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Disciple Making is Simple, Reproducible, and Powerful

Disciple Making is Simple, Reproducible, and Powerful

Not long ago I was in the Apple store working on my iPhone. A young lady was helping me—she probably looked to be in her early twenties. While she was […]

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Healthy things multiply! Dead things don’t.

Healthy things multiply! Dead things don’t.

Multiplication is a big deal to Jesus. Jesus took the men He had built and trained for over three years, and He released them to multiply. This was the whole […]

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God wants you to grow in your walk with Him.

God Wants You to Grow in Your Walk With Him

Healthy things grow. I have marks on a doorframe in our house where we charted the growth of our girls. Just outside my office window, I have an oak tree […]

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Find The Person Of Peace Who Will Open The Doors For The Gospel

Find The Person Of Peace Who Will Open The Doors For The Gospel

God has already chosen a person to help you. I had not been at the church for long when I met the head coach of our local high school. He […]

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Setting Clear and Compelling Goals

Setting Clear and Compelling Goals

There are many pastors who refuse to set any kind of goal at all. “How can you put a goal on what God wants to do?” they will say. They […]

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Stepping Down and Surrendering Control to Jesus

Stepping Down and Surrendering Control to Jesus

A wise person finds balance to life. Usually when we think of balance, we picture our life like a scale. Balance is found in dividing our time, resources and energy […]

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What Matters Most

Making Time for What Matters Most

The woman and the glass jar. Years ago, I saw an illustration that has stayed with me. A woman was given a large glass jar and several rocks of various […]

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Building a Ministry Team - Identify Your Disciple Makers

Building a Ministry Team – Identify Your Disciple Makers

A ministry team needs to be comprised of people who are faithfully making disciples using your preferred tools. Not everyone whom you disciple will reproduce in others. I wish that […]

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Moving From No Conversation To Casual Conversation

Moving From No Conversation To Casual Conversation

Are you the kind of person who strikes up conversations with strangers or do you think that’s weird? Maybe you’re the kind of person who would rather do anything other […]

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How to Make Jesus The Center of Your Thoughts and Your Life

How to Make Jesus The Center of Your Thoughts and Your Life

In May 1971, a Texas newspaper featured an article titled “What They’re Saying” that quoted Frank outlaw, president of the successful supermarket chain BI-Lo: “Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch […]

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