FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pastor Jim Cymbala of the Brooklyn Tabernacle Visits U.S. Cities to Encourage Ministry Leaders Jim Cymbala, Sr. Pastor of the 10,000-member Brooklyn Tabernacle, renowned for their Grammy Award- winning Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, is passionate about encouraging pastors and ministry leaders.   As an expression of this burden, he is visiting key U.S. Cities [...]

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Mercy. How often do you ask God for that one? Long-life? Health? Provision? Protection? Success? Those are more typical. But David repeats this request a couple more times in this Psalm. Psalm 86:3 have mercy on me, Lord,  for I call to you all day long. To ask for mercy is to know you deserve [...]

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One of the things that happens as I pray scripture is that God uses his word to transform me. Psalm 86:2 says this, “Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God;” As David pens the words, “Guard my life” he does so with [...]

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Somewhere around 10 years ago Brian Bloye took the West Ridge staff to Birmingham, AL to listen to John Maxwell talk about Spiritual Leadership. During that talk Maxwell talked about a spiritual activity that forever changed my prayer life. It was the idea of reading scripture, personalizing it, and then praying it back to God. [...]

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