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September 19, 2018
What is a Disciple?
It might sound boring, but at a fundamental level, God wants the exact same thing from you and me as He has wanted from every other person who names the name of Jesus as Lord: He wants us to truly follow Jesus. To be His disciples. That was, after all, the marching orders Jesus left […]
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September 18, 2018
Should your church stand and greet guests?
Nine out of ten guests do not like the stand-and-greet time in church services! What is that? Why are there such major differences between the preferences and opinions of the members and the preferences and opinions of the guests? The guests addressed this issue in near unanimity. The stand-and-greet time is a tradition or ritual […]
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September 17, 2018
How to WOW guests at church
To be fair, in our study of first-time church guests, we heard from a number of them who had really pleasant experiences, and decided to return. Let’s look at the top ten responses from the perspective of the happy guest. Some of them are just the opposite of the ten items listed above. I have […]
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September 16, 2018
You are a missionary; live like one
Sent: The Fifth Habit I will journal throughout the week all the ways I alerted others to the universal reign of God through Christ. The final habit is to begin identifying yourself as a missionary —a sent one —by journaling the ways you’re alerting others to God’s reign. You can make daily journal entries or set aside some time at […]
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September 15, 2018
Prayer is the preacher’s life
PRAYER, in the preacher’s life, in the preacher’s study, in the preacher’s pulpit, must be a conspicuous and an all-impregnating force and an all-coloring ingredient. It must play no secondary part, be no mere coating. To him it is given to be with his Lord “all night in prayer.” The preacher, to train himself in […]
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September 14, 2018
The Uncommon Common
God’s constant presence is ultimately what makes the insignificant become significant. If we look through the pages of Scripture, we find time and time again God invading the ordinary and then making the ordinary into something extraordinary. It’s not that the thing itself changes; rather, whatever it is, in the midst of its ordinariness, becomes […]
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September 13, 2018
How to turn off guests at church
But many church members and leaders are wrong. When we asked hundreds of guests about their experiences visiting churches, it was not a pretty picture. We asked specifically why they did not return to a particular church. Here were their top ten responses: The stand-and-greet time in the worship service was unfriendly and awkward. When […]
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September 12, 2018
Talking to God for men
The preacher must be preeminently a man of prayer. His heart must graduate in the school of prayer. In the school of prayer only can the heart learn to preach. No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack. Talking to men […]
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September 11, 2018
Listening to the Spirit’s voice
The third habit I want you to foster is that of listening for the Spirit’s voice. I suggest you find at least one chunk of time, preferably at the beginning of each week, to stop and create space to commune with God. For many people, listening to the Holy Spirit is like trying to hear […]
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