I am so hard headed when it comes to driving and directions. I don’t need a guide; in fact, that’s the one thing I try to avoid at all costs. This past spring I was out scouting for turkey season and I got turned around in this clear cut pine forest. It was really thick [...]
Posts Tagged ‘discipleship’
Trusting Jesus as our guide
Posted: September 8, 2009 in discipleship, FaithTags: crossroads, discipleship, Faith, found, jesus, lost
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Living or not Living with Jesus: “fish or no fish”
Posted: August 19, 2009 in discipleship, leadershipTags: business, discipleship, fishing, jesus, John, time
Do you ever feel pressure in your life? Do you ever need more hours in the day? So often I find myself running wide open trying to find more time in the day. In fact, I often explain my life as a constant sprint. At times it gets so bad that I don’t realize it [...]
What does your Jesus look like?
Posted: July 28, 2009 in discipleship, leadershipTags: 2 Peter, culture, discipleship, dog, follower, jesus, reciever, self
What does your Jesus look like? If you had to draw a picture of Jesus based upon your understanding of what His actions are like in your life, what would He look like? There are so many different pictures of Jesus within our culture how do we know what is an accurate picture. Sadly, most [...]
Mentoring and Accountability: “Two non negotiables for Growth”
Posted: July 14, 2009 in discipleship, leadershipTags: accountability, discipleship, Faith, hebrews, jesus, leadership, mentory
We often don’t realize how much we are shaped by those around us. Likewise, we often forget how much we are shaping those that are around us. In our own selfishness and ego we assume that we are coming up with all of our own original thoughts and ideas when the reality is we don’t [...]
“Are you a whore?”: Looking at our lives through the eyes of Hosea
Posted: July 6, 2009 in discipleshipTags: discipleship, Hosea, jesus, whore
Do you remember your wedding day? Do you think about and anticipate what your wedding day will be like? I’ll never forget my wedding day; it was amazing. Started off with a round of golf and then just hanging out before the ceremony. I remember standing in the room upstairs at the church with this [...]
Intentional Death to find Eternal Life: Paul’s call to the Colossians
Posted: June 17, 2009 in discipleship, FaithTags: colossians, death, discipleship, jesus, life, Paul
The closer I get to Jesus the more I am aware of those thing/qualities inside of me that are not of Him. It’s an interesting dynamic; I thought of myself being more like Christ when I was farther away from Him. In reality, this delusion is a result of the sin that lives within me [...]
Peace through blood: “the way of the cross”
Posted: June 16, 2009 in discipleshipTags: blood, colossians, discipleship, jesus, martry, peace
When I think of the words “peace” and “blood” I don’t immediately connect the two. In fact, it would seem that where there is the shedding of blood that is where there is no peace. It doesn’t make a lot of sense that peace is found through the shedding of blood. But yet the shedding [...]
Human Praise: “an obstacle to becoming a follower of Jesus”
Posted: May 13, 2009 in discipleshipTags: discipleship, grace, jesus, Paul, pleasing God
1 Thesalonians 2:6 “As for human praise; we have never sought it from you or anyone else.” Can you imagine what would happen if you and your church took this verse seriously? It seems like we have it exactly backwards. So often we are consumed with the opinions of others. So often we are consumed [...]
Death….the road to reliance on God
Posted: April 1, 2009 in discipleship, FaithTags: death, discipleship, jesus, reliance, self
2 Corinthians 1:9 In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely on God, who raises the dead. Paul is in the middle of a discussion of the connection between suffering and comfort. Paul suggests that suffering actually leads to comfort and that this is [...]
Are you more valuable dead or alive?
Posted: February 4, 2009 in discipleshipTags: commitment, death, discipleship, jesus, life
Philippians 1:24 “but for your sakes, it is better that I continue to live” Paul is talking to the Philippians and telling them that he is such a force for the gospel that is it more valuable for the Kingdom of God for him to be alive then dead. What a powerful picture of discipleship. [...]
