I do my best to fail forward while on mission with Jesus. These are my thoughts and learnings on that journey.
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Part 1 of W(HIS)PER - PAUSING in a storm of DISTRACTION
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W(HIS)SPER is a series on prayer. Learning how to hear HIS whisper in the midst of the storm.Von Matt Whitlock
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Part 2 of W(HIS)PER - REMEMBER, God is GOOD!
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W(HIS)SPER is a series on prayer. Learning how to hear HIS whisper in the midst of the storm.Von Matt Whitlock
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Part 3 of W(HIS)PER - ASKING is different than WISHING
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W(HIS)SPER is a series on prayer. Learning how to hear HIS whisper in the midst of the storm.Von Matt Whitlock
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Part 4 of W(HIS)PER - YIELDING is better than EXPECTING
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A Donkey and An Elephant Walk Into A Room…
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What is a biblical view of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and this election year? I did a short talk for my church in regards to these two topics in the hope of anchoring our community in God's word.Von Matt Whitlock
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Part 6 of "The Forgotten War - Winning The War Over My Community"
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Is it our reasonable scientific thinking about our faith and the world around us? Or is it our message of “Jesus makes everyone happy”? Or is it the abuse of the term ‘spiritual warfare’ saying there’s demons in our flat tires? I’m not sure what the reason is but we have fallen asleep in the midst of a battle. Satan is here working overtime to dece…
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Part 5 of "The Forgotten War - Winning The War Over My Personal Relationships"
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Is it our reasonable scientific thinking about our faith and the world around us? Or is it our message of “Jesus makes everyone happy”? Or is it the abuse of the term ‘spiritual warfare’ saying there’s demons in our flat tires? I’m not sure what the reason is but we have fallen asleep in the midst of a battle. Satan is here working overtime to dece…
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Part 4 of "The Forgotten War - Winning The War Over My Relationship With Me"
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Is it our reasonable scientific thinking about our faith and the world around us? Or is it our message of “Jesus makes everyone happy”? Or is it the abuse of the term ‘spiritual warfare’ saying there’s demons in our flat tires? I’m not sure what the reason is but we have fallen asleep in the midst of a battle. Satan is here working overtime to dece…
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Part 3 of "The Forgotten War - Winning The War Over My Relationship With God"
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Is it our reasonable scientific thinking about our faith and the world around us? Or is it our message of “Jesus makes everyone happy”? Or is it the abuse of the term ‘spiritual warfare’ saying there’s demons in our flat tires? I’m not sure what the reason is but we have fallen asleep in the midst of a battle. Satan is here working overtime to dece…
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Part 2 of "The Forgotten War - Satan, Our Defeated Foe"
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Is it our reasonable scientific thinking about our faith and the world around us? Or is it our message of “Jesus makes everyone happy”? Or is it the abuse of the term ‘spiritual warfare’ saying there’s demons in our flat tires? I’m not sure what the reason is but we have fallen asleep in the midst of a battle. Satan is here working overtime to dece…
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Part 1 of "The Forgotten War - Waking Up To The War We’re Already In"
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Is it our reasonable scientific thinking about our faith and the world around us? Or is it our message of “Jesus makes everyone happy”? Or is it the abuse of the term ‘spiritual warfare’ saying there’s demons in our flat tires? I’m not sure what the reason is but we have fallen asleep in the midst of a battle. Satan is here working overtime to dece…
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Habit #1 - Focused Prayer in an Age of Contradictions
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The most common questions we hear asked are, “What is happening to the Church in America?” followed by, “Is the Church going away?”. In the last few weeks alone influential Christian leaders have publicly renounced Christianity and encouraged people to see there is not just one version of God. While this may appear as discouraging, let us be mindfu…
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Habit #2 - Confession of Love in an Age of Infatuation
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The most common questions we hear asked are, “What is happening to the Church in America?” followed by, “Is the Church going away?”. In the last few weeks alone influential Christian leaders have publicly renounced Christianity and encouraged people to see there is not just one version of God. While this may appear as discouraging, let us be mindfu…
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Habit #3 - Seeing Hope in Others in an Age of Selective Dignity
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The most common questions we hear asked are, “What is happening to the Church in America?” followed by, “Is the Church going away?”. In the last few weeks alone influential Christian leaders have publicly renounced Christianity and encouraged people to see there is not just one version of God. While this may appear as discouraging, let us be mindfu…
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Habit #4 - Growing in Jesus in an Hyper-Therapeutic Age (Guest Bill Dogterom)
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The most common questions we hear asked are, “What is happening to the Church in America?” followed by, “Is the Church going away?”. In the last few weeks alone influential Christian leaders have publicly renounced Christianity and encouraged people to see there is not just one version of God. While this may appear as discouraging, let us be mindfu…
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Habit #5 - Open Tables & Doors in an Age of Echo Chambers
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The most common questions we hear asked are, “What is happening to the Church in America?” followed by, “Is the Church going away?”. In the last few weeks alone influential Christian leaders have publicly renounced Christianity and encouraged people to see there is not just one version of God. While this may appear as discouraging, let us be mindfu…
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Habit #6 - Work as Service in an Age of Self Branding
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The most common questions we hear asked are, “What is happening to the Church in America?” followed by, “Is the Church going away?”. In the last few weeks alone influential Christian leaders have publicly renounced Christianity and encouraged people to see there is not just one version of God. While this may appear as discouraging, let us be mindfu…
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#liveyourbestlife - Persecuted Because of Righteousness
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With 6+ million tagged posts on Instagram alone,#liveyoubestlife or #livingmybestlife has become and anthem in our current cultural moment. Yet few consider that almost 2000 years before Instagram, Jesus had a lot to say about this very hashtag. While many think the beatitudes are a manifesto that flips the world upside down, Jesus was actually fli…
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#liveyourbestlife - The Peacemakers
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#liveyourbestlife - The Pure In Heart
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#liveyourbestlife - The Merciful
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#liveyourbestlife - Those Who Hunger and Thirst For Righteousness
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#liveyourbestlife - The Meek
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#liveyourbestlife - Those Who Mourn
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#liveyourbestlife - Poor In Spirit
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With 6+ million tagged posts on Instagram alone,#liveyoubestlife or #livingmybestlife has become and anthem in our current cultural moment. Yet few consider that almost 2000 years before Instagram, Jesus had a lot to say about this very hashtag. While many think the beatitudes are a manifesto that flips the world upside down, Jesus was actually fli…
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Made New - Colossians 2:6-15
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Jesus didn’t come to make bad people good. Jesus didn’t come to make poor people rich. Jesus didn’t come to make weak people strong. Jesus came not to be an addition to ones life but a revolution. Jesus came so that we would be resurrected in Him. That we would have a new power to be restored. Not in our strength but in His. Not in our deeds but in…
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Made New - Colossians 1:24 - 2:5
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Jesus didn’t come to make bad people good. Jesus didn’t come to make poor people rich. Jesus didn’t come to make weak people strong. Jesus came not to be an addition to ones life but a revolution. Jesus came so that we would be resurrected in Him. That we would have a new power to be restored. Not in our strength but in His. Not in our deeds but in…
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Made New - Colossians 1:15-23
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Jesus didn’t come to make bad people good. Jesus didn’t come to make poor people rich. Jesus didn’t come to make weak people strong. Jesus came not to be an addition to ones life but a revolution. Jesus came so that we would be resurrected in Him. That we would have a new power to be restored. Not in our strength but in His. Not in our deeds but in…
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Made New - Colossians 1:1-14
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Jesus didn’t come to make bad people good. Jesus didn’t come to make poor people rich. Jesus didn’t come to make weak people strong. Jesus came not to be an addition to ones life but a revolution. Jesus came so that we would be resurrected in Him. That we would have a new power to be restored. Not in our strength but in His. Not in our deeds but in…
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I've learned enough about myself to know that my struggle with "self-worth" plays out in my being competitive in ministry. Just being honest. Here is what I've been maturing in. Christmas, the birth of Christ, is God's statement to me of my worth. Why? Because I was so valuable to God, He sent His son to show me that I was, "Worth It All". Christma…
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Worth It All - Part III
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I've learned enough about myself to know that my struggle with "self-worth" plays out in my being competitive in ministry. Just being honest. Here is what I've been maturing in. Christmas, the birth of Christ, is God's statement to me of my worth. Why? Because I was so valuable to God, He sent His son to show me that I was, "Worth It All". Christma…
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I've learned enough about myself to know that my struggle with "self-worth" plays out in my being competitive in ministry. Just being honest. Here is what I've been maturing in. Christmas, the birth of Christ, is God's statement to me of my worth. Why? Because I was so valuable to God, He sent His son to show me that I was, "Worth It All". Christma…
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I've learned enough about myself to know that my struggle with "self-worth" plays out in my being competitive in ministry. Just being honest. Here is what I've been maturing in. Christmas, the birth of Christ, is God's statement to me of my worth. Why? Because I was so valuable to God, He sent His son to show me that I was, "Worth It All". Christma…
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Practice #7 Make Disciples
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A lifestyle missionary, like Jesus, values depth of character over being impressed by numbers. He or she seeks to pour into a few life-long disciples rather than many partial converts. Disciples become disciple-makers. Converts become consumers. A lifestyle missionary walks with tenacity not apathy in his or her long-term commitment to discipleship…
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Practice #6 Engage Globally
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A lifestyle missionary understands and embraces the reality that we live in a time where engaging the wider world is easier than ever before, creating endless opportunities to serve. A lifestyle missionary explores ways they and their friends can bring hope, salt, and light to those in greatest need globally. They do justice and love mercy. They lo…
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Practice #5 Bless Locally
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A lifestyle missionary makes blessing and serving others a habit, practice, and priority instead of living a life of consumerism which drains the resources out of everything and everyone around them. By choosing to be civil and not divisive, a lifestyle missionary promotes unity at home, with their friends, at work and in the body of Christ.…
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Practice #4 Shape Culture
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A lifestyle missionary lives with an awareness that he or she has the ability to shape culture. He or she understands a Kingdom lifestyle goes against the very grain of our human nature and our society. He or she lives counter-culturally and communicates relevantly, blessing those who curse, turning the other cheek, and losing their life to gain it…
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Practice #3 Change Together
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A lifestyle missionary functions as part of a team, understanding that God created us for companionship. He or she values the benefit of accountability, assistance, and correction that come with working alongside others. Lifestyle missionaries are inclusive, living with open doors and an open heart, understanding that discipleship is something that…
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Practice #2 Live Scripture
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A lifestyle missionary doesn't just read and discuss the stories of the missional calling of Jesus but actively lives it out within his or her own sphere of influence. A lifestyle missionary commits to reading the word and not just reading others opinions about the word, in order to actively pursue and live the mission of Jesus to restore all thing…
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7 Practices of a Lifestyle Missionary
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We are determined to live out the goodness of God on Earth. Who are we? We are game-changers, play-makers, box-breakers, and risk- takers. We are a global family of visionary practitioners, poets, preachers and pioneers. We are sons and daughters. We are blessed to be a blessing, loved to be lovers, freed to be liberators, and called to rise above …
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Practice #1 Pray Expectantly
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A lifestyle missionary lives with an awakened heart to the reality that God is everywhere, speaking and guiding us in all things. He or she asks good questions and makes an effort to actively hear what others and God are saying before responding. He or she seeks transformation over transaction with God.…
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