I share some key learnings from following God’s leadership over more than 40 years leading up to my retirement announcement on Monday. Listen and stay flexible. Step out boldly. Be patient and faithful where you are. Trust Him and follow where He leads. Pass the baton. Make a difference. Make disciples.
In order to understand God, we must listen well. Listening with expectation and prayer, and Bible study tools can really help.
Too often we treat the Bible as history, wise sayings, or self-help. What if I told you that your life depends on reading it? Read the Bible for life!
Meditating is a tool for listening carefully to what God is saying. Meditation is an attempt to connect past, present, and future.
The practice of conversational discipleship is needed today as you walk through life filled with teachable moment after teachable moment. Study God’s Word.
I recently read a Bible passage and discovered three simple steps for disciple-making conversation.
How does God rank in your life? I am not trying to produce guilt by the question. I am simply encouraging self-assessment. Does your investment of time, energy, and resources clearly communicate to others that He is your top priority? If He is your priority, how much time do you…
Something I have noticed over the years is how essential spiritual practices can turn into quick, shallow routines. Has your time with God become more practice or habit than a fresh, growing relationship? What can you do to turn that around? Which of the following have you tried? Which do…
What is the temperature in your church? Is it warm, cold, indifferent, just right? Do you need to reset the thermostat? 2 Cor. 13:12 says, “Greet one another warmly in the Lord.” Is their warmth in the greeting ministry of your church? Do people really feel welcomed and loved? Who…
Two encounters are critical. First, the leader encounters God in His Word and is changed. Second, the leader guides the group to have a life-changing encounter.
In John 13:34-35, three times Jesus said, “Love one another.” Your group is the ideal place to practice and launch the kind of love for one another that shows the world that we are His disciples.