Category: Mission

IT’S NOT WHERE YOU ARE IN LIFE, IT’S WHAT YOU DO WHERE YOU ARE

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

chains because of Christ

Neale Daniher and his three brothers were talented footballers and together played for one of Australia’s leading football clubs. He was gifted and popular and a devoted family man. However, ten years ago he was diagnosed with motor neuron disease, (MND) a terminal illness that has a life expectancy of twenty-seven months. As I write, Neale can no longer speak or swallow or use his fingers or hands. And breathing can be difficult at times but with eye gaze technology, he is able to type.

Neale Daniher is a testimony to the truth that it is your attitude, not your circumstances that determines your life. When asked where he was …

The Danger of Being ACTIVITY CENTRED Rather Than GOD CENTRED

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

“Mission is finding those whose hearts are right with Him and placing them where they can make a difference for Him.” Henry Blackaby

One of the great dangers in living the Christian life occurs when we become activity centred instead of God centred. For God’s ways are not always our ways.

In Acts chapter 8 we read of a great persecution breaking out against the church in Jerusalem resulting in many of the Christians being scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. Philip found himself in a city in Samaria where he proclaimed Jesus with amazing results.
“Crowds listened intently to Philip because they were eager to hear his message and see …

It’s Important What You See……… FOLLOWERS OR EMERGING LEADERS

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

Picture 2 LEADERS OR FOLLOWERS
For twenty years Douglas Hyde was a member of the Communist Party in England before he renounced Communism and joined the Catholic Church. He then wrote a book called Dedication and Leadership to explain what Christians can learn from the Communist’s attitudes and methods.

One day he was conducting a leadership training course for a group of Communists in London and ended his lecture by saying that the Communist Party could take anyone who was willing to be trained in leadership and turn them into a leader, The one qualification was that the would-be leader must be willing to be trained.

As Douglas stepped down from the rostrum, he met …

WHEREVER YOU GO……..Take the Two Indispensables Jesus Gave His Disciples

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

Power and Authority Policemen in a certain town were called to a house where people were found to be stealing possessions from that house. Surprisingly, the policemen stayed on the footpath outside of the house and began to sing about the authority that had been given to them to arrest lawbreakers. As they declared their authority to one another, the robbers completed the task at hand of robbing the house of all its possessions and departed the scene.

This illustration is taken from a book written by YWAMer Dean Sherman called Spiritual Warfare For Every Christian. He goes on to say how we in the Christian world talk about authority and sing about …