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Lesson #12: Lead with Your Strengths, Never your Weak Side.

#12: Lead with your strengths, never your weak side. Once you have been down, you tend to become more acutely aware of your strengths...and your...
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Lesson #13: Saying Yes Brings Life

#13: Saying Yes Brings Life Life is difficult after going through a time of death. One of the fastest ways to make forward progress is to...
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Words + Deeds = Amazing Momentum!

Words of love need to be connected with deeds of love. Human nature being what it causes us to gravitate to serving others when...
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My Top 10 Outreach Misfires: Mistake #4. Not having patience with...

“How long does it take for someone to come to Christ?” Can we put a timeframe on people’s trek to Jesus? To listen to...
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Mistake #6. Not Taking Enough Risks.

We tend to be perfectionists as Believers. It is easy to conclude that if God wants our best effort, then we dare not step...
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Mistake #8. Not Enough Mentoring.

The typical way leaders depend on raising up people involvement is to exhort them into service. "If you know what's good for you-you will...
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Mistake #9. Not Enough Training.

Training is essential. In the Book of Ephesians Paul wrote of the need for the “equipping of the saints” to take place in the...
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Mistake #10. Over-Training.

When we lack confidence we tend to seek out programs that seem to promise easy success. These are fear responses. Success is not so...
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Mistake #11: Independence in Church Finances Apart from Outreach

An over-dependence upon church systems for success is not good. This kind of thinking will cause outreach leaders to become bitter, frustrated and eventually...
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Mistake #12. Giving Up.

God’s heart is broken over our hearts. His overriding desire is to bring the world into his family. This is simply too important to...

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