discipleship
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discipleship
Every person must count the cost and enter into discipleship training willingly.
Leroy Eims • The Lost Art of Disciple Making
READ the rest of the story in Acts 16:25–34. ANSWER these questions: 1. What did Paul and Silas do that had an impact on the jailer? 2. How did these actions cause the jailer to ask how he could be saved? 3. Tell about a time when your actions led someone to ask you about your faith. (If you don’t have an answer, what simple changes could you make
... See moreBrandon Guindon • Intentional
Four Stages of Competence. They explained to us that Olivia would go through these stages as she completed her rehabilitation: unconscious incapable, conscious incapable, conscious capable, and unconscious capable. Unconscious incapable: The individual does not understand or know how to do something. He or she is unaware of the skill and unable to
... See moreBrandon Guindon • Intentional
You don’t even know you don’t know -> you know you don’t know -> you know you know -> you have deep understanding
Words I have learned to love and live by from one of the best pastors I know, Evan Meske. Evan helped disciple me as a pastor and he instilled in me a confidence in crisis and times of need through this simple, intentional, predetermined mindset that every pastor, disciple-maker, friend and follower of Jesus should embrace. When people are in need,
... See moreBlake Whiteman • When in Doubt, Go.
Intentionality in discipleship - reading the book [[Intentional]] on discipleship right now, so resonated.
That kind of prayer is about seeking a deeper relationship with Jesus, more of a conversation between friends. This type of prayer shifts the focus off of us and petitions God to move in the life of another person, breaking things loose in the person’s life.
Brandon Guindon • Intentional
We will all make mistakes and must learn to embrace them and turn them into opportunities instead.
Brandon Guindon • Intentional
When we insist on being right, people will feel manipulated and not heard.
Brandon Guindon • Intentional
Jesus taught his disciples to be “fishers of people,” his analogy for a disciple who makes disciples. The apostle Paul later used the analogy of being an ambassador. Whether we see ourselves as ambassadors, fishers of people, or disciple makers, the terminology revolves around a central concept: you and I, as disciples of Jesus, are called to go ou
... See moreBrandon Guindon • Intentional
Each of them intentionally invested in me. Without them I would never be where I’m at today in ministry. And now, looking back, I can see how the people who invested in my life modeled for me what it means to be an intentional disciple maker.