For the next three days I have been dispatched by INJOY Stewardship Solutions to attend the SPARK Conference. SPARK Conference is a gathering for local church leaders passionate about making disciples who make disciples. This event is structured the conference to help teams pray, process and plan together toward the launch of a disciple-making movement in their community
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The first breakout speaker for Day 2 was Dallas White. Dallas is the Lead Pastor of The Grove Church in Acworth, GA.
The following are 42 Leadership Quotes And Lessons from his session on the 6 Practical Steps For Profitable Discipleship:
- I was deeply convicted because I looked at my life and could see anyone different because of my investment in them.
- Dallas, you exist to help people know the joy of knowing Him and make disciples.
- I never have a person who invested with a goal of having a bad investment. When it comes to the Kingdom, we often give little thought to our Kingdom investments.
- We can invest in a way that enlarges the Kingdom but it doesn’t happen by accident. It must be intentional.
- No one represents surrender better than Jesus.
- If Jesus’s life was shaped by surrender and He lives in me, then my life needs to be shaped by surrender as well.
- The owner determines the direction of his investments.
- Our owner has made it clear how He wants his resources invested.
- Jesus does not just tell us what to do, He shows us how to do it.
- If we are not going after the lost, we do not look like Jesus.
- We have to meet disciples before we make disciples.
- His seeking was intentional. In Jesus’s life, there was no accidental meetings or encounters.
- We must go to the places where people are and be present when we get there.
- Jesus was intentional and relational.
- By engaging relationally, Jesus earned the right to speak into their lives.
- You can’t love your wife like Christ loved the church without knowing Christ.
- Examine your schedule. What do you have time for in your schedule to intentionally engage others? What in your schedule can be recreated or redeemed?
- We don’t have a lack of souls. We have a lack of seeking.
- This is where so many people get stuck.
- Discipleship is inviting people into a deeper level of learning. Increased access brings increased education. But increased education brings increased accountability.
- Some people are hesitant to start because they feel ill-equipped to share.
- Disciple-making is not about what you bring to the table.
- Know-it-alls are terrible disciple-makers. They just produce more know-it-alls. There should always be an awareness of our weakness when investing in others.
- I’m not educated but I’ve got the Spirit of God inside of me and the Word of God in front of me… I’m available.
- The pattern of Jesus is to take fishermen and make them fishers of men.
- I would rather do something important wrong than do nothing at all. God’s grace will be sufficient.
- What a high-calling to shepherd the flock of God.
- Jesus shepherd His disciples by loving them. There is no substitute for loving the people of God.
- Jesus shepherd His disciples by guarding them.
- Jesus shepherd His disciples by guiding them.
- Jesus shepherd His disciples by caring for them. A hired hand doesn’t care for the sheep.
- Jesus shepherd His disciples by correcting them.
- Jesus shepherd His disciples by protecting them.
- Jesus shepherd His disciples by praying for them.
- Jesus shepherd His disciples by serving them.
- Jesus shepherd His disciples by sacrificing for them.
- The power of personal discipleship has never been about quantity. It’s been about quality. Quality will bring quantity.
- We are a sent people called to send people.
- Begin your discipleship group with the send in mind.
- Support Them Along The Way.
- Are you praying for the people you’ve released?
It has been an incredible morning! Next up is Clay Scroggins.
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