The Marabá Church had a training event about Discovery Groups. This group is wiser now. They have tried some things that worked a bit, and other things that didn’t work out as they hoped. Two things I especially love about Discovery Group training: 1. It is easier for the trainer, because rather than prepare lessons, you …
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Ivanildo put another 1,000 fingerlings in our pond . . . and then the guy threw in three more scoops of the fingernail sized fish. Here in this photo they are already several weeks old and have grown considerably. Ivanildo is planning to have them ready for market at Easter 2018. Brazilians love fish at …
Discipline is like going to the store with cash in our pocket. We use it get what we want. “Discipline your children.” “What disciplines are you majoring in?” “I am not disciplined enough to lose weight.” “What spiritual disciplines are part of your life right now?” “Discipline is doing what you don’t want to do …
In 2015 I was out running at the break of dawn, far from traffic or people, when a motorbike drove up and stopped in front of me. A couple jumped off the bike, and the man started violently beating his wife. Long story short, I started a Discovery Group with them and we quickly became …
When you think of people who do not know Jesus, what do you feel? i) Hopeless, like you are losing a cultural war ii) Anger at their activities iii) Envious of their freedom iv) Frustrated at their unhealthy choices v) Nothing. They are non-people vi) Compassion because of their lostness vii) Other ? Awhile back …
In 2007 I was doing a survey trip with Clenildo. When we got to Marabá he wanted to look up a young girl named Aline who used to go to his church hundreds of kms away. When we moved to Marabá we drove an hour before and after church to bring her to our meetings. …
The 25 prisoners in the cell we got to are from many different states. Some have committed crimes years ago. Many do not have anyone who comes to visit them, to encourage them, to bring them new sandals, or clothes, or basic hygiene supplies. When I realized I would be away for several weeks and …
We love the people who love our kids. Loving and honoring people’s children is a great church-growth community-building strategy. Powered by WPeMatico
“It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me” (John 6:45 NIV). “As God has said: ‘I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people’” (2 Corinthians 6:16 …