Moving People To Maturity Through Relational Growth

How we invest in our relationships is a big part of making disciples that make more disciples and lead others in the church. Jesus lived intentionally with his disciples by inviting them to join him in every aspect of life, and by challenging them in ways that encouraged trust, growth, and maturity.

This week on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar speaks with a married couple who are making disciples and developing leaders through intentionally building both invitation and challenge into their relationships with others.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• The importance of calibrating both invitation and challenge in relationships.
• How this has implications for making disciples and developing leaders.
• The ways that invitation and challenge speak into marriage and parenting.
• Examples from practitioners showing how it works in real life.

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Discipleship Rhythms For a Community on Mission

Ministry and discipleship cannot merely be a series of events on the calendar. If all we have are organized events, then what we offer people is a program. But, if all we do in our disciple-making is organic and rarely organized or predictable, it is hard for people to know what it is we’re asking them to commit to.

This week on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar speaks with master disciple-maker, Gino Curcuruto, on how the rhythms of a community on mission very much mirror life as a family. We need both organized and organic rhythms. We’ll show you how to find and create a balance between them.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• Discipleship should not be a program we offer others.
• How to help people understand what we are asking them to commit to.
• The need for both organized and organic rhythms in community.
• How predictable patterns naturally lead to life-on-life together.

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4 Truths About God That Will Impact Your Parenting

What you believe about God, overall and in the moment, affects how you parent your kids. Sometimes what we say we believe, and what our actions show we believe, are far apart.

This week on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’ll give you 4 truths about God that will forever challenge, and hopefully change, your parenting. And BTW, this will apply to the hearts of non-parents too… trust me!

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• Parenting is NOT primarily about behavioral modification.
• Why if you don’t believe God is truly great, you’ll try to control everything in your kids’ life.
• Truths about God that are behind all of your kids’ actions (and yours).
• 4 truths about God (his character and how he acts in the world) that dramatically speak into how we’re currently parenting.

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What Causes Sin and How to Stop It

“Just stop it!” doesn’t really work when it comes to changing sinful actions, habits, or thoughts in our lives (or in others). And perhaps what you’ve been taught about sin and repentance is all wrong…

Today on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we talk about where sin really comes from and how we can move away from our particular brand of sin and find freedom. What if all sin is actually a symptom of something else?

Not many Christians think of themselves as unbelievers. We normally use the term to describe people who are not yet followers of Jesus. But there are many things about God that we all still do not believe. Often there’s a large gap between what we say we believe in our head, and what we truly believe in our heart. This is where sin comes from.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• A radical heart-level perspective on sin and repentance.
• How and why God looks at the heart–not at your actions.
• Four eternal truths about God, that when not fully believed, lead to every human sin.
• A way to stop sinning by changing what you believe to be true (powerful!)

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Why Planning Rest Before Work Is Smart

Sabbath rest is not about just taking a break. It’s about putting an end to the restlessness of self, and self-provision, that keeps us living distracted, frantic, and fragmented lives of dissatisfaction. 

This week on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we talk about why planning your rest before work is smart and crucial to living the life God intended for you. And we’ll give a few ways to get started.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• God’s original intent for the Sabbath and how it always pointed to Jesus.
• Why Sabbath rest is a lot more than just “not working”.
• The importance of planning your rest before you plan your work.
• Ways you can get started living out of rest as part of your lifestyle.

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Beyond the Resolutions: Ideas for Staying on Track

If you’re like many people, you may have made some resolutions at the beginning of the year with the best of intentions, but you may be struggling to stay on track now that the year is already underway.

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we give you practical tips and strategies for keeping your resolutions and staying motivated, even after the initial excitement of the new year has worn off. You got this!

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• Reasons why some people don’t want to set goals.
• Tips on effective goal setting that works.
• 7 ideas for staying on track with your resolutions.
• How to get started, stay motivated, and be kind to yourself.

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