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When employees or spouses face conflict, are we the cause because of a lack of submission? When Jesus said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations..." He was giving a command to go and accomplish His purposes through discipleship. Hear how this impacts us not only individually, but…
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Sometimes when we look at a task that is large, we tend to get overwhelmed. We often have a lot of questions and fears about what to do, what to say, and how to go about such a large task. There is also the concern about whether we could be able to pull it off. The goal of God has been to reach all people and gave them a mission statement to "make …
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We are experiencing a large amount of people leaving the church. We are seeing the current structure of the church is not creating growth and perhaps we should consider to try something different, but stay true to Scripture. When we think of how grass propagates, we typically see many seeds scattered and only a few take root and become mature blade…
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Why is it we tend to remember some things better than others? Research shows the impact of various levels of learning that help us to recall the information we have learned. When we apply this to church and the Bible, the modern church today utilizes only a few of the least impactful methods of communication. Hear how there is the potential for a b…
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There are world statistics that point toward an epidemic of loneliness and the impact that is having on our culture. It is not just occurring in a specific culture but is a worldwide epidemic. We need relationships that can help us point out oublind spotsts and help in our deepest moments of difficulty and loneliness. Find out what is desperately n…
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A majority of churches today are operating with a two circle model of the weekly group gathering and groups. Could there perhaps be a missing element in our church operations today? Hear how making a change to add one-to-one discipleHave you ever done something and all you wanted to do was hide. You felt so ashamed that you didn't want to be seen. …
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A look at the life of Joseph helps us to think about how we can view opposition, challenges and difficulties in our life. Even though Joseph was given a sense of future blessing, everything that followed for many years was the opposite of what he thought it would be like. Hear how you can interpret your situations and circumstances by examining Jos…
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We see two circles most commonly existing in churches today. There is a group gathering in a crowd. The second is the more distinctive smaller group. What is missing in our church strategies today is the one-to-one small circle discipleship relationship where people go deeper into more personal communication and have a greater potential to go deepe…
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When you think of mission statements, resume objectives, or purpose statements, out of many things you could focus on, you realize you can't do everything, and you have to have some type of central focus in which to specialize. The Great Assignment, or The Great Commission as it is so often referred to, is the purpose statement for God's church and…
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When you have water with a little bit of contamination, there is a need to purify it before you drink it. Impure water cannot be purified by other water. Something must be introduced to make water pure. The same thing happens in our spiritual walk. We need purification. Hear what we need in order to understand how our own impurities can be cleansed…
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We all have times where we've made plans or envisioned things going very differently from what we had been thinking would happen. Whenever this happens, we tend to question what went wrong and why these things are happening. Even in our regular everyday lives, God is still inviting you to see Him in the unexpected events that occur in our everyday …
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Have you ever felt obligated to do something when you really didn't want to? Have you ever had something that when you had to give it up, you were very reluctant? If we can look to God on how He has dealt with money and possessions, we can potentially gain a perspective on how to deal with them in our own lives. Hear how the Apostle Paul found hims…
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How do you respond to conflict? We all tend to individually think our own perspective is the right one. Our own bias is usually behind the matter. What is it that is behind that bias? How can we know? Discovering the source and getting to the true root of the issue of what is behind conflict and opposition can better equip us with a toolbox of reso…
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Perspective matters! If you look around at all the tragedies, turmoil, hurricanes, earthquakes and wars, you can lose the perspective of the overarching narrative of the bigger picture. We can get caught up in the latest news and issues, but there is a higher calling than the things we see all around us. The things that are unseen are the things th…
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During the NFL Superbowl, there are commercials that feature some of the highest paid marketing projects. There is something in us that we can be drawn into something even when we are unaware something is going on. We even have feel-good chemicals such as dopamine that can be released in our bodies to make us feel good. This is what happens when we…
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All of us have a sense of fear. We can feel it perhaps before public speaking or perhaps from a high position. For Christians, the idea of sharing your faith with others is often mentioned as a source of fear in how to share the Gospel. Perhaps a sense of inadequacy or a sense of not wanting to be rejected all play into the sense of fear. Hear how …
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Hear about one of the world's most popular toys and how it can help us to think about how we each have a desire to connect with one another. Because each one of us individually flawed as human beings living in a fallen world, we find that we need help to be able to love one another and overcome anger, conflict, jealousy, and disagreements.…
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When Moses was overwhelmed, he had to have help. Perhaps you're at the point right now where you realize you too need help. God is there to help us because even Jesus who had many people pressing in to reach him and he had a schedule to keep. He knew how to properly balance all the issues that he faced. Ultimately, there is a higher purpose beyond …
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After Christmas, there is a tendency to find gifts and all the preparations for the event fade away, don't work anymore, or have some kind of technical issues you can't resolve. There is the reality of things that returns after a holiday and find we have dead pine needles and broken toys in our life that we didn't plan on. Where do you go when thin…
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Would you be excited if you found 1 million dollars in a gift you received at Christmas? There is something even more valuable and you can experience it too. At the very essence of the Christmas story is the salvation message. Jesus Christ came on mission to save humanity. The love is packaged in a gift. A gift is of no use unless it is unwrapped. …
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We all don't particularly like to wait. Whether we have to wait in line at the checkout or waiting for answers to prayers, we all want what we are requesting. Hear how God goes silent between the Old and the New Testaments for 400 years and there is a waiting period between God's fulfillment of His promises. God is actually working in your circumst…
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When a ship sets anchor, it has a place of steadiness and consistency. When we have God as the anchor of our life and Him at the center of our life, we are able to pursue His calling for our life. Hear the story of Pastor Steve McCoy, author of SmallCircle discipleship ministry tools share how his life intersected with God's call to author some dis…
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What do you do when nobody is looking? Often, when we have a higher purpose and a recognition that someone is watching, we tend to try harder and do harder in our work. God's desire for us to avoid hypocrisy and aim for authenticity is about direction and not about perfection. Hear how the fact that God is watching and that there are rewards after …
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We all need rest from time to time, but what happens when we pause too long and become stagnant in our lives? t is easy to dismiss ourselves from the task that God has planned for our lives. It is easy to relax and rest when we've had some successes. Hear how to become motivated to make the latter years of life even more fruitful that your earlier …
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