are falling away and leaving churches. I believe that is a sign that we are living in the last of the last days. I also believe pastors are panicking to try to …
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Have You Forgotten Who You Are and What You Carry?
The Holy Spirit is such a kind and helpful friend, especially when we have one of those momentary memory lapses where we forget why we have been placed on this planet. I had one of those moments recently. I was walking through a store when I passed by the pharmacy. As, I started to turn …
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Why You Should Embrace Sacrifice for the Kingdom’s Sake
I was neck deep in graduation planning, party planning, government issues and meetings, counseling, speech writing, shopping and more, and I still had to fit in housecleaning before Friday. I was stressed. I was nervous about my baby girl graduating, and I was tired. So, when Tuesday evening rolled around, and we were experiencing severe …
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Stop Looking for Revival to Spontaneously Erupt in Church
For years I have prayed for God to send revival. I couldn’t figure out why we were not seeing God move in power in our churches. In this last season of COVID and quarantines, I began to feel more desperate than ever before. Before everything shut down, I had started to feel complacent, and I …
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How This Pastor Learned to Love the Unlovable Through Jail Ministry
I often talk about the jail ministry I’m involved in; I just can’t help but tell about the greatness of God, and how He moves in the lives of the most broken. This particular instance was no exception. I was blessed beyond words as tears streamed down my face in one of our recent jail …
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Are You Willing to Look Foolish for Jesus?
I clearly remember the day I was sitting on my couch panicking and praying that God would give me a clever and eloquent sermon for an upcoming speaking engagement. I was a young minister, and I would be speaking to thousands of people—many of them pastors with years of experience. Fear began to creep in, …
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How God Is Humbling ‘Christian’ America
You may be asking yourself, “What is going on?” Perhaps you thought when you went to the polls and cast your vote for a president who upheld many Christian values and stood against the slaughter of innocent babies everything would be OK. Perhaps you thought life would go on as normal. But things didn’t go …
