Sacrificial service

Discipleship, Missional, Outreach

There are few better ways to reflect the heart of God for people than through sacrificial service. Followers of Jesus who engage in sacrificial service to others build significantly more credibility with people of all belief systems than those who do not regularly...

Spiritual responsiveness

Discipleship, Missional

Spiritual responsiveness describes how we choose to respond to the work of God in our lives. It involves actively listening and then taking action according to what we are hearing. God is present and at work in the world, drawing us closer to him. How we decide to...

Experiencing God

Discipleship, Missional

Experiencing God means intentionally and consistently engaging with God in such a way that you open yourself to deeper understanding of him and deeper relationship with him. We are to use our minds, our bodies, our souls, and our emotions to love him. He answered,...
Defining Discipleship: the starting point

Defining Discipleship: the starting point

Discipleship, Missional

Defining Discipleship If we are to assess ourselves accurately in the area of our discipleship, we need to know what standard we are measuring ourselves against. Just as an archer must know what the target looks like and where it is in order to hit it accurately, we...

Deciding to assess our walk of discipleship

Missional

We all want to live and love like Jesus. We want to serve as his hands, feet and voice in the world around us. We want increasingly to live a life of true discipleship. Yet we often fall short. Taking a close look at our own walk of discipleship is a difficult thing...