Category: Mission

WORDS THAT HAVE SHAPED MY LIFE (81-90)

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Evangelism, Leadership, Mentoring, Mission

(81) “CREATE A MEMORY……wherever you go!”

Jesus is the most unforgettable person the world has ever seen. Not a day passes without large numbers of people being transformed by the power of His love and life and words. So much has Jesus impacted my life that there was a time when I determined that wherever I went I would have a goal of creating a memory in the lives of people I met. And now in my senior years I am more focused than ever before on this goal. Each day is a gift from God to be able to create memories in the lives of people I meet.
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There are no COINCIDENCES in the Kingdom of God….. only GOD INCIDENTS

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Evangelism, Leadership, Mentoring, Mission

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“ ‘The children are dressed and ready for school, but there is no food for them to eat,’ the housemother of the orphanage informed George Meuller. George asked her to take the 300 children into the dining room and have them sit at the tables. He thanked God for the food and waited. George knew God would provide food for the children as He always did.
Within minutes a baker knocked at the door. ‘Mr. Mueller,’ he said, ‘last night I could not sleep. Somehow, I knew that you would need bread this morning. I got up and baked three batches for you. I will bring it in.’
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FINISH THE RACE……..marked out for YOU

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Leadership, Mentoring, Mission

Finish the race marked out for you In my younger years, I grew up living a very ordinary life, being dominated by certain fears that caused me to stay in the safe zone and underestimating how much God wanted to do in and through my life. I didn’t believe in myself because I never felt that anyone had ever believed in me. I expected my future to be an extension of my past.

But the year 1979 was a defining year. I married Sue, the love of my life, and the first person who understood the potential that lay within me and believed in me. In addition to that, I had a growing awareness of the fact …

WORDS THAT HAVE SHAPED MY LIFE (71 – 80)

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Evangelism, Leadership, Mentoring, Mission

(71) “GREAT PEOPLE ARE READY TO HELP ME”

Rod Denton Induction at Elizabeth Church of Christ_2012 - Copy (2) I have always lived with the conviction that I was called by God to make an impact for Him and that step by step He would lead me and provide the resources I would need to achieve His great purposes. In the process, the following words of Jesus have been a valuable guide to me:
“My Father is always working and so am I……I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by Himself. He does only what He sees the Father doing.” John 5:17,19
In my years of ministry, I have never applied for any position; I have always walked …