You Are Meant to Be a Mentor

You probably have more “friends” than ever–once you tally up all your social networking connections. But virtual relationships alone can’t meet the Church’s desperate need for spiritually mature women and men to mentor younger believers to be faithful servants of Christ.

With keen insight, John Paul Jackson peers through the enemy’s smokescreen and exposes one of the most deceptive snares used to destroy the Church. This fascinating book is Biblically anchored and seasoned with years of divine revelation and thoughtful reflection.

Are you a follower of Jesus? Before you answer, read this updated edition of Idleman’s bestseller! Featuring a new introduction and an additional chapter, it calls you to be a passionate disciple—not just a fan who admires Jesus from afar. Discover how to love, pray, and give your all for your Lord and Savior! 

This is the second day of our pastors school with Jimmy Evans in Texas, and I am so blessed to be in this conference. Two hundred pastors are leaning from some of the best teaching in the country, and Pastor Glenn, John and myself are getting filled and challenged is a special way.

I have discovered over the years, that if you want to grow in Christ, there is a price you will need to pay to do so. Sometimes it’s just making time to receive, and sometimes it may cost you a great deal in time and resources. The point being is that God provides many opportunity for us, but attached to that opportunity are certain requirements that motivate us to be partners with God in our development.

As we begin our Pastors School with Jimmy Evans, my heart is full as I consider the two men I am here with. They are the delight of my heart as a spiritual dad, and I am blessed to experience this conference with them.

The Apostle Paul so wanted the church and it’s leaders to build healthy relationships as part of the foundation for a healthy church. As he wrote to the Philippians about the importance of working towards building unity amongst leaders and the church in Philippi, I wanted to share the scripture I was reading this morning to encourage you all to work at building your own unity amongst other believers. Remember Jesus said it was through our “Love For One Another” that the world would be able to see the nature and character of God. May that happen in us today!

Just as a cup of hot coffee can invigorate and energize you, Spiritual Java offers several “servings” of spiritual truth to empower you. Bill and Beni Johnson, Kris Valotton, Danny Silk and others have written 40 short chapters with reflection questions to jumpstart your heart into desiring a deeper relationship and experience of God’s power.

Many of us have giants in our lives–hang-ups and habits, fears and insecurities that keep us from reaching our full potential. Frozen, we lose sight of the promise God has for our lives and settle for far less than best. But there is a better way forward. In Goliath Must Fall, Louie Giglio offers powerful insights from the Biblical story of David that will help you overcome your giants once and for all by fixing your eyes on the size of your God, not the size of your giant.

Saddleback Church men’s pastor Luck examines Acts 2 and Romans 5 to show pastors how to awaken a powerful masculine ministry potential in today’s church. You’ll discover biblical ways to disciple men into an identity and purpose that moves them from Adam and death to Jesus and life–transcending culture and confronting global injustice.

Sitting this morning at the Charlotte airport, I’m reading and considering the study of the “soul” and how it operates in man. I’ve been investigating this subject now for a number of years, ever since reading and meditating on King David’s words in the Psalms.

More recently, I have been stirred by John Ortberg’s book “Soul Nurture”, and Larry Crabb’s book, “Soul Talk”. Both these books reveal how much the average Christian has neglected the subject, and the church has failed by in large to adequately explain.