I’m going to let you in on a little secret. You know those missionary letters and updates you receive from people like me? We follow a simple formula describing a dramatic ministry success story that encourages you to keep praying and giving. While it’s important to celebrate God’s successes, we seldom talk about our missteps…
After you’ve determined the person God wants you to disciple, it’s time to ask if they’re interested. Specifically, you want to ask him or her to start meeting with you and a few others for the purpose of spiritual growth. Again, it’s best to follow Jesus’ example for this. Matthew 4.18-20 NLT says, “One day…
When I think about obedience, I think about training a puppy. My dog is handsome and when he was a puppy, he was adorable. He was also ruled by his needs and desires. He wanted to do exactly what came through his mind in the moment. We all, our family and the puppy, needed training…
It probably takes longer than you think, at least if you intend to make them as Jesus did. The details might disturb you. Let’s start by looking at how Jesus made disciples. Jesus spent at least three years (some scholars think it was closer to four) molding His team into the mighty disciple makers that…
It had been four years. Four years since I moved into our new neighborhood. I looked at my street and cul-de-sac where I lived as a great opportunity to love people and lead them to Jesus. I was excited for the opportunity in this new community and to start a home group soon. First, it…
I love team! A team is commonly defined as a group of people who come together to achieve a common goal. I am privileged to work alongside a group of likeminded people who are shooting at the same target. It has been written in a lot of books and stated from a number of stages…
In Whose Image? The first year I spent discipling someone was pretty rad. I was actively pouring into John’s life and John was growing spiritually. I saw a middle-aged man turn from someone who didn’t read Scripture into someone who was in the Word every day. It. Was. Awesome. In the back of my mind…
You could hear a pin drop as a somber spirit fell on the men in the group. With much transparency, I had just shared about my ten-year battle with an addiction to pornography. I talked about the problems that addiction had created in my life and in my marriage. Then, I shared how God used…
A minister once told me that he wanted the church he led to reach “Joe Sixpack.” “Who is Joe Sixpack?” I responded. I knew who he meant. I wanted to know if he knew who he meant. (He didn’t.) “Joe Sixpack” is the target for many men’s ministries, but he is more complex than the…
Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And He healed every kind of disease and illness. When He saw the crowds, He had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. He said…
The family is the first institution ordained by God in Scripture. Before God ordained government, even before He ordained the Church, God ordained the family (Gen 2:24). Perhaps one of the greatest tragedies would be deceiving ourselves into thinking we are succeeding as disciple-makers because of how intentional we are with those in our small…
One of the sacred privileges of being a disciple of Jesus and a part of the Body of Christ is that we are participants in and recipients of the benefits of the gospel. For instance, I am an only child, and my mother was an only child. I remember growing up that our family very…
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