Power Walk Ministries

Dr. Paul Cannings

Articles by Dr. Paul Cannings

God's Work

The hardest thing to establish, even for me many times, is to keep God’s intent for marriage in its rightful place when emotions denominate the atmosphere. What I mean by rightful place is remaining focused on God’s agenda for marriage, no matter how vulnerable that may make me feel. Many times, it’s hard to keep the brain working when our emotions are high. Our emotions tend to dethrone God sometimes in a New York minute.

Happy Father's Day

No one can measure the influence of a father on his children, and that is all the more reason to take the job and its responsibilities seriously.

Transform Fear

Fear is a powerful emotion. The fear experienced when someone believes God will not come through or fix a situation is not the same fear that paralyzes someone shocked at the sight of an oncoming train while crossing a railroad track or someone immobilized by a burglar. This fear is ongoing; it keeps believers from growing in their faith. Fear can prevent believers from making decisions that allow them to be vulnerable or experience challenges beyond their comfort zones. Someone once said, “Fear is the only thing that multiplies faster than rabbits.”

Confident Children

Several years ago, our church’s theme was “Being the Difference.” While it may have a cliché ring to it, one can easily overlook the significance and potential impact and easily continue doing business as usual. It’s almost like the great maxim…WWJD. However, I have realized that to make a difference; one must be intentional and Spirit-led.

Inside Out

It seems like many believers believe that walking with the Lord takes a lot of work and experiencing His blessings is even more work; that can make a relationship with the Lord tiresome or illusive. I completely understand, because many times I have prayed and prayed and prayed and it seems like the Lord is not listening or is too busy to respond. I have gone to Him, needing Him to act and fight my case but He seems to move really slow when I know He is a just God. I can say that many times it has led to frustration, but I thank Him anyway, because over the years it has created a greater dependence on Him, and He has taught me what trusting Him means. One of the things He has taught me is that by His very nature He cares as He relentlessly stands for me against a person that is described as a ravenous wolf, a roaring lion the devil of devils, who by His very nature is a slanderer, and a liar because there is absolutely no truth in him (John 8:44). This person goes to heaven day and night seeking to destroy me (Revelation 12:10; Job was not an exception to his rule). The question is how is He caring for me when it seems like He is not?

Keep Kicking

Why commit to doing good based on the Word of God when evil seems to get worse and God is committed to allow trials to grow us? This seems like a never-ending process that can get old very fast. I suspect another way to ask this question is, “Do we want an easy life so that we have a level of satisfaction or do we want inner spiritual strength so that we experience the power of the Holy Spirit to carry us through whatever life brings?”

Not God's Divine Design

Divorce will always be a difficult issue to explain Biblically and to experience personally, because divorce has never been God’s divine design. There is nothing in the divine design of marriage that allows for a systematic strategic process for carefully organizing divorce to not be destructive. The potential for damage, in the case of divorce, is tremendous because it is the very foundation upon which everything is built. Therefore, marriage must be entered into soberly. The benefits of marriage to the individuals involved are not fully realized until the purposes of God are established.

Core Love Never Fails

Marriage has become many things. People spend their lives together, having kids, buying a house, raising a family, etc. Marriage, however, is simply about relationships. It starts this way in Genesis 1:26. “Let us make man in our image” and it continues this way in Ephesians 5:22-33. The creation of mankind, the development of male and female to be husband and wife is based on how God the Father, God and Son, and God the Holy Spirit function. Man is developed from “our image”. It is when the relationship between the husband and wife is strong that the relationships between the children are also strong.

The Gift of Giving

A few years ago, I read about a woman, in Atlanta, Georgia, who washed clothes for a living. She would take some of her money and save it. She did this for a number of years. Over a long period of time, she accumulated a large sum of money. It seemed that the natural thing, in her senior years, would be to retire and use the money to have a fun retirement, not so.

The Birth of Jesus Christ

The birth of Jesus Christ was the pivotal point of all history. It marked forever, “God with us” forever. Those who accept Christ will experience God forever. As Gentiles, we had no hope of experiencing any of this (Ephesians 2:12). Christ birth gave us hope. Christ must be ‘the must’ in Christmas because His arrival marked the new beginning.

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About Power Walk Ministries

Power Walk Ministries challenges believers to leave their comfort zone and put their faith into action through leadership conferences, mission trips, and spiritual growth.

About Dr. Paul Cannings

Meet the President - Dr. Paul Cannings

Founder of Power Walk Ministries and Sr. Pastor

Of Living Word Fellowship Church

Dr. Cannings is President and founder of Power Walk Ministries, a ministry focusing on church leadership & development, marriage, and family and teacher training. Each year Power Walk Ministries holds conferences in the U.S., Africa and the Caribbean.

Dr. Paul Cannings, long considered “the teacher’s teacher” among leading pastors and clergy, is the Senior Pastor of Living Word Fellowship Church in Houston, Texas. He provides spiritual direction and leadership to a growing congregation and is a sought-after speaker on the national and international stage.

Dr. Cannings is also the President of Living Word Christian Academy, a Christian school for children from 2 years old - 8th grade. Striving to better the community, he also founded the area’s only four-star accredited preschool. He has also established an outreach ministry; The Christian Outreach Center, to help families living in crisis. He can be heard locally in Houston on KHCB (khcb.org)/105.7 fm, where he serves as a bible study leader on “The Pastor’s Corner” and is the host of a live question and answer program called “The Pastor’s Study”. He is also a adjunct professor at the College of Biblical Studies. He is the author of numerous books, including Why Can’t Mondays Be More Like Sundays? and Biblical Answers for 21st Century Church, a resource for church leaders tackling today’s toughest questions.

Resume Highlights

• Adjunct Professor at College of Biblical Studies

• Former National Director of The Urban Alternative

• Radio Ministry

• Pastor/Founder of Living Word Fellowship Church

Education

Skyline High School

Dallas , TX (1973-1975)

B.A.-Austin College

Sherman , TX (1975-1979)

Honors: Outstanding Service

Award as Chairman of the Student

Development Board, All Conference

& All District Award in soccer.

Th.M. - Bible & Christian

Education Dallas Theological

Seminary 1981-1985

PhD. - Theological Studies

Religion & Society

Oxford Graduate School

Dayton , Tenn. (1991)

(some course work at Oxford University)

Contact Power Walk Ministries with Dr. Paul Cannings

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P.O. Box 920517
Houston, TX 77092

Telephone Number
281-260-7402