Equipping Believers to Go Make Disciples
Are you ready to begin empowering others for their journey of discipleship? Enjoy these practical articles and download this helpful disciple-making tool so you can better equip others.
Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: “God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I’ll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age. – Matthew 28:18-20 (MSG)
How Do I Know Who to Invest My Disciplemaking Efforts in?
We’re all busy, and our pace of life doesn’t leave much room for anything other than the highest of priorities. As you choose to place Jesus’ call to make disciples…
What Are You Afraid Of?
As we grapple with submitting to a God who invites us to come and die, there’s another layer of fear that often scares us away from God. For generations, our…
Releasing the Power of Awe In Your Marriage
Every morning that we wake up we have a choice. We can enjoy the day or barely survive it. We can choose to view our spouse as the remarkable gift…
4 Ways to Renew a Sense of Awe in Your Marriage
What was your first encounter with awe? There are certain experiences in life that leave you awestruck forever. I remember a particular season, years ago, in those wonderfully awkward middle…
Survival Training
After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, one pastor told his decimated church, “We’ve always said that Jesus is all we need. Well, now Jesus is all we have.” When the…
Feelings Are Powerful—Here’s How to Manage Them
Feelings are a primary blessing and a primary problem for human life. We cannot live without them and we can hardly live with them. Hence they are also central for…
The Secret to Transforming Passing Moments into Precious Memories
At the end of every episode of our podcast, Rhythm of Us, we always close with the same question: “What advice would you give to the younger you?” It’s easily…
How to Practice the Presence of God
I sit in the waiting room, hand on my heart, saying in my mind, Lord Jesus, you live within me. Come, Holy Spirit and calm me. Give me your peace….
How Jesus Sees My Buddhist Manicurist and My Lesbian Friend
I have the best manicurist in the city. Her name is Annie, and I send all my friends to her for their manicures and pedicures. I told my friend Sharla…
Four Steps to Holy Reading and Listening to Scripture
Traditional holy reading and listening to the Scripture has four steps, with a leader guiding the process. But people can also practice this pattern on their own. (I use it…