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Episode 022 – Discipleship Qualities to Look For in Men

Episode 022 – Discipleship Qualities to Seek in Men

Greetings once again, BLASTers! This week's episode was recorded during a car ride to a Men's Discipleship meeting in Jacksonville, NC. So, what topic was on our minds? Discipleship, of course! 

Years ago Pastor Wayman Mitchell distributed an article in a "pastor's pack" at a Prescott Bible Conference. The article was based on a talk he gave at a men's breakfast and it focused on seven qualities that we should be seeking in our men.

The first three qualities, which we expound upon are as follows:

Faithfulness

The ability to continue on with a project, vision, or ministry.

Relationships

The ability to support and encourage a wife, maintain a marriage and have control over children. The ability to make and keep friends, resolve conflicts and remain flexible

Fruitfulness

A person who possesses skills in follow-up, group ministry such as bible studies and bands and who communicates clearly. This person also has momentum in personal spiritual growth.

We take a quick break and hear a little Newsboys...

When we return from the break (which, in full disclosure, was a bathroom break for the rest of the men in the car), we discuss the other four qualities. We expound on each of these, they are as follows:

Finances

Someone who is capable of managing the finances of a marriage and meets their financial obligations in a timely and adequate manner

Self-Motivation

The self-motivated can initiate and follow through on projects. They do not need a full game plan or hands-on guidance to finish the task.

Discipline

The disciplines of a spiritual life include prayer, bible study, evangelism and worship. There is also discipline in details, timeliness and availability form ministry that must be cultivated.

Teachable

Leaders and disciples must be receptive to discipline, correction and instruction from headship. This must be maintained when others are promoted, in times of laboring in obscurity and among one’s peers.

What about you? How do you measure up against this list?

We mentioned a couple episodes ago that we will be doing an episode regarding outreach ideas for the non-musically talented. We have now had several people express interest in us doing such an episode, so we will most likely do it next. However, we would love to hear from you if you have any ideas, things that have or haven't worked, etc. 

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Altars filled in last night's #revival service with evangelist #TonyChase 90 in attendance.. But most importantly, the #HolySpirit was there! #cfmpics (at The Potter's House of Virginia Beach)

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#HappyBirthday to Pastor Wayman Mitchell! Today, on your 86th birthday, we are all grateful that the young man in this picture from 1954 made a decision to serve God with ALL of his heart, mind, soul and strength. We have all benefitted from your heart for God and your years of steadfastly #immovablefaith. May we all serve God like he did. #FollowMeAsIFollowChrist Please comment below with the #PastorMitchellQuote that changed your life.

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The trumpet magazine has been an inspiration to thousands of CFM pastors, evangelists, disciples and church pillars around the world. Now, we have started TheBLAST Podcast to continue the conversation. Episode I is about "Staying Connected" Join us as we blast the truth to CFM churches around the world. We'd love to hear your feedback! Please send comments or suggestions to: [email protected]. Subscribe to future episodes using the link in our profile description. (at The Potter's House of Virginia Beach)

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WalMart #outreach #cfmpics (at Walmart Virginia Beach - Lynnhaven Pkwy)

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My how the time flies.. These pics are two years old today.. What a great time we had in #revival with Stacey Dillard in Sept., 2013. #cfmpics (at The Potter's House of Virginia Beach)

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Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. #Jesus #sermononthemount #911 #neverforget

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New Sermon Series Continues Tonight @7:30PM! - Restoring the City

Consider the following story:

Several years ago after a devastating California earthquake, the news camera panned a devastated neighborhood. Houses collapsed horribly in on themselves, downed power lines and people had that utterly shocked look on their faces. The camera happened to spy a woman standing in the rubble of what was once her house where only one ten foot section of an inner wall was left standing. The woman looked at the wall where a single picture hung and she went over to the picture and straightened it out, stepped back and nodded. The reporter dashed over to her and asked her why she even bothered. She said, "I can't do much about all of this, but right now I can clean up this ten-foot section and straighten out this picture." 

When others heard about what this woman did, they got provoked. Signs and banners were hung around the neighborhood: Ten Feet at a Time. Everyone had a place to begin their huge task--right where they were. Ten feet at a time. It was an inspiration for the whole neighborhood. She provoked others to keep trying to keep at it when otherwise they may have been overwhelmed by the job.

Focus on what is in front of you.

As we witness the the destruction of American values, Christian morals and the religious foundations of western society, we must begin to think about what must be done to reverse the situation. It can be frustrating to ponder how far we've fallen and how much we've changed in such a short time period. For example, how is it possible that a picture like this is even possible in a formerly Christian nation so quickly??

If we're not careful we can become apathetic, despondent and lose hope for our culture and our nation. Wouldn't it be great if the bible had a strategy for rebuilding a society that has broken down? Oh wait, IT DOES! 

We have begun a series of sermons from the book of Nehemiah chronicling the building project to restore a destroyed Jerusalem. If you have a heart to rebuild this great nation, I encourage you listen to the first message, and to join us for these upcoming services.

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New Sermon Series - Restoring the City

We are living in a broken city. Thankfully, it doesn't look this image.. yet. However, if we could see the spiritual realities at work around us, I fully believe it would closely resemble this image. The walls of our culture are being broken down piece by piece. Our situation mirrors the opening verses of Nehemiah:

And they said to me, "The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province [are] there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem [is] also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire." So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned [for many] days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven. -Neh 1:3-4 NKJV

I have been contemplating a good time to do a series of sermons going through the book of Nehemiah. Since our yearly bible plan began this month with the book of Nehemiah I was thoroughly inspired and convicted about rebuilding the walls and restoring the city.

Join us for this exciting sermon series starting tonight and going forward over the next few weeks.

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Never Again is Now - Time to WAKE UP!

Today's Holocausts

When the history books were written about WWII, the world promised... NEVER AGAIN! Never again would we allow a holocaust to happen under our noses. In 2015, we are letting it happen again on a much larger scale. 

A Christian Holocaust

Are you aware of what is happening to the once-thriving Christian community in Iraq and Syria? There is a new genocide that is happening in the very cradle where Christianity was born. Check it out:

And the American Government doesn't seem to care:

The following text comes from Johnnie Moore's book, Defying ISIS:

The dictionary defines martyr as “a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.” In the sixteenth century, a Christian “book of martyrs” was famously compiled by John Foxe to insure that subsequent generations of Christians would never forget the tragic stories of those who had given life and limb for the cause of Christ. Foxe begins his classic with these words:

“(The) Church has endured and held its testimony of Christ through every attack brought against it. Its passage through the storms caused by violent anger and hate has been glorious to see, and much of its history is written in this book so that the wonderful works of God might be to Christ’s glory and that the knowledge of the experiences of the Church’s martyrs might have a beneficial effect upon its readers and strengthen their Christian faith.”

Foxe’s book has been passed down through generations of Christians. Millions have read and told its stories, and told them as legends from a bygone era. We have celebrated their faith and heroism, and thanked God that we didn’t live in an era where our faith might cause us to be thrown to lions, crucified, beheaded, sold as slaves, impaled on stakes, or buried alive.

Yet, as a shame to our modern world, this barbarism persists; history is replaying itself in places like Iraq and in Syria, and we’re witnessing a new Foxe’s Book of Martyrs being written every single day at the hands of terrorists who intend on giving both Christians, and everyone else, one option: convert or die. 

We need to get involved! Pray, fast and give! Mercury One Charities is raising funds to rescue these persecuted Christians from the horrors of ISIS. Check it out here.

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I've had enough. How about you?

When will the killing spree end? How long will this genocide continue? When will the righteous rise up and be counted?

With the release of four heinous videos detailing the horror happening in abortion clinics everyday in America, I wonder.. Do you care? You should.

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I've had enough. How about you?

When will the killing spree end? How long will this genocide continue? When will the righteous rise up and be counted?

With the release of four heinous videos detailing the horror happening in abortion clinics everyday in America, I wonder.. Do you care? You should.

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#Revival with Craig MacLaughlin is off to a great start! Join us each night @ 7:30 for more.... #CFMPics (at The Potter's House of Virginia Beach)

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Iran Deal: Obama Leaves Pastor Saeed, Other Americans Behind By Jay Sekulow - Chief Counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice(ACLJ) The worst case scenario has happened. The Obama administration has signed a deal with Iran -- a deal that failed to secure the freedom of American Pastor Saeed Abedini and other Americans who remain imprisoned in Iran. It is unconscionable that the United States would ink a deal and leave Americans behind. But that’s exactly what has occurred. For months now, we have demanded that the U.S. bring home Pastor Saeed and the others – former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati, Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, and retired FBI agent Robert Levinson – before any deal was reached. So much for President Obama’s often touted promise not to leave any Americans behind. This from a president who looked Pastor Saeed’s wife, Naghmeh and their two young children, in the eye and promised them that securing Pastor Saeed’s release from an Iranian prison was a “top priority.” How can that be a “top priority” when the U.S. refused to act – leaving Pastor Saeed in an Iranian prison cell? Naghmeh told me she is heartbroken. And now is focusing her attention on Congress, which must approve the deal: “I plead with Congress to ensure that my husband, an American citizen, is not left behind. With the announcement of a deal and yet silence as to the fate of Saeed and the other Americans held hostage in Iran, their fate lies now in the hands of Congress. I plead with each member of Congress to review the deal with our family at the forefront of their thoughts. Congress holds the key to bringing my husband home, to returning the father to my children. My children have desperately missed the loving embrace of their father for the last 3 years of their lives. They have grown up almost half of their lives without their father. Please help us ensure the remainder of their childhood includes both a mother and a father. President Obama has turned his back on Pastor Saeed and the other captive Americans. There really should be no debate about that. #SaveSaeed

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The prophet Isaiah only repented after a meeting with a #HolyGod. -Pastor Scott Lamb . #CFMPics #CFMQuotes #JulyPrescottConference2015

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"To lose heart is to lose everything" #CFMQuotes #CFMPics #KeepYourHeart #JohnEldredge #RansomedHeart