Category: Mission

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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“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 …

WORDS THAT HAVE SHAPED MY LIFE (112) “THE LITTLE THINGS”

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

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Admiral William McRaven of the United States navy wrote a book, “MAKE YOUR BED…..little things that can change your life and maybe the world.” The book contains ten life lessons learnt from his navy training days with the elite SEAL Teams. He writes, “Make your bed. If you accomplish the first task of the day well, then the rest of the day has a better chance of going well. Do the little things right!” Interestingly, Jesus emphasised this same principle in His teaching. “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.” …

WORDS THAT HAVE SHAPED MY LIFE (110) “OTHERS”

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

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It was Christmas Eve, 1910. General William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army was bedridden and near the end of his life and it was impossible for him to attend the Army’s annual convention. It was suggested that the General send a telegram to be read at the opening of the convention to the many Salvation Army soldiers as an encouragement for their long hours of labour serving others.
Funds were limited, and telegrams were charged by the word. General Booth decided to send a one-word message. It had to be one word that would summarise his life, the mission of the army and encourage the soldiers to continue …