Derwin Gray: 4 Ways to Refill
If we attempt to provide for others without first being nourished ourselves, we burn out. We wound ourselves and others.
If we attempt to provide for others without first being nourished ourselves, we burn out. We wound ourselves and others.
Fueled by the passion of a calling, having committed themselves in prayer, and by playing a long game of patience and persistence, successful church planters establish effective churches by walking in a manner worthy of the purpose to which they’ve been called.
Genuine love and care are unmistakable and irresistible. When people encounter it, it’s truly transforming.
It is precisely because of the God-given, sacred nature of sex that it is meant to be pursued and protected by the covenant of marriage.
Church leaders, parents, those who are walking with a person whom they are discipling, or anyone with spiritual influence should help other believers dig deeply into the Scriptures and mine lessons on evangelism.
All kinds of churches will reach all kinds of people that your current church is not reaching. Bigger is not better. More is better.
The plan was to incubate church planters within existing churches and then release them after six to nine months to plant the network’s next church
Seventeen percent of churches say they were directly or substantially involved in a church plant that opened in the last three years.
The word “refresh” here literally refers to water. When we are willing to water others with kindness, compassion, or a listening ear, we find ourselves watered.
We are reminded of our rescue and are placed in overwhelming moments where we must depend on him.