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What Jesus’ Training Model Reveals About Becoming a Fully Equipped Disciple

What Jesus’ Training Model Reveals About Becoming a Fully Equipped Disciple

Training prepares people to do something important What comes to mind when you hear the word “training?” Maybe you think about an athlete training for a competition. Perhaps you think […]

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How the Holy Spirit Speaks and Guides Your Life

How the Holy Spirit Speaks and Guides Your Life

The Holy Spirit leads us on God’s path of life The Holy Spirit plays an important role in helping us walk along God’s path of life. In (Romans 8.6), the […]

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When Devotion to Jesus Becomes the Starting Point of A True Disciple

When Devotion to Jesus Becomes the Starting Point of A True Disciple

A disciple begins with devotion to Jesus The first dimension of a disciple is that they are devoted to Jesus. That is, this person has become convinced that Jesus is […]

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Ask With Confidence How Jesus Teaches Us to Bring Our Needs to the Father

Ask With Confidence: How Jesus Teaches Us to Bring Our Needs to the Father

Prayer moves from praise to asking. Prayer starts with praise. Prayer involves returning to God in confession. Then prayer moves to our needs. The A in our acrostic P.R.A.Y. stands […]

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The Voice in the Wilderness John the Baptist and the Call to Make Jesus Known

The Voice in the Wilderness: John the Baptist and the Call to Make Jesus Known

“For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and will never drink wine or beer. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit while still in his […]

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The Power of the Gospel That Changes Everything

The Power of the Gospel That Changes Everything

The gospel changes a life from the inside out. When someone believes the gospel and follows Jesus, there’s a change in their life. That change doesn’t come from trying harder […]

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Take Them with You: How Jesus Developed Leaders by Showing Them Where God Was at Work

Take Them with You: How Jesus Developed Leaders by Showing Them Where God Was at Work

He took them on a mission instead of into a classroom. After Jesus called his disciples to this new level of commitment, they began engaging in Jesus’ ministry. Dann Spader […]

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Jesus’ Leadership Training Blueprint How He Trained Disciple Makers to Multiply

Jesus’ Leadership Training Blueprint: How He Trained Disciple Makers to Multiply

Jesus trained new believers when the crowds grew beyond control The third step in Jesus’ disciple-making process was to train new believers to be and build disciples. At this point […]

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The Power of Scattering the Gospel Seed

The Power of Scattering the Gospel Seed

What you sow is what you reap One of my early summer jobs growing up was working for a seed company. We would take the scientifically engineered seeds and plant […]

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Wired to Worship: What It Means to Worship God Together

Wired to Worship: What It Means to Worship God Together

Everyone is wired to worship something Everyone in the world is wired for worship. We are created to give our praise, attention, admiration, and affection to something. We will either […]

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