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Bear Much Fruit

Jesus was nearing the end of his earthly life he had taught His disciples and shown them His heart. In this passage, He illustrates it simply by connecting the two elements that bring life and the ability to bear fruit.   It is simply being connected with Jesus and allowing Him to work through us.

The Parable of the Yeast

Jesus taught a parable about a lady who worked with yeast.  He said, “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about 27 kilos of flour until it worked all through the dough.” A little yeast has huge power to transform!

The Parable of the Sower

Let’s do all we can to help our hearers understand
the message of salvation and sanctification that we proclaim. Let’s tell it with
patience and great clarity. Let’s pray that we will speak and live in such a way
that the Good news is understood and embraced

The Parable of the Talents

The servants did not own the assets. The gold belonged to the man who left on the journey. The parable becomes clear if we consider that God is “the man” in this parable, and we are the servants. * The resources that he has entrusted to us belong to him.  God asked Moses (see Exodus 4:2), “what is in your hand?” and I would ask each of us to consider what resources, relationships, spiritual gifts and skills has He given us? We don’t own them; He does, and he requires us to steward them well.
* The owner’s expectations of the results were appropriate for the amount each servant was given.

The Most Important Resource for Church Multiplicationcation

You can develop your churches’ human resources three ways:
 By vision casting
 By training and coaching
 By mobilization of spiritual gifts
These three ways to develop human resources go hand in hand. You know about vision casting to help people see God’s plan and God’s methods to achieve his goals. 

The Four Fields Model

We are beginning a new year, now is an exciting time to set this model before us as we pray and fast, asking our God to lead us to unfamiliar places and people groups. By asking the Holy Spirit to help us learn about them, as we retain knowledge and spiritual insight into their lives. 
This is something we are not to rush; this is a special time to meditate upon God’s Word as He leads and guides. Remember the old missionary from long ago, William Carey who said, “To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map.”

Blessed to Multiply

One of the most beautiful blessings that God our heavenly Father has given his children is the power to multiply. The book of Genesis teaches us that multipliction is part of God’s original design for humanity. But Jesus teaches that we are not only to multiply humans, we are to multiply disciples of Jesus. 

Steward Leadership Introduction

One author defines a steward as “someone who manages resources belonging to another person in order to achieve the owner’s objectives.”
“Steward” and “stewardship” are two words that have been on my mind. The Lord will provide the resources needed – people, relationships, strategies, and, yes, finances – and our responsibility is to steward wisely their allocation and use.

Three Resources for Church Multiplication

Today’s episode of Multiply focuses on the need for resources as a church planter multiplies disciples, leders and churches. Which resources are most important, Buildings, money, prayer, people?

Jesus Called Equipped and Released Workers for the Harvest

Jesus shares with his disciples that the harvest is abundant, and so they can be encouraged that their effort would not be in vain. I imagine that with these words, it was a great encouragement for them.