Drift: Where Is Your Relationship with God Heading?
Drift happens in relationships when no attention is given. Drift can even happen when no conversation occurs beyond the superficial.
Category: Prayer
Confession as a Discipleship Issue
Confession is admission of sin or wrongdoing. I like the way Renovare defines confession: Sharing our deepest weaknesses and failures with God and trusted others, so that we may enter into God’s grace and mercy and experience his ready forgiveness and healing. Benefits Sin can destroy relationships and drive a…
Two Sides of a Conversation with God
A conversation expects listening and talking. It is sending and receiving ideas and thoughts. Even two people talking (without listening) is not conversation. How do we talk and listen to God? How do we help those we disciple to join together these two sides of a conversation with God? LISTENING…
After I Pray for Disciples, Then What?
God is at work in our world. When our Lord Jesus Christ returned to the right hand of the Father, He sent the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is stirring and drawing people to Him. So when we pray, we pray knowing that we are not alone. We pray not about…
What Is Your Preferred Prayer Posture?
I read a great article by Alex and Stephen Kendrick entitled 8 Powerful Displays of Prayer in the Bible. I want to encourage you to read the entire article. There the Kendricks say this about prayer: Is it necessary to bow when we pray? Should we lift our hands and…
Praying Scripture: Ephesians 6
In my previous post, Personal Discipleship as Conversation with God, I focused on David and the Psalms. In many ways, the Psalms are journal entries about David’s conversations with God. They inspired people in his day and continue to inspire us today. In addition to listening to God through nature…
9/11, John Hopkins, and a Deacon
As we look back 10 years to 9/11 all of us remember where we were and exactly what we were doing on that dreadful day. It was a day that changed all of us in many ways. Even the numbers 9/11 denote a day that causes us to explode with…
Ten Growth Principles of Healthy Churches, Part 6
In my previous blog I listed 10 Growth Principles so let’s examine the last two, number nine and ten. 9. Healthy Churches saturate everything in prayer. They don’t just talk about praying they pray. They believe in the power of prayer to change impossible situations and people. They pray for…
Ten Barriers to Disciple Making, Part 8 (Too Comfortable)
Aubrey Malphurs lists ten major barriers that churches are facing as they strive to make disciples. This series of blogs examines these ten components. Here’s the list again: Lack of vision; Lack of outreach and passion; Congregations not willing to change; Lack of leadership-intentional leader training; Lack of prayer; Lack…
Ten Barriers to Disciple Making, Part 6 (Prayer)
“Making Disciples” is the church’s number 1 assignment given directly from the lips of Jesus in Matthew 28:19. Aubrey Malphurs, prolific writer/professor at Dallas Theological Seminary lists ten major barriers that churches are facing as they strive to make disciples. We are looking at these ten components more closely in…
Disciple-Making Encounters
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.
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Confession as a Discipleship Issue
Confession is admission of sin or wrongdoing. I like the way Renovare defines confession: Sharing our deepest weaknesses and failures with God and trusted others, so that we may enter into God’s grace and mercy and experience his ready forgiveness and healing. Benefits Sin can destroy relationships and drive a…
Two Sides of a Conversation with God
A conversation expects listening and talking. It is sending and receiving ideas and thoughts. Even two people talking (without listening) is not conversation. How do we talk and listen to God? How do we help those we disciple to join together these two sides of a conversation with God? LISTENING…
After I Pray for Disciples, Then What?
God is at work in our world. When our Lord Jesus Christ returned to the right hand of the Father, He sent the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is stirring and drawing people to Him. So when we pray, we pray knowing that we are not alone. We pray not about…
What Is Your Preferred Prayer Posture?
I read a great article by Alex and Stephen Kendrick entitled 8 Powerful Displays of Prayer in the Bible. I want to encourage you to read the entire article. There the Kendricks say this about prayer: Is it necessary to bow when we pray? Should we lift our hands and…
Praying Scripture: Ephesians 6
In my previous post, Personal Discipleship as Conversation with God, I focused on David and the Psalms. In many ways, the Psalms are journal entries about David’s conversations with God. They inspired people in his day and continue to inspire us today. In addition to listening to God through nature…
9/11, John Hopkins, and a Deacon
As we look back 10 years to 9/11 all of us remember where we were and exactly what we were doing on that dreadful day. It was a day that changed all of us in many ways. Even the numbers 9/11 denote a day that causes us to explode with…
Ten Growth Principles of Healthy Churches, Part 6
In my previous blog I listed 10 Growth Principles so let’s examine the last two, number nine and ten. 9. Healthy Churches saturate everything in prayer. They don’t just talk about praying they pray. They believe in the power of prayer to change impossible situations and people. They pray for…
Ten Barriers to Disciple Making, Part 8 (Too Comfortable)
Aubrey Malphurs lists ten major barriers that churches are facing as they strive to make disciples. This series of blogs examines these ten components. Here’s the list again: Lack of vision; Lack of outreach and passion; Congregations not willing to change; Lack of leadership-intentional leader training; Lack of prayer; Lack…
Ten Barriers to Disciple Making, Part 6 (Prayer)
“Making Disciples” is the church’s number 1 assignment given directly from the lips of Jesus in Matthew 28:19. Aubrey Malphurs, prolific writer/professor at Dallas Theological Seminary lists ten major barriers that churches are facing as they strive to make disciples. We are looking at these ten components more closely in…
Disciple-Making Encounters
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.
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