Category: Establishing
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Part 3: Seeds Among the Thorns
The curse of being the oldest child is that sometimes the weight of the world is on your shoulders. I was talking with a friend of mine years ago and he commented, “man you sure seem to be weighted down with your responsibilities.” Guilty. My folks divorced when I was 10 or so in the…
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Discipleship Groups in 2022
by Tim Howington Men’s groups meet all over the place. Go into any coffee shop or diner in the morning most mornings and you will find a group of guys with their Bibles open and discussing spiritual things. Some groups don’t have their Bibles open, but they are talking about spiritual things. We love all…
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Why I Stopped Trying to Memorize the Bible!
by The Howitzer As a young believer I was exposed to the spiritual discipline of Scripture Memory. I can remember sitting in my living room with one of my mentors as we pulled Scripture references out of jar and quoted the verse written on small piece of papers and checked one another from memory. We had tackled the…
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You are a New Creation
by The Howitzer Not many people know that I have a secret hobby. I write songs. Not good ones necessarily but ones I enjoy. Years ago, when I was in campus ministry, I decided to pick up the guitar just in case my worship leader couldn’t lead in our weekly meeting. Even though I have…
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World Vision Wednesday
by The Howitzer One of the characteristics of a disciple maker is they have a world vision. Not a “worldly” vision (that might disqualify you), but a vision that is directed towards the nations. We will always be limited physically by geography- meaning that we can only be in one place at one time- but…
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All Have Sinned
by Mark Freeman I will be the first to admit that I am stubborn. Not that it is something I am proud of, just that it is something I recognize as true. I resist the notion that I may need the help of someone else until the situation has gotten so bad that I look…
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Luke 9.23
by Trey Shearin Someone once said “ The Christian wouldn’t be so difficult if it wasn’t daily” I don’t know who said it but they might have been loosely paraphrasing Luke 9.23. 23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be My disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow Me. Luke…
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Grow in CHRISTLIKENESS – Love
by Marshall Moody Have you ever had someone wash your feet? I’m not talking about a pedicure (I’ve never had one but I hear they’re nice), I’m talking about someone wanting to humbly serve you in the name of Jesus Christ? About 20 years ago, the leaders of our church humbly and solemnly washed the…
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Concept 5: Vision for Growth (Vision for Disciplemaking/Wheel)
Concept 5: Vision for Growth (Vision for Disciplemaking/Wheel) Disclaimer: This concept may need some more instruction about how to utilize it. If you are interested contact me at tim.howington@gmail.com Do you want to have an impact in this world? Not only while you were here, but long after you are gone. Do you want to…
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Concept 4: Quiet Time
Concept 4: Quiet Time The world revolves around relationships. Sometimes we get confused and lose sight of the relational aspects and focus on the myriad of things to be done. We have become a culture of the To-Do list. Tasks and goals begin to win out over friends and family. What a tragedy. Unfortunately, our…
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