Aldersgate Renewal Ministries

Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Encounter, Equip, Encourage
To equip and encourage God's people to live empowered by the Holy Spirit

Encounter

- We provide opportunities to encounter the supernatural power and presence of the Holy Spirit both corporately and individually
- We intentionally invite individuals to experience and nurture a relationship with the Holy Spirit to release spiritual gifts and fruit.
- Through our prayer ministry, we facilitate healing, transformation and freedom in Christ. Equip

- We are called to equi

p the Body of Christ.
- Equipped by the Holy Spirit, disciples are used to carry out God's mission in the world.
- ARM equips believers through teaching, preaching, worship and prayer to carry out the ministry of Jesus for the transformation of the world. Encourage

- We take seriously our call to the ministry of encouragement.
- ARM has an ongoing ministry of encouraging Spirit-filled, followers of Jesus, to daily live and walk in the Spirit.
- In all times and places, ministry and life as a disciple can be filled with many obstacles.
- Through community and words of life, ARM strengthens the Body of Christ to remain true to the Lord.

"Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes ...
09/04/2026

"Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom." James 3:13

James doesn't ask us to prove wisdom by how much we know or how well we can argue a point. He ties it to something quieter: a good life, deeds done in humility. That's a different measure than the world usually uses.

We can be tempted to think wisdom is about being the smartest person in the room, the one with the sharpest answer or the most convincing take. But James flips that. True wisdom shows up in how we live, not in how well we can talk. It's demonstrated, not just declared.

And the qualifier he adds is important. Humility. Not wisdom that puffs someone up or wins an argument, but wisdom that stays low, that serves, that doesn't need to be recognized to be real.

It's worth asking ourselves where we're trying to prove we're right instead of simply trying to live well. A good life speaks louder than a good argument ever will.

Where is God inviting you to show wisdom today through a quiet act of humility rather than through being right?

"The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all." Psalm 34:19Notice what this vers...
09/03/2026

"The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all." Psalm 34:19

Notice what this verse doesn't promise. It doesn't say the righteous will avoid trouble. It says the righteous person may have many troubles. Many. Not a rare exception, but a real, repeated part of walking with God.

That should change how we interpret hardship. Trouble isn't proof that we've done something wrong or that God has stepped back. Even the righteous, the ones walking closely with Him, face many troubles. Difficulty isn't a sign of God's absence. It's just part of living in a broken world while belonging to Him.

But the verse doesn't stop at trouble. It moves straight into deliverance. The Lord delivers him from them all. Not most of them. Not the easy ones. All of them. That's the part worth holding onto when you're in the middle of one of those troubles right now and can't yet see the deliverance.

This isn't a promise that pain skips over God's people. It's a promise that pain doesn't get the final word when you belong to Him.

If you're in a hard season right now, what would it look like to trust that this trouble isn't the end of the story?

"Then he said to them, 'Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of...
09/02/2026

"Then he said to them, 'Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.'" Luke 12:15

Jesus doesn't say be careful of one kind of greed. He says all kinds. That's a wider net than we usually cast. Greed isn't just hoarding money or chasing a bigger house. It shows up in comparison, in the constant reaching for more, in the quiet belief that if we just had a little bit more of something, we'd finally feel settled.

And He's specific about why He's warning us. Life does not consist in an abundance of possessions. Meaning, more stuff was never going to be the thing that satisfies. It never has been. It can't be. That's not a design flaw, it's just not what it was built to do.

Watch out and be on your guard is active language. Greed doesn't usually announce itself loudly. It creeps in quietly, dressed up as ambition, as providing well, as just wanting a little more security. That's exactly why He tells us to guard against it.

The freeing part of this verse is what it implies underneath the warning. If life isn't made up of what we accumulate, then we're free to hold what we have loosely. We're free to stop measuring our worth or our peace by what's in our hands.

What is something you've been quietly reaching for that was never going to actually satisfy you?

"But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not gr...
09/01/2026

"But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31

There's an order here worth noticing. Renewed strength doesn't come first. Hope does. Everything else, the soaring, the running, the walking without giving out, flows out of that one posture: hoping in the Lord.

We tend to think strength is something we build through effort, gritting our way through exhaustion until we push past it. But this verse describes something different. It's not hustled for. It's renewed, given back, restored, by staying anchored in hope in Him rather than in our own resolve.

And notice the range covered. Soaring on wings like eagles, that's the mountaintop, the breakthrough, the high moment. But running without growing weary, and walking without fainting, that's the every day. The commute. The long season. The waiting room. God's renewal isn't reserved for the dramatic wins. It meets us in the plain, ordinary grind too.

If you're tired today, maybe the invitation isn't to try harder. It's to hope again, to fix your eyes back on Him, and let Him do the renewing.

Where do you need Him to renew your strength today, whether that looks like soaring, running, or just walking without giving up?

"I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint." Jeremiah 31:25This is God speaking directly to depletion, not to peopl...
08/31/2026

"I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint." Jeremiah 31:25

This is God speaking directly to depletion, not to people who have it together, but to the weary and the faint. He doesn't ask them to summon more strength first. He simply says, I will refresh. I will satisfy.

There's something worth noticing in the order. He doesn't say work harder and you'll feel better or push through until you find your own rest. He steps in and does the refreshing Himself. It's not a reward for endurance. It's a gift for the exhausted.

We live like weariness is something to hide or push past quietly. But this verse meets it head on. Faintness isn't a disqualifier for God's care, it's actually the exact place He's promising to meet you.

If you're running on empty today, this isn't a call to try harder. It's an invitation to let Him do what only He can do, refresh what's worn thin and satisfy what feels faint.

Where do you need Him to refresh you today, not after you've earned it, but simply because you're weary?

Here we go! Go God!
08/30/2026

Here we go! Go God!

"But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, only a few ever find it." Matthew 7:14Jesus doesn't m...
08/28/2026

"But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, only a few ever find it." Matthew 7:14

Jesus doesn't market the road to life as the easy, popular choice. Following Him was never promised to be the path of least resistance, it often means choosing obedience when compromise would be simpler.

The wide road is crowded because it's easy to drift onto without deciding to. The narrow one takes intention. But notice what's on the other side of the gate, life. Not just getting by, real, full, eternal life. The difficulty isn't a punishment. It's the honest cost of something that valuable.

Is there an easier road you've been drifting toward that you need to step off of today?

"Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am i...
08/25/2026

"Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress." Psalm 59:16

David wrote this while men were literally watching his house, waiting to kill him. His response wasn't to white-knuckle the fear. It was to sing, not because the threat wasn't real, but because God's love had already proven itself real too.

Each morning matters. Not a one-time burst of praise after the crisis passed, a daily discipline, chosen before the day's troubles had a chance to speak first.

What would it look like to start tomorrow morning remembering what He's already been to you?

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Goodlettsville, TN
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