What Did Your Pastor Preach Yesterday?

Hello Online Community,

We had a great day yesterday at Cornerstone. Pastor Dwight preached on “Lesson’s His Momma Taught Him.” It was a great was to present life truths using the Bible with a narrative, story style form to the message. It was great. I go to lead a 62 year old man to the Lord yesterday. It was precious. Big day!

How about you? Did you preach? Did you hearing preaching? What was the message?

 

Race, Culture, and the Mission

The place of race in a person’s life reveals much about what the person believes about missions. I’m a believer that Jesus Christ is the only way to God. And so every resource available should be brought to converge on the task of reaching the peoples’ of the world with the gospel.

It’s funny how people who are able to reach the nations but cannot develop cross cultural relationships at home. It’s also funny how the very peoples’ who should have a burden to reach the nations often do not.

The winds of change are blowing though. More Anglos are desiring cross cultural relationships. More African-American’s are getting involved in missions around the world. The processes are slow, but they are moving. I want encourage you to not forget about the Great Commission Jesus gave us. Don’t just give your money alone. Be a genuine sending agency in your church. At the very least you should have one mission trip out of country every year. It will change your people. It will bless your church. It will do what Jesus said do. If your church won’t do it right now. You take your family on a trip. You won’t regret it.

Do you have a holistic view of missions? Not just theology, but practice?

Check out the mission board. Surf their site.

Get involved with the world! People in Myanmar need our prayers, $, and witness.

Today, pray for the work of Christ in Myanmar.

 

Kingdom Leadership 2

General Carl Vuono’s definition of leadership transformed the Army in the mid 80s. I have taken his definition and shaped it into my own:

“Christian leadership is the process of influencing other believers to accomplish the kingdom agenda by providing purpose, direction, and motivation.”

Provide Purpose - What are we doing?

People want to know what the purpose is. The want to know “what am I doing? I have found I can talk this, but getting it done is a lot harder. Scripture says, “Where there is no prophetic vision, the people are unrestrained” (Prov. 29:18). Use scripture to define your purpose. Then identify how you will strategically make it known.

What are you and your church or small group supposed to be doing? Making disciples (Matt. 28:19-20)

Provide Direction - How do I do it?

People want to know how to get there. Connect you vision to people, not buildings or programs. Resources of course will be included, but if your vision doesn’t include something living, it will not live after you reach your goal. This too is not easy. Develop a simple blue print for success and stick to 80% of it. God will add the other 20%. Giving direction means you do it with them.

Jesus spent three years showing his disciples how to do it.

Provide Motivation- Why am I doing this?

What the “motive” behind it? We have to get followers to understand the “why.” Without it, they won’t buy in as deeply. People who are not motivated to do something won’t give you there best, especially volunteers. The “why” connects back to the purpose. It brings leadership full circle.

I am examining my week areas and am designing a plan to better myself as a person and leader. I encourage all of you to do the same. Growth is good.