The key to Jesus’ investment in his disciples was that they would be able to do the same with other people, creating a ripple effect that grew incrementally outward.
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Category: Reproduce spiritual generations
A Better Image Displayed
The transformational power of Christ is displayed on human outposts, children of God who now radiate a better image and elevate a higher name, in the midst of a broken world.
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Motivation for the Great Commission
Disciplemaking is an invitation to partner with him in the work he wants to accomplish on Earth—a call paired with equipping.
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God’s Greenhouse for Spiritual Generations
We must always remember – as we partner with God, our work is only setting up the conditions for spiritual health. It is God who ultimately works in the hearts of people and causes the growth.
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A Ripple in the Building Current
Believers who see the brokenness of our world will grieve the desperation of people far from God. But the answer is in discipleship relationships, each one acting as a ripple in the building current of the Gospel going out across the Earth.
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Disciplemaking Lessons from a Hamburger Flipper
It was a genius move by Ray Kroc to make cooking a hamburger and fries doable by anyone. He singlehandedly pioneered the fast food industry by refining hamburger-making into an easily replicable process.
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The Value of Spiritual Children
Do believers put any value on their spiritual children? Do you? One of the things we grieved the most after losing our house to a wildfire six years ago, was pictures.
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Does Your Life Stop With You?
The four other character traits of a disciplemaker have been valued in many Christian movements through history, but the final trait is distinct.
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This Is More Foundational than Disciplemaking
Several years ago, a gathering of Navigator leaders prayed and sought God in developing a short list of top priority skills or behaviors to build into the lives of people we call disciplemakers.
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What the World Really Needs
We read the headlines and experience the conflict. Around the world and even among our own families and friends there is a weight of desperation—people are lonely and without hope.
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