Lets face it “Small is the new Big” and if we don’t learn how to master the art of small groups we will never be effective at raising disciples. Here are Five Keys to Life Changing Small Groups. Fun Be sure to keep the mood light and fun. People open up when they are laughing and having a good time. Think ways to break the ice and have a good time each week with your group. Food Many times Jesus taught people while eating a meal... 
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Guys please understand that God will never give you anything you are not ready for – the Devil will – but God loves you to much to do that. So if you want God to give you a bride, you have to get yourself ready. Here are three areas you need to be ready in before God will give you Mrs. Right. Get yourself Spiritually ready: 1 – Walk with Jesus 2 – Deal with hidden sin 3 – Pursue his purpose for your life. Get yourself... 
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Transition happens to all of us. Here are three things that you have to do when you arrive at your new Church. When you transition from one student ministry to the next, you will see so many things that need to change. That is great but you can’t change everything at once. I read a very good book one time that had a phrase that went something like this “The steps of the righteous man are ordered of the Lord.” If you notice there, the... 
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The idea in marketing is to be noticed. In order to be noticed, you need to do something different. In the technological world we live in, teenagers get 150 text messages per day, 50 snap chat photos per hour, and countless Instagram notifications per week. If the only way we follow up with our first time guests is by using these forms of communication, the guest may see what we sent them, but they will not necessarily notice it. We are one of 100’s... 
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I think we care a little too much about what things look like and not enough about actually improving! The Cleveland Browns are getting new Jerseys and several of their players are all over Social Media talking about how great their new uniforms are. One of Cleveland players tweeted, “Best jerseys in the league! Hands down! We have 9 different color combos! Now lets think about this for a minute. The Browns are something like 84 wins and 172... 
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A few weeks ago, I was speaking at a conference in Anchorage, Alaska. After one of my sessions a young man came up to me and said, “I collect Bibles and I would like to give you this as a gift”. After handing it to me, he began to explain that this Bible was published in 1850 and was from the pre-civil war era. I was astonished at his generosity. After hugging his neck and telling him thank you, we continued talking for several minutes... 
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Everything rises and falls on leadership. You are the leader so that means everything rises and falls on you. If you want to build a strong team, you have to be a leader worth following. There are two main components in being a leader worth following. 1 – You have to have your heart in the right place. People are very intuitive. They can see true motives easily. If your motive in being a Youth Pastor is money, popularity, gaining twitter... 
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When it comes to communicating the Gospel, some of the best advice I can give you is Be Yourself. Do me a favor and tell me your name. For real. Go ahead. On the count of three tell me your name. 1 – 2 – 3. If you did not say Francis Chan, Matt Chandler, Ed Young Jr., Perry Noble, T.D. Jakes, Mark Driscoll, Judah Smith or Carl Lentz; then don’t act like them on stage. If you want to be an effective communicator, then you are going to... 
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The other day I was traveling to a speaking engagement and I just happened to be on the same flight as an NCAA College Basketball team. As I sat there I noticed one of the coaches watching game film on his computer. While taking notes and making adjustments, he leaned across the aisle and began to break down the game film to one of his players, pointing out a few things he could have done better, some of the things he did well, and gave him a few... 
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Over the course of the past few months, as I have scrolled from one photo to another on Instagram, I’ve noticed a trend in the type of photos that are posted by spiritual leaders across the country. It’s so obvious and so repetitive that I’ve dubbed this certain type of photo as the “Pastor Selfie”. My personal definition of the Pastor Selfie is a Pastor, Youth Pastor or Worship Leader, taking or having someone take a photo of themselves.... 
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