The secrets to living life to the full can be found in the wilderness.It was there at Marah that the Lord laid before them the following conditions to test their faithfulness to him: "If you will listen carefully to the...
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Small Group Leaders
5 Ships Every Small Group Needs
A healthy small group needs 5 ships to carry out its mission:Fellowship: This one's the flagship. A group needs authentic Christ-centered community to be healthy. But how do you get there? The other 4 ships flank and reinforce the flagship..Ownership:...
Small Group Leaders
Is Your Group a Romans 12 Group?
If someone asked me to pick one chapter out of the Bible to explain how a small group should operate, I'd pick Romans 12. I've decided to go through this chapter and pull out some principles.In verse 1 the apostle Paul begins...
Spiritual Life
2010: The Year of More …
I'm glad 2009 is over. It was a very difficult year for me. I won't go into all the particulars here, but as I look back now, I'd say it was a year of battle. At times during the year...
Spiritual Life
Christmas Battle Prayer
I was thinking this morning about a perspective on Christmas I had never really considered before this year. When Jesus was born, it was as if God was sending his Son into the enemy's territory to do battle--battle for our...
Leader's Heart-Overflow
Abundant Life Leadership
I closed my last post with this sentence:If you want to lead successfully, Jesus must first lead you!To lead well and bear fruit, you must be connected to the Vine (John 15:5). Another way of illustrating this is to imagine...
Leader's Heart-Overflow
Trophies, Cheerleading, Enoch, and Leading a Healthy Small Group
What do you want to be known for? What would you want people to say about you after you die?At different stages of my life I would have responded to that question differently. As a kid growing up in Cincinnati,...
Leader's Heart-Overflow
The Leader’s Heart: 2nd Sign of a Healthy Group
The most vital mark of kingdom leadership is a leader's relationship with God. And that's the second sign of a healthy small group: a healthy growing leader.The apostle Paul prayed for his Ephesian friends that "Christ will be more and...