Beyond UPG

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried. —GK Chesterton

Disciple-making can be radically simple. Praise God for the obedience of people like Jin, who seek to make disciples wherever they are.

"Prayers outlive the lives of those who uttered them; outlive a generation, outlive an age, outlive a world." -EM Bounds Share with someone you feel called to pray for today AND how you are praying for them.

God is doing amazing things with those people often most marginalized by societies. #womeninminstry

Disciple-making means pointing people to Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who is glorified in our weaknesses.

~Story from the Field~ A Thai family lost 4 children after sacrificing everything to a shaman for healing. When their 5th fell sick, a follower of Jesus prayed—no sacrifice required—and the child recovered. That moment changed generations. Faith replaced fear. Follow for more.

There are people all over the world who’ve never heard of Jesus. So what if making disciples is actually… simple? Simple relationships. Simple Scripture. Simple questions. Anyone can do this. And Scripture tells us how.

"If your agency can handle your mission alone then your vision is too small and your strategy is too cowardly." ~Dick Brogde

"If you're not ready to face opposition for your obedience to God, you're not ready to be used by God." - Craig Groeschel

"If this world was made by a triune God, a being of community, then relationships of love are what life is really all about." - Timothy Keller

"God does not love us because Christ died for us; Christ died for us because God loved us." ~ John Stott

"There are two things to do about the gospel. Believe it and behave it." ~ Susanna Wesley

"It is wonderful what God can do with a broken heart, if He gets all the pieces." ~ Samuel Chadwick

"Prayer honors God, acknowledges His being, exalts His power, adores His providence, secures His aid." ~ Edward McKendree Bounds

"If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified." ~ Leonard Ravenhill

"I would not trade the difficult years for all the prosperity in the world. God knows what each one of us must suffer in order to be conformed to the image of Christ." - Paul Washer,

"Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. And prayer is the turning away from ourselves to God in the confidence that He will provide the help we need. Prayer humbles us as needy and exalts God as wealthy" ~ John Piper

"We need to recognize the opportunities crisis provides for the light of the gospel to shine brightly." C. Anderson

"In every known movement around the world, lost people are discipled in groups even before the movement begins, usually before they fully respond to the gospel. Why? It is more effective to gather-then-win than to win-then-gather." - R. Smith

"If God wills the evangelization of the world, and you refuse to support missions, then you are opposed to the will of God." ~Oswald J. Smith