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You can sign up all of your teachers by emailing me their email addresses: josh@joshhunt.com Double Your Class Videos FREE!Order Disciplemaking Teachers Video and receive Double Your Class Videos FREE This week only! "Let them feel what God feels for them through you." Letting the grace of God flow through our lives to the lonely and needy was a refreshing challenge and an encouragement to "break out of the traditional box" and be a vessel for God's love! Thank you!" "Straightforward. Honest. Factual. Innovative. Passion fueled by love "Very well presented! Good information! Inspiring! I just hope I will put it into practice. I appreciated Josh's personal testimony. For information on hosting a conference, click here. Email on Conversational Prayer. . .Hi Josh, Last year, an 81 year old retired heart surgeon, self-confessed atheist/agnostic, came to faith in Christ. He is as raw as they come. He usually greets me with a “Damn fine sermon, Sam.” In a new Christians class, the teacher asked him to pray (and then had second thoughts.) His prayer was a classic. “Dear God, this has been a hell of a great Bible study. I’m learning a lot. Thanks. Goodbye.” That is what I would call – conversational prayer! -Sam
"How do I get my groups to double? How do I get them to give Friday nights to Jesus? How do I get them to teach a halfway decent lesson? How do I recruit teachers? How do I get them to come to training? How do I motivate them? This eight part series is designed especially for the pastor and staff. Use it to supplement your weekly staff meeting. Or, they make a great resource for a staff retreat. Alternatively, what a great opportunity to gather some pastors in the area together to discuss how we can double our churches every five years or less. Everything rises and falls on leadership. This series will equip the leaders to do what we need to do.
by Tom Clegg and Warren Bird
Finally! A how-to guide for a top-notch, effective radio ministry, written from first-hand experience and designed as an educational tool and constant reference tool. The homework has been done…just step up and apply the guidelines and principles–and you’re ready to broadcast! Radio Ministry 101 was created to empower and educate you to start, enhance or improve a broadcast outreach ministry. Every pastor, teacher or ministry leader who wants to enhance their ministry through radio broadcasting will benefit from this resource. Perfect for beginners and seasoned veterans alike! Topics: |
We often speak of the importance of serving God. Until recently I have not thought deeply about the fact that God is constantly serving us. For example. . . This morning I was enjoying my morning coffee, Bible reading and worship (in that order at times, sad to say!). I was in the mood to listen to Twila Paris. I had just read the story from Genesis 11 about Abraham becoming willing to sacrifice his son Isaac and God providing the lamb. I thought about Twila's song, Lamb of God. I was enjoying listening so much I decided to see if, by chance, she was touring and I might could hear her in person. Her web page had been replaced by one simple graphic of her new CD with the announcement, "In stores March 11." I checked the date on my computer: March 11. I took it as a gift from God. I called the local Christian book store to see if they had it in stock. They didn't. I called Best Buy. They had it in the computer. The guy said it should be there but he was going to physically check the shelf. No luck. I called Target. Popped up. I called Hastings and Wal-mart. No answer. I had the thought to try Hastings in person. They had one copy and it was mine! God does little things like this for me all the time. He is constantly serving us. By the way, I checked www.twilaparis.com just a moment ago. That graphic that announced today's release is no longer up and has been replaced by the new web page, but no mention of a release date. I hurt my foot recently. (I will spare you the details; it gets a little gross!) Anyway, I was hobbling through the DFW airport the other day. Making my way ever so slowly. I don't know how much you know about DFW airport, but it is really a tribute to the "everything is bigger in Texas" philosophy. Texans like to point out that in terms of geographical area, it is actually bigger than Manhattan Island. I am shuffling through this monster, one small step at a time. Half the airport is on one side of a freeway, while the other half is on the other side. I landed on the West side in Terminal B and was going out on the East side in Terminal A. Baby steps. Baby steps. A man walked up to me pushing an empty wheel chair. "Need some help?" God is constantly serving us. I will never forget the first time I became aware of this dynamic, a year or so ago. There is a whole God-thing story about how suited my house is to recording videos. (If you ever hear me refer to taping in a studio, it is really a euphemism for my kitchen.) The house has an opening between the kitchen and the child's bedroom which creates an excellent situation for video taping because you can control the lighting in the foreground and background independently. There was just one little problem. The bottom of the window was just a little bit too high and it showed up (just a tad) in the video. I thought about tearing out this whole wall, but that did not seem practical. My next idea was to build this room-sized platform to raise me, the chair I was sitting on as well as the table in front of me. The whole thing seemed like a lot of trouble and just made me tired. Then, it hit me. I did not need to build this huge platform. I only needed to build a platform big enough for the chair. Then, I needed some small platforms for each of the four legs to the table. I noticed in my garage a couple of 4 X 4s. I pulled them in and, "Walla!" they were just about the right length to construct the platform for my chair .There were some other boards that were just about the right length, width and quantity to complete the platform for my chair. I noticed two more 4 X 4s. There were about 3" longer than the distance between the legs of the table. One on each side of the table, and presto, the table is now 4 inches higher. Looking around, I noticed a little bag of nails. I started to pray. "This is really cool, God. It is like You went to Home Depot for me." Only thing was, I couldn't find a hammer. I looked everywhere I could imagine several times but no hammer was to be found. I thought that odd. This supply of wood that just happened to be in the garage, left here by the owner of the house, seemed to be too perfect to not be the hand of God. But, why wouldn't God get me a hammer too? I was determined not to let it ruin my attitude. I was determined to be thankful to God for what He had provided and not think so much about what I didn't have. After a few minutes, my mind was drifting about something else when I noticed a shelf I had supposedly looked on several times. There, in plain view, a hammer. My immediate reaction was, "God, now you are just showing off!" He serves us constantly. Lead your people to look for the strong hand of the invisible God. My children seldom notice how often I pick up after them, think of them, attend to their needs. Every parent works backstage in a thousand different ways to provide for their kids. Typically, they don't even notice a fraction of what we do, much less acknowledge it with a polite "thank you." Let's all be better children, shall we? The heavenly father serves us constantly. I invite you to watch for His hand serving you in a thousand details of your life. |
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 You mean you pay people to give Friday nights to Jesus?Last summer I wrote an article on "The best idea since whiteboard". It is called Homes of Hope and the invention of the Australian Union Conference, where I have served twice. As a denomination they are recruiting people to "Give Friday Nights to Jesus." If need be, they are actually paying them to do so. Is there a way you might try this at your church? For more information see www.homesofhope.net
What is the real reason churches don't double? Is it because we don't know how? Is it lack of methods and techniques? Think again. The real reason is joy, or lack of. People who have great joy in God have great energy for God. People who have great joy in God accomplish great things for God. The great secret of doubling churches is they are happy places. They take seriously the command of God to, "Rejoice in the Lord always." This thirteen week series is set up like Experiencing God, with 13 weeks of five daily readings. The Interactive video enhances the learning experience.
These 13 dynamic lessons will help students grapple with the tough questions that impact their Christian faith--questions youth leaders feel are most important to their teenagers. Like "How can I know God exists?", "How is Jesus different from Mohammed and Buddha?" and more! Includes reproducible student pages for in-depth discussion and a flexible format that will work in youth meetings, Sunday school or small group meetings. Formerly released as Student-Led Discussions: How Can I Know God Exists?
Finding teachers just got easier.With this new supplement to Lifeway's Family Bible Series™ it will now be easier for you to find new teachers. There are many who love people and are good Christian leaders, but are not too comfortable presenting. I would like to partner with these good people. I will do the presenting, you lead the group to do the things a group needs to do to function effectively.
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