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Jason Kovacs
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Jason Kovacs
@jasonkovacs
Husband. Father. Counselor. Church Consultant. Executive Director @gospelcareco Council Member @biblicalcc Adjunct @heritagecs @millarcollege @gatewayseminary
- Big week for our family! My wife and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary and our son is officially a US Marine!
- Our pastor came to our house this morning for a pastoral visit. It was a indescribable blessing. We drank good coffee and he listened to us share a little more of our story. Then he prayed for us and encouraged us. A couple reflections:
- The Church = God's answer to fostercare Top # = children waiting for adoption Bottom # = churches #OrphanSunday
- If you are suffering, depressed, and see only darkness today - you are not alone. Remember: - Jacob’s limp - Joseph’s tears - Job’s agonies - David’s Psalms - Elijah’s desire to die - Hannah’s weeping - Jeremiah’s lamentations - Paul’s thorn - Jesus in Gethsemane
- The Church = God's answer to fostercare Top # = children waiting for adoption Bottom # = churches #OrphanSunday
- Recently I have been waking up in the morning with more anxiety than normal so I have been praying Jesus prayer from Gethsemene. Many days I can barely make it through the first half without my mind spinning off into a thought. So I start again and keep praying. Sometimes I fall
- Beware of the “emotional prosperity gospel”—the idea that spiritual maturity means you no longer wrestle with sadness, anxiety, or trauma. True maturity isn’t the absence of struggle, but learning to trust God through it.
- The pastor’s calling is unique. Most people can separate work, church, and friendships but for pastors, they all overlap. When there’s conflict in one, it ripples through them all. That’s why shepherding requires deep grace. It’s never just a job; it’s a whole life.
- Reading John Owen be like 1. 2. [1.] [2.] [3.] (1.) (2.) 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. [4.]
- There are a few things that are bothering me about a public apology going around online by a well known pastor of a large church. One, it is a terrible model for others to follow and many will follow it. This is a lead pastor speaking to tens of thousands of people. People will
- Mark Dever says the gospel is always fresh to him and tears up as he recognizes he deserves God's judgment. He says, "The fact that we trust the same Christ is far more important than anything that divides us." This is it. This is gospel-centrality.
00:00 - This is not biblical counseling, this is biblicist counseling. And it’s harmful.
- If you are suffering, depressed, and see only darkness today - you are not alone. Remember: - Jacob’s limp - Joseph’s tears - Job’s agonies - David’s Psalms - Elijah’s desire to die - Hannah’s weeping - Jeremiah’s lamentations - Paul’s thorn - Jesus in Gethsemane