Oscar Muriu from Kenya
"It is possible to evade a multitude of sorrows by the cultivation of an insignificant life." Robert Henry.
"It is possible to evade a multitude of sorrows by the cultivation of an insignificant life." Robert Henry.
Is what I am living for, worth Christ dying for?
No great advanced have been made for the cross of Christ by men and women who were unwilling to give up there lives.
David Ferguson
Luke 19:10 the mission of Christ is to seek and save the lost.
Bill Hybels
2 terrible reasons for planting a church
- It's hip and trendy. Likely to end 3 years later bloodied and wounded, usually end up vowing to avoid church planting for good and perhaps to give up on church for good. There is that morning perhaps 6 months into a plant when it become clear that some people are betting their farm onto your leadership. You will need to be fueled by something deeper than what is hip and trending.
- to shortcut the developmental process required to become a senior pastor. Do not allow people who you want to fire to go plant a church instead.
2 great reasons to plant a church
- You are so bound in Spirit (Acts 20) that you can't do anyone else. Paul said he had a rope around his heart and could not be dissuaded. Bill Hybels has been sustained by the strength of his call...one time was just a whisper away from quitting Willowcreek. Hymn Amazing Grace says we are a wretch compared to the brilliance of God. Grace is the huge gift that is completely undeserved.
- Plant a church only if no other ministry will satisfy your calling.
