A person reigns with Christ and shepherds the nations by:1. Walk in Christ’s love doing first works2. Endure suffering, poverty and persecution3. Obey teaching from whole counsel of God4. Be pure without compromise or idolatry 5. Walk in Christ’s victory to overcome busyness and over-confidence6. Embrace evangelistic opportunities relying on God7. Listen to Jesus’ voice for zealous…
The results of proclaiming God’s truth for joyful fellowship include: 1. Walk like Jesus by loving God and others 2. Grow spiritually with forgiven sins, overcome evil one and know God so you don’t love the world 3. Listen to the Holy Spirit’s teaching ministry and prevent being led astray by lies 4. Fix your hope on Christ’s…
Jesus used on-the-job training in equipping His disciples as they served in the world. This became a starting point for implementing a larger vision of the church studied earlier in Eph. 1-3. Eph. 4-6 instructs how to implement the church’s larger vision by equipping believers for works of service and teaching the truth of Christ…
“There is neither encouragement nor room in Bible religion for feeble desires, listless efforts, lazy attitudes; all must be strenuous, urgent, ardent. Inflamed desires, impassioned, unwearied insistence delight heaven. God would have His children incorrigibly in earnest and persistently bold in their efforts. Heaven is too busy to listen to half-hearted prayers or to respond…
Churches and ministries often emphasize one aspect of disciplemaking, but blessing is minimized because they don’t follow God’s blueprint completely. Some examples of imbalance in disciplemaking include: 1. Personal glory and pride instead of releasing control and humility 2. Pastor or teacher gift apart from the offices of apostle, prophet and evangelist 3. Teaching without mentoring 4. Mentoring without teaching 5….
Dan Buttafuoco, president of the Historical Bible Society, specified five primary reasons to read the Bible: 1. The Bible has transformed the world2. People are willing to die for this book3. It’s the most accurate book of antiquity4. It contains a life-changing message of freedom5. It connects you to history’s most important figureActs 17-18 shows the…
Samuel Chadwick wrote, “Destitute of the Fire of God, nothing else counts; possessing Fire, nothing else matters. Spirit filled souls are ablaze for God. They love with a love that glows. They serve with a faith that kindles. They serve with a devotion that consumes. They hate sin with fierceness that burns. They rejoice with a…
People don’t delegate responsibility because they believe the following myths:1. I could do it better and faster myself2. I’m not doing my job if I have to ask someone to help3. If someone wants to help, they’ll tell me4. I’m the only one who knows how to do it5. If I do it, I know…