Building a Discipling Culture

by Mike Breen

each morning he had to retreat and establish the priorities for that day.

Our priority as leaders should be to live out a transformed life in front of those we seek to lead.

It is about leaders first becoming disciples of Jesus with prayerful, missional hearts that are broken for the emerging culture.

Jesus calls us all to be leaders.

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our Western independent mind-set automatically questions directive authority.

Resist the urge to endlessly explain what you are doing or to get feedback from those following.

leaders must be broken, humble servants.

There are times that a leader must take a stand and walk by himself, but not because of arrogance.

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It’s not what they can do for God, it’s what God can do through them.

the kingdom of God is given, not earned; received, not taken.

We must receive the grace that comes only by fully experiencing the D2 phase.

It is when a disciple is in the time of discouragement and despair that vision is critical.

A friend is one who embraces a common objective and aim, one with whom life is shared.

Leaders must always be looking to give away their jobs to people who can do it as well or better than they.

Stage One—I do, you watch •Stage Two—I do, you help •Stage Three—You do, I help •Stage Four—You do, I watch

As a leader, it is your responsibility to look inward on yourself and on your capacity to put these principles into practice.

Church leadership based on high control is not at all attractive to the emerging generation.

being the Church.

the Pentagon is about unleashing the members of the body to function at their full potential.

When we know what we have been designed for and called to do, we can save ourselves a lot of effort and striving in areas we were not built for.

When we are walking the path God has called us to walk, we will discover grace beyond our expectations to succeed.

If you strive and struggle in a particular area of ministry and find it produces more stress than fruit, perhaps it’s time to step back and examine your gifts.

A spiritual gift is not a ministry in itself. Rather, it is a tool to use for the job at hand.

in corporate worship the Spirit will fall on certain individuals, giving them gifts for the moment. These are not permanent roles; we do not possess these gifts as our own “ministry.”

They come up with innovative means to do kingdom work.

•Apostles enjoy dreaming, doing new and challenging tasks, change.

One who hears and listens to God

mature Prophets are actually quite humble because they know that any revelation they receive isn’t their own and they entrust it to the community.

A Teacher’s authority doesn’t come from how smart he or she is but from the Word of God and the power of a transformed life.

base ministry

phase ministries.

By taking you out of what you’re most comfortable with, he is also shaping your character, which expands your capacity to serve the body of Christ and the world he so loved.

our base is something that we do naturally,

we enter into a new phase when circumstances arise that immerse us in a phase ministry we are unfamiliar with, but need to have access to in order to accomplish the work God has called us to.

you will know you have run out of grace. Energy and enthusiasm dry up. You see less blessing and less fruit from your efforts, even though you are working at the same intensity level.

Going back to your base ministry is the only thing that gives you a sense of peace.

Without pioneers, we will never gain new territory for the Kingdom. Without developers, we will never keep the territory that was won.

Testing comes into our lives to make us more flexible, to stretch us out of our comfort zone.

Our spirits yearn for this God-likeness to be a reality in us so that God’s glory is revealed to others here on earth.

I want your rule to advance and be known in this world.

We go to him with our most basics needs anticipating he will feed us from his bounty.

we are asking God to help us not to stray from his place within his kingdom.

now dealing with us going out into the world with the message of God’s love and forgiveness.

praying that God would keep us safe as we venture through life in the Lord’s service.

stop; you realize that it is the area of your life that you and God need to walk through together today.

life gets messy sometimes,

How much easier it seems to stand still in what we know, regardless of how unfulfilling, than to move into the unknown!

As Christian leaders we need to encourage our people to breathe deeply again.