Sublime

To find the life that’s worth living, you must understand that you’re a special, beloved person and that God has a specific, wonderful plan for you that will give you all the love, fulfillment, significance, and power that you’re looking for (see Rom. 12:2).

Will we take risks, spend money, change names, reconstitute, relaunch, help the new church plant down the street, and venture into new mission fields by faith rather than remaining safe and comfortable? Not all of these apply to everyone, of course, but will we take the necessary risks?

Our goal as people who follow Christ should be no less than becoming people who are madly in love with God.

The huge challenge for the Euro-tribal churches is how we come to release our techniques, management, and desire to fix the church, and instead believe it is God who is acting out ahead of us, particularly in our neighborhoods.

As a speaker, you can use the “should” approach and make people feel guilty, but it doesn’t produce passionate followers of Jesus Christ. It merely produces compliant, guilt-driven church people. And once that guilt-based approach to faith gets a hold of you, it’s tough to find your way back to grace.

Practice number three is this: Narrow the Focus. By that I mean you shouldn’t try to do everything; you should do a few things well.”