God is trustworthy and can be counted on to treat people right.
"This 6-session course is by Marshall Shelley, written within a year after the deaths of two of his children. During Marshall and his wife's desperate turning to Scripture, they discovered that God is trustworthy and can be counted on to treat people right. These six studies focus on six sections of the Bible that offered them fresh glimpses of how God works.
Download this 4-session course about the transforming work of God in our lives.
Have you ever wondered what kind of person you would be if you lived up to your potential? Have you ever wondered what God had in mind when he made you in the first place? Have you ever wondered if this life is really worth all the pain and heartache? God wants to make us into new people—an extreme makeover of the soul, something we cannot do on our own. Our extreme makeover begins when God ...
Use this 12-session course to learn how to see yourself as God does.
Seeing ourselves as God sees us can be a challenge. This 12-session course is ideal for your Women's Sunday school quarterly curriculum or to use in your small group. It covers such topics as self-worth, stress, confidence, friends and hearing God's voice.
Week 1
Where Do We Get Self-Worth? In a culture that idolizes physical beauty and physique, where do we find our personal worth?
Ten things I'd do differently if I were starting to transition today.
Dan Smith
1. I would answer the "why" questions first.
Even though I was warned by every book and speaker to change values before attempting to change structure, I still tried to implement structural change first. This had several detrimental side effects including: a) losing members who resisted the change simply because they did not understand the reasoning behind the shift, b) continual backtracking, side ...
Jesus provides our best model for developing apprentices.
Thom Corrigan
There really is no magic formula or secret to developing apprentice leaders. The formula is right in the Gospels! Jesus still provides our best model. The greatest step to take is to pray and ask God for His heart for raising up others to serve in the group, church, and community. Admit your plans are faulty, and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you. After you have prayed extensively, consider some (or ...
You can make birthing a new group easier by fostering a Kingdom vision within your group.
Eric Bryce Johnson
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Birthing new groups expands the kingdom of God. Remember the excitement of starting your new group? You probably invited just about every one that you thought would even consider joining. Birthing new groups puts an emphasis on developing new potential leaders into maturity. Developing mature Christian leaders is one of the most effective ways a small group advances the kingdom of god.
Preparation is necessary if your group is going to multiply.
Mark Ingmire
Giving birth to a baby sounds so romantic …so sweet! Anyone who has given birth to a baby will tell you there are times when it is those things, but it is also not without a certain amount of pain. Birthing a group sounds so lofty …so spiritual. Anyone who has birthed a group will tell you it takes a lot of work and is hardly ever without pain. Just as a couple takes steps to prepare ...
While "birthing" is a popular multiplication model, some situations call for an alternative.
Phil Niekerk
There are some people in this world that love the concept of childbirth. I'm not one of them. Don't get me wrong. I love my three kids and can't imagine life without them. It's the birthing process that I have issues with. It's the moment after conception that I begin to struggle with the reproduction process.
I think it has to do with my beautiful bride being stretched and swollen for three-quarters ...
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