Church planters love to build teams, systems, and strategies, but I’ve learned that activity and fruit are not the same thing. Jesus never promised results to the best-laid plans, only to branches that stay connected to the vine. Let’s explore why abiding has to come before anything we try to build. Read more.
Focused Discipleship
#Personal — Tim Challies explains how praying through Proverbs, verse by verse, can turn ordinary Bible reading into an honest conversation with God.
#Marriage — I bookmark Brant Hansen’s The Men We Need, a book on responsibility and showing up that turned into a weekly gathering with other men.
#Parenting — Michael Brown calls fathers to bring their families to church, open the Bible at home, and entrust the results to God.
#Church — Matt Keller reviews Thom Rainer’s research on why the anxious generation is craving community and waiting for churches to invite them in.
#Work — Reagan Rose names the discouraging middle of any hard change the valley of despair and shows how faithfulness carries you through it.
#Pastor — Mike Bullmore walks through his five-step sermon process, from text work and reading to writing and Sunday-morning preparation.
#AI — Taylor Barkley offers four practical principles for using AI wisely at work without losing sight of your identity in Christ.
Weekly Wallpaper
Dependent (Valley of Vision)
This week’s free design points to John 15 and our need for God’s sustaining strength. Let this wallpaper design remind you daily that apart from Him you can do nothing, and in Him you have all you need. Download now.
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