Category: Discipleship

EQUIPPING PEOPLE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE WITNESSES

Rod Denton in Discipleship, Evangelism, Leadership, Mission

Equipping People to Become Effective Witnesses Includes:

Developing a testimony – sharing your story
Discovering your sphere of influence
Developing a gospel outline
Becoming a conversational, relational witness in the power of the Holy Spirit
How to follow up new Christians
How to pray for non-Christian people “Love on its knees”

I pray, Lord, that You draw……………. to Yourself. (John 6:44)
I pray that…………………..hear and believe the word of God
(1 Thessalonians 2:13)
Holy Spirit, I ask You to convict………………of his/her sin and need to know Jesus Christ as his/her Saviour (John 16:8-13)
I ask you to pull down the strongholds of the enemy that have bound, and blinded………………….

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OUR NEED FOR IDENTITY………Who Am I?

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

A few years ago, I preached a sermon on a special occasion in a church where I invited all of my family to attend – and the sermon was entitled, “WHY I AM A CHRISTIAN.” I wonder how you would answer the question if someone asked you, “Why are you a Christian?”
My answer was as follows….
I am a Christian

Because I am a sinner in need of a Saviour
Because one day I am going to die
Because of who Jesus is
Because of my deepest needs

In particular, it is only through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ that my deepest needs for IDENTITY can be …

“And now for the…. MEETING AFTER THE MEETING”

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

It happened one Sunday morning in the church I was pastoring after praying at the close of the service.

I had a growing conviction that the Holy Spirit who had been present in our worship service didn’t depart after the closing prayer was prayed. Too often the spirit of the worship service can be easily lost and replaced by an atmosphere where the conversations after the service are often dominated by trivial pursuits.

At the close of the service that Sunday I continued, “I invite you all to stay after the church service for the MEETING AFTER THE MEETING. I have good news for you! The Holy Spirit is …

STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Leadership, Mentoring

Rod and Sue at home. Can you spot Lillie?

Sir Isaac Newton, the brilliant physicist and mathematician in a letter written in 1675 to fellow scientist Robert Hooke, wrote “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
He was speaking on how he had been using the understanding gained by major thinkers who had gone before him in order to make intellectual progress.

As I read these words, I paused to reflect on the giants on whose shoulders I have stood. The giants that have impacted me up close in their lifetime of service for Jesus.
I also began to think of significant people …