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Hope for Today #161 – Expansion Plans Flourish When We Work Together in Unity!
Do you struggle with people who will not help? I mean really, why do some people have to be so very, very contrary? In fact, it seems like some people are just gifted to be antagonistic and self-centered. If these … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged accomplish, antagonistic, disunity, expansion plans, family, flourish, happy, Impossible, plan, possible, promotion, self-centered, selfish, selfless, sports, team, thrive, together, tower of babel, Unity, Vision, win, winner, work
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Train Them Thursday – When Worship Flows!
“Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Train Them Thursdays (discipleship)
Tagged anooy, Bethlehem, conviction, cost, Daniel, devote, devoted, disciple, discipleship, effort, expense, extravagant, follow, follower, Gift, God, grateful, gratitude, heart, honor, inconvenience, Iran, Jesus, Jews, joy, King, love, Messiah, new life, Persia, promise, provision, rescue, sacrifice, security, sign, team, worship, worth
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Willing Worker Wednesday – Unwilling Workers Are Easy to Spot!
“Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and asked them the exact time the star appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
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Hope For Today – God’s Way Is God’s Word!
Giant problems require a team of warriors around us, especially as we grow older! David’s enemies were many – and, several of them were real, bona fide, terrifying giants! Knowing how to conquer them because a vital issue as David … Continue reading
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Tagged addict, addicts, alcohol, Bible, bullies, defeat, discourage, distress, drugs, enemies, faith, giants, God's Word, Kingdom, power, problems, Satan, sex, strategy, sugar, team, trouble
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Transformed Podcast #281: Strategies for a Winning Sunday School!
If we are to truly disciple the men and women who attend our Sunday School or small groups, we will need to seek to help them “win” at the spiritual life. In our New Year series, “When Sunday School Works … Continue reading
Posted in Small Groups, Sunday School, Transformed
Tagged attitude, bottom line, change, church, difficult people, dream, health, hope, individualism, John Maxwell, logical, loser, Michael Jordan, nay sayer, obstacles, Passion, potential, power, rational, refusal, rules, small group, Sunday School, surfer, team, Value, winner, winning
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Transformed Podcast #272: Mighty Men and Women!
For the Church to survive and thrive, it will need a healthy and godly team of men and women leading it! We want to welcome you to the fifth and final installment in the “Being An Excellent Team Player” Series here … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Last Days, Transformed
Tagged ability, accomplishment, aspiration, change, Christ, church, command, community, courage, courageous, develop, disciple, discipline, dream, elevate, evil, excel, expansion, experience, exploit, grace, Great Commission, hardship, Holy Spirit, honor, initiative, Jesus, Kind David, kingdom of God, laziness, leader, Leadership, loyalty, mighty, ministry, mission, praise, rank, reality, repent, repentance, responsible, Satan, significant, sin, submit, team, train, training, Vision, winner, work
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Transformed Podcast #268: What Kind of Team Player Brings Victory to Their Team?
As our culture crumbles, the Church of the Lord Jesus MUST work together! Unity is key to effective strategic execution of the Great Commission of King Jesus! We are here to introduce you to a special series on the Transformed Podcast … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Last Days, Transformed
Tagged advancement, athlete, attitude, church, commitment, company, confidence, correction, criticizing, difficulty, digital, doing, drive, effort, enrichment, excellence, fear, formula, habit, help, hindrance, improvement, improvise, invention, Job, leader, Leadership, loser, nuisance, objecting, opportunity, people, possibilities, promoted, refusing, responsibility, routine, strength, team, turbulent times, weakness, winner
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Do People TRUST you?
Our conversation turned to the issue of trust. We had been talking about why my friend was struggling in his current ministry. Things had been going well for a while, and then, out of no where, people seemed to slow … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged responsibility, sacrifice, team, team building, tenacity, transparency, Trust, unselfishness
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