Aldersgate Renewal Ministries

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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 equip 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.

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on ...
11/02/2026

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock." Matthew 7:24



Jesus draws a clear line here between hearing and doing. Hearing alone was never the goal. It is putting what we hear into practice that builds something able to withstand what comes later.



The wise man in this parable did not avoid storms. He built in a way that could hold up when the storm came. That is the point. A foundation is tested, not in the calm, but when the rain falls and the winds beat against the house.



It is easy to accumulate knowledge about God without letting it actually shape how we live. This verse pushes past that. Hearing is the first step. Practicing it is what makes the foundation real.



What is something you have heard from God that you need to put into practice today instead of just agreeing with it?

"But Ruth replied, Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I wil...
10/30/2026

"But Ruth replied, Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God." Ruth 1:16

Ruth had every reason to walk away. She wasn't obligated to Naomi anymore, and staying meant leaving behind her own homeland, her own people, her own familiar life. And yet she chose loyalty, even when it cost her everything comfortable.

This isn't a casual commitment. Where you go I will go describes a full, costly devotion, the kind that doesn't hedge or keep an exit plan close by. Ruth wasn't just choosing Naomi. She was choosing Naomi's God too.

That kind of loyalty is rare, and it's worth noticing what it produced, faithfulness that God used in ways Ruth couldn't have imagined at the time.

Who is God asking you to stay loyal to right now, even when leaving would be easier?

"The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it." Psalm 24:1 Everything belongs to Him...
10/29/2026

"The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it." Psalm 24:1

Everything belongs to Him. Not just the sacred parts of life, not just what happens inside church walls, but the whole earth, everything in it, everyone in it. There's no category of life outside His ownership.

That reshapes how we think about what we have. Our homes, our finances, our time, our talents, none of it is truly ours to begin with. We're stewards of what already belongs to God, not owners protecting what we earned on our own.

It also means nothing is outside His reach or His concern. The parts of your life you consider ordinary or unspiritual still belong to Him, still matter to Him.

What are you holding onto tightly today that you need to remember actually belongs to Him?

"God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and conti...
10/28/2026

"God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them." Hebrews 6:10

There's real comfort in this verse for anyone who feels like their quiet acts of love go unnoticed. God is not unjust, He will not forget. Not some of it. Not the parts that were convenient or noticed by others. All of it.

So much of loving people well happens without recognition, the meal made with no thanks given, the encouragement offered with no return, the faithful showing up week after week that no one applauds. It can feel like it disappears into nothing.

But this verse says otherwise. God sees it, remembers it, and it matters to Him even when it goes unnoticed by everyone else.

What quiet act of love have you been faithful in that you need to trust God has not forgotten, even if no one else has noticed?

"Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth." 1 Corinthians 13:6 This is a quiet but telling marker of re...
10/27/2026

"Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth." 1 Corinthians 13:6

This is a quiet but telling marker of real love. It doesn't take pleasure in someone else's wrongdoing, doesn't gossip about it, doesn't secretly enjoy watching someone fail. Instead, it rejoices with truth, even when truth is uncomfortable.

That's a helpful check for how we talk about other people. Do we lean into stories about someone's mistakes because it's interesting, or do we genuinely want truth and good for them, even when it's not the juicier version of the story?

Real love isn't threatened by truth, and it isn't entertained by someone else's downfall. It hopes for what's right, even when what's right is harder to celebrate than what's dramatic.

Where might you need to check whether you're rejoicing with truth or quietly delighting in something you shouldn't be?

"Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens." Psalm 68:19 Daily is the word worth sitting wit...
10/26/2026

"Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens." Psalm 68:19

Daily is the word worth sitting with here. Not once, not only in the big crises, but daily, an ongoing, continual carrying of whatever weight we're holding. God doesn't just show up for the dramatic moments. He shows up every single day.

That means the small, ordinary burdens count too, the everyday stress, the quiet worry, the tiredness that doesn't have a dramatic story behind it. He bears those just as much as the bigger ones.

This is a picture of a God who doesn't get tired of showing up. Every day brings new weight, and every day He's there to bear it alongside us.

What burden are you carrying today that you need to remember He's willing to bear with you, not just once, but daily?

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purp...
10/23/2026

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28

This verse doesn't say all things are good. It says God works for good in all things, even the hard ones, even the ones that don't make sense in the moment. There's a difference between calling something good and trusting God to bring good out of it.

That distinction matters, because it means we don't have to pretend pain is fine to still trust this verse. We can grieve what's genuinely hard and still believe God is working, quietly, underneath it, toward something good.

This isn't a promise that everything will be explained or fixed on our timeline. It's a promise that nothing is wasted, that even the hardest chapters are being worked into something God intends for good.

What hard thing are you walking through right now that you need to trust God is working through, even if you can't see the good yet?

"I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." Jo...
10/22/2026

"I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." John 6:35

Jesus uses the most basic human needs, hunger and thirst, to describe what He offers. Bread and water aren't luxuries, they're necessities, the kind of thing you can't survive without. That's the language He chooses for Himself.

We look for a lot of things to satisfy us, to fill the hunger and thirst underneath the surface of our lives. Success, relationships, approval, distraction. Some of it helps for a while. None of it actually satisfies the way we hoped.

Jesus isn't offering one more option among many. He's offering the thing everything else was a substitute for all along, real satisfaction, real sustenance, for the parts of us that stay hungry no matter how much else we consume.

What have you been trying to feed your hunger with that was never going to actually satisfy you?

"Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave...
10/21/2026

"Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you." Colossians 3:13

Bearing with each other assumes friction, real people, real annoyances, real hurt. Paul doesn't pretend community is easy. He assumes grievances will happen, and then tells us what to do when they do, forgive.

And the measure given isn't a vague, general kind of forgiveness. It's as the Lord forgave you. That's a high standard, forgiveness that doesn't wait for an apology, that covers more than feels fair, that chooses grace even when it isn't deserved.

This kind of forgiveness isn't weakness. It takes real strength to release someone from what they owe you, especially when the hurt is real and recent.

Who is God asking you to forgive today the way He's forgiven you, not because they deserve it, but because He did it for you first?

"Be still, and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10 This verse is set in the middle of a psalm describing nations in uproar,...
10/20/2026

"Be still, and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10

This verse is set in the middle of a psalm describing nations in uproar, mountains falling into the sea, chaos on every side. And right in the middle of that chaos, God says, be still.

That's not a command to be still because everything is calm. It's a command to be still in spite of the chaos, to stop striving, stop trying to control what was never ours to control, and remember who's actually in charge.

Being still doesn't come naturally when everything around us feels unstable. Our instinct is to fix, manage, and control. But this verse asks for the opposite, stillness, so that in that stillness we can actually know Him.

What would it look like to be still today in the middle of whatever chaos surrounds you, and remember He is still God?

Address

121 East Avenue
Goodlettsville, TN
37072

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

Telephone

+16158519192

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