About a year ago, God began to bring to life a new community of faith in our home. I have told many people that the only way to describe how this spiritual family is coming into existence is by the Spirit of God. They are such an amazing group of people and they are teaching…
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Part 2: Guarding Our Hearts as We Make Disciples
As I wrote in the previous post, we must actively guard our hearts as we make disciples of Jesus. This is because we are imperfect people. We make mistakes. Our motives drift. We get off course. One of the lessons I have learned the hard ways is that… I must guard my heart against operating out…
Guarding Our Hearts as We Make Disciples
I have had the privilege of being able to walk alongside a lot of people over the years to help them grow as disciples of Jesus. I have been able to see, first hand, God change many people’s lives, which is amazing. It really is a privilege that I do not deserve and do not…
The Moment of Empowerment
As I close out this series on God Moments, it is good to go back and remember the point of all of this. It is to make disciples, followers of Jesus. The goal is not to help someone have a better life, change a behavior, increase their self esteem, etc.. Those are good things, but…
The Moment of Correction
Sometimes we need another follower of Christ to look us in the eye and tell us that we need to change. We need to be told that we are wrong. We need to be told to quit acting the way we are acting because it doesn’t fit with following Jesus. We need to be lovingly…
God Moments in Disciple Making: An Introduction
I will never forget showing up to the Community Bakery in downtown LIttle Rock, Arkansas in 2001 to spend time with one of my close friends and mentors. We had known each other for about 5 years at that time. As we sat there with our coffee and pastry he said, “I have 5 questions…
Key Moments in the Disciple Making Journey
All along the discipling journey are key moments where those you are discipling will have an opportunity to encounter God in unique and potentially life changing ways. These are great moments to be INTENTIONAL in their life. Our responsibility is to help discern when these moments are happening and then walking through them with those…
We Can’t Be In a Hurry with People
Helping people grow as disciples is not an overnight or fast process. It takes time and is filled with ups and downs. But, we must not be in a hurry or try to take shortcuts when making disciples. Speed and efficiency are not luxuries that disciple making get to enjoy. When we look into the…
Through the Lens of Family Love
I get asked regularly, in some shape or form, questions like, “what do mean when you say disciple making?” “What do you do in a disciple making relationship?” “Is there a certain book or study I should use?” “How long does it take?” I completely understand those question and why they are asked. They are not bad questions but maybe…
The Moment of Vision
Most of the people in your life cannot see their own potential in the Kingdom of God. I would be willing to bet that most of the believers around us have not had someone look deeply into their life and taken the time to help them see that potential. Yet, that was one of the first…
Abiding in Jesus 