Blog Entries http://dennisjernigan.com Thu, 23 May 2013 17:01:29 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/Near-His-Face-Video.html dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Fri, 04 Jan 2013 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/Honesty-a-worship-video.html dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Wed, 05 Sep 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/When-I-Worship-You-worship-video.html dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Fri, 13 Jul 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/Why-I-Wrote-a-Fantasy-Novel.html Why write a story like The Chronicles of Bren: Captured?<br/><br/> When I was a boy, I went through several years of personal torment – often teased and bullied by a small yet belligerent group of boys. I remember thinking that those guys seemed to take great joy in making my life as miserable as possible – that they lived just to torment me! Because of certain issues in my life at that time I did not know how to understand or even deal with, I longed for someone to simply rescue me…becaus [...] dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/Song-Receivers-Tip-of-the-Week-April-23-2012.html Meditate…<br/>I have already touched on this subject, but it bears repeating because it is one of the greatest tools in the palate of creativity God has given us. Practice by taking just one word (like love or grace or peace) from Scripture and meditating on it all day. As you go about your work, take little mental trips of exploration as to how that word applies to your work, your relationships, your view of the world, or your understanding of your own identity. As the Lord what this one word me [...] dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/Song-Receivers-Tip-of-the-Week-April-16-2012.html Imagine...<br/>Imagination is a gift from God. To use this gift, we must place ourselves in the midst of our dreams and goals. We must see ourselves at the end of our dreams even though we are not there yet! Do you desire victory in a certain area? Have you ever stopped to imagine what that would look like? Set goals according to these moments of imaginative creativity. One of the most powerful uses of imagination we have is to imagine what it would be like to be in God’s very presence in heaven. [...] dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/Song-Receivers-Tip-of-the-Week-April-9-2012.html Be Open to Adventure…<br/>Adventure can be simpler than an African safari. For most of us, adventure can mean getting to and from the grocery store without our brains being frazzled from the chaos and/or road rage that sometimes goes with it! Adventure can mean getting alone with your wife and dreaming together about the future. Adventure might mean flying a kite with your kids (or by yourself!). Adventure may mean ministering to someone else when you feel you need ministry yourself. Adventure is [...] dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/I-Will-Run-to-the-Arms-of-My-Father-new-song-.html dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/Song-Receivers-Tip-of-the-Week-March-26-2012.html Dream Big...<br/> For years I heard people tell me my songs were too difficult for people to sing. My view was that people were more capable than we give them credit for. Many told me I could not succeed in the music business unless I was in Nashville. My view was that I wanted my family to not need a ministry like mine someday - so I would focus on them and Jesus and not worry about my ministry. Did this lessen my dreams? No way. I continued to dream big even though I chose to teach songs that w [...] dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/The-Table-of-the-King.html dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/Song-Receivers-Tip-of-the-Week-March-19-2012.html Be a Risk-Taker…<br/>For some people, taking risks is the essence of life. I have climbed mountains and have walked on ledges with 5,000 drops on either side. I have explored caves where I followed a string to find my way back out. I have jumped out of an airplane at 5,000 feet. I have gone scuba diving and swam with 12 reef sharks swimming around me for 45 minutes. I have skied the north face at Crested Butte and the double diamonds at Breckenridge. I have sung in front of 60,000 people. I have [...] dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/Song-Receivers-Tip-of-the-Week-February-27-2012.html Give Yourself Deadlines…<br/>Procrastination is an enemy that debilitates our creative gifting. I find that I am more apt to carry out my plans if I give myself deadlines. I look ahead toward the goal I wish to reach and then begin to work out a plan backwards toward the start. I give myself small, achievable goals and set those goals on a timetable. I make realistic goals and tell others about them. This helps hold me accountable to keep working towards the goal. Having these parameters or bound [...] dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/Song-Receivers-Tip-of-the-Week-February-20-2012.html Explore Your Past…<br/>God’s Word says in Isaiah 4:18-19, “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.” (NIV) We must learn to live our lives in such a way as to not allow our past failures to dictate future success, or in this case, future creativity. At the same time, one of my favorite passages of Scripture says, ‘I remember my affliction and my [...] dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/Song-Receivers-Tip-of-the-Week-February-13-2012.html Create With Others in Mind…<br/>I find that focusing on the needs of others - focusing on meeting the needs of others - inspires great and profound moments of creativity in my heart. Focusing on the needs of others always gives us clearer vision because it takes the focus off of our own needs and helps us focus on the Meeter of Needs – the Lord! Ask the Holy Spirit to increase your sensitivity to the needs of others and to inspire your creativity in ministering to those needs…<br/><br/>And my God w [...] dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/Song-Receivers-Tip-of-the-Week-February-6-2012.html Go With What Moves You...<br/> When I think about the things that inspire me to be creative in my gifting, I am always drawn toward inspiring stories. When I get down or distracted by the cares of my own life, I find it so useful to get my eyes directed somewhere else. My best creative times are when I focus on the Lord and His perspective...when I focus on meeting the needs of those around me...and when I focus on others who have overcome in some area of life. Reading about how Corrie Ten Boom s [...] dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/Song-Receivers-Tip-of-the-Week-January-30-2012.html Laugh at Yourself -<br/> I am convinced this is why I have children! Having open and honest relationship with my children guarantees I will hear whenever I act in a hypocritical way. The older I get, the more joy I find in learning to laugh at myself...especially when I think I have it all together. The Lord has amazing ways of reminding me that I’m the clay and He is the Potter! While driving down our country road with my children one day, one of my boys was talking with me about basketball. [...] dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/Song-Receivers-Tip-of-the-Week-January-23-2012.html Color Outside the Lines - <br/> This is one of my favorite creativity boosters. I love it when people tell me things like ‘you can’t write a song that way. No one will ever sing it.’ Telling me I can’t do something is like pushing me off a cliff. What may look like a fall for someone else looks like an opportunity for adventure and creativity to me. I should walk around with a placard that says ‘I’ll show you!’ Just because everyone does something one way doesn’t mean it’s the O [...] dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/Song-Receivers-Tip-of-the-Week-January-17-2012.html Awaken Your Senses - <br/>Awakening the senses does not mean to do whatever feels good in a given moment. God gave us senses to help us understand the world and the people around us. Our senses were given with pure and holy intentions in mind. Creative people are often attacked in the area of erotic awareness of our senses. There is a place for that. Learn to use your senses in a godly manner. How can we learn to do this? We must learn to see from God’s perspective. When we see a loved one or a c [...] dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/He-is-Holy-Worship-Video.html dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://dennisjernigan.com/blog/Time-to-Move-On-ministry-video.html dennis.jernigan9@gmail.com Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0100