"WE THINK WE ARE THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.
WE ARE WRONG. GOD IS THE CENTER. WE MUST
CHANGE OUR CENTER OF GRAVITY. HE IS THE SUN,
AND WE REVOLVE AROUND HIM"
- Juan Carlos Ortiz
One of the simplist introductions to being a disciple of Jesus was presented in a little book by Juan Carlos Ortiz called Disciple (Creation House, 1975). He speaks about spiritual formation before anybody else does and he gives powerfull little illustrations and examples like Christians should exemplify mash potato love, where the Holy Spirit melts us all together in God's love.
Ortiz taught me many years ago that there are only two kinds of Christians or churches. Those who love one another and those who don't. Discipleship is not so much about talk but about God's power and way of life. God calls us children to grow up and become spiritual fathers but too many of us live like Christian infants our entire adult life. We need less talk and speeches and more fathers having children.
If being a disciple of Jesus means making more disciples (creating a duplicate), how are you doing in this area?
WE ARE WRONG. GOD IS THE CENTER. WE MUST
CHANGE OUR CENTER OF GRAVITY. HE IS THE SUN,
AND WE REVOLVE AROUND HIM"
- Juan Carlos Ortiz
One of the simplist introductions to being a disciple of Jesus was presented in a little book by Juan Carlos Ortiz called Disciple (Creation House, 1975). He speaks about spiritual formation before anybody else does and he gives powerfull little illustrations and examples like Christians should exemplify mash potato love, where the Holy Spirit melts us all together in God's love.
Ortiz taught me many years ago that there are only two kinds of Christians or churches. Those who love one another and those who don't. Discipleship is not so much about talk but about God's power and way of life. God calls us children to grow up and become spiritual fathers but too many of us live like Christian infants our entire adult life. We need less talk and speeches and more fathers having children.
If being a disciple of Jesus means making more disciples (creating a duplicate), how are you doing in this area?
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