Spiritual Growth Archives | Saturate

by David Achata 2

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DiscipleshipGospelIdentityLeadershipMissionPastoringSpiritual Growth

July 5, 2018

God’s Calling, Man’s Driving

  If you’re a leader reading this, be encouraged: your mission is to teach people to be content with waiting on the Lord. “For consider your calling, brothers; not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentitySpiritual Growth

June 21, 2018

Change is God’s Work

  We Can't Change on our Own Realizing that change is something that has to take place in the heart is just the first step in the battle for change. Once we understand this, it moves the battle for change…

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by Sondra Chamberlain 0

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GospelGospel ShepherdingHoly SpiritLife IssuesSpiritual Growth

April 26, 2018

Resting In Jesus

  He wants me to rest in Him and invites me into what He is doing for His glory. That doesn’t sound like a burden that sounds like freedom. I remember it well. I was sitting in my dining room…

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by Nathan Cedarland 0

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Gospel ShepherdingHoly SpiritLife IssuesPastoringSpiritual Growth

April 17, 2018

This is War!

  Under Attack You’re dealing with health issues again. Someone you thought was committed to doing life with you has disappeared. Someone else is saying things about you that aren’t true. A magnetic individual in your community seems to be…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelSpiritual Growth

April 3, 2018

Not Just Broing Out

  This is a guest post by Casey Samulski. Casey is a husband, writer, and entrepreneur who loves Jesus and making disciples of Jesus. He has led and coached missional communities in New York City and now lives in Los Angeles…

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by David Achata 1

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelHoly SpiritIdentityMissionSpiritual Growth

November 16, 2017

The Call & The Power

  Apart from God’s miraculous intervention, my teaching will only go so far. Our methods alone are dead ends. We’ve got to pray for this power. “For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine…

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by Rich McCaskill 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsMissionPrayer

November 14, 2017

The Beauty of Rest

  Sabbath ceasing means to cease not only from work itself but also from the need to accomplish and be productive, from the worry and the tension that accompany our modern criterion of efficiency, from our efforts to be in…

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by Rachel Swartley 0

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GospelHoly SpiritSpiritual Growth

November 2, 2017

The Root of Insecurity

  The Gospel brings hope of unconditional love that has no interest in dwelling on our faults and transgressions because of Jesus’ ability to absorb our punishment. Imagine a world with people who cared for one another deeply. A culture…

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by Brad Watson 0

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Current EventsDomains of SocietyIdentityPrayerSocial Justice

October 24, 2017

Thy Will Be Done

  We pray for his resurrection hope in every moment of death. We pray for his great reconciliation in the face of every sin. We pray for his advancement and victory over every kind of evil. You don’t have to…

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by Brad Watson 1

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ChurchDiscipleshipGospelMissional CommunitySpiritual Growth

October 23, 2017

Gospel Fluency Handbook

  Jeff Vanderstelt and Ben Connelly, wrote Gospel Fluency Handbook: A Practical Guide to Speaking the Truths of Jesus into the Everyday Stuff of Life for those who’ve realized they disbelieve God, His goodness and His gospel in areas of…

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by David Achata 0

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DiscipleshipGospel ShepherdingMissional CommunitySpiritual Growth

October 3, 2017

The Call & The Wilderness

  Scripture shows consistently that when God calls someone, he sends them to the wilderness. If it’s an important enough category for God, then we need one too.  Moses, Israel, David, Elijah, the Apostle Paul, even Jesus all were sent…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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Bible & TheologyGospelPrayerSpiritual Growth

September 26, 2017

This is How We Go to War

  The Apostle Paul directs the church in Rome to not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of their minds (Romans 12:2). Then, while instructing the church in Corinth on how to engage in the…

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by Brad Watson 0

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ChurchCommunityDiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsFamilyGospelHoly SpiritKidsLeadershipMissionMissional CommunityMissionaryPastoringPrayerResourcesServantSpiritual Growth

September 4, 2017

Tools for The Upcoming Season

It's Labor Day, which means summer officially comes to a close, and we all gear up for the "normal" life that fall brings. The summer has been really busy for us, too, and we want to highlight a few of…

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by Todd Morr 0

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DiscipleshipHoly SpiritMissional CommunityPastoringSpiritual Growth

August 29, 2017

Creating an Environment for Discipleship

In the Story, we watch as Jesus makes disciples, turning fishermen into fishers of men. Then before He ascends into heaven, He gives them the mission to also make disciples who obey His commands. Then over and over in Acts…

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by David Achata 0

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CommunityDiscipleshipFamilyGospel ShepherdingHoly SpiritIdentityLeadershipMissional CommunityMissionaryPastoringServantSpiritual Growth

August 22, 2017

Spirit Doctor

  Leaders, please set aside your objective plans for a moment. Helping people address their inner lives is probably the most important thing you’ll ever do. Many years ago I took my first trip to West Africa. On one of…

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by Brad Watson 1

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ChurchDiscipleshipLeadershipMissional CommunityPastoringSpiritual GrowthTransitioning

August 17, 2017

What’s a Road Map for Transforming Small Groups?

I understand the vision, and I understand the principles of missional communities. I’m bought in! But what is my scope and sequence I need to work through to transition our small groups into missional communities? With so many resources, primers,…

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by Brad Watson 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipLeadershipPastoringSpiritual Growth

August 15, 2017

Walk in a Redeemed Life of Leadership

  Not only did we repent and believe the gospel publicly, we also walked in redemption and healing. We set our sights on learning from Jesus what it meant to follow Him while serving His church. As pastors, we must…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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ChurchGospelPastoringSpiritual Growth

August 10, 2017

Weaving Gospel Fluency into Every Sunday Message

The gospel has to be good news to me if I am going to preach it as good news for others. The apostle Paul instructed the church in Ephesus that the means by which we help each other grow up…

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by Jared Pickney 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipIdentityLeadershipMissional CommunityPastoringSpiritual Growth

August 3, 2017

Why Do Communities on Mission Fail?

  If a missional community leader is not abiding in Jesus, no amount of preparation or equipping can sustain them in leadership. What is the difference between a missional community (MC) that makes it and a missional community (MC) that…

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by Brad Watson 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipLeadershipPastoringSpiritual Growth

July 25, 2017

Leading through Repentance and Faith

  Repentance is likely something you are used to suggesting to someone in your church or something you typically do after a fight with your spouse or impatience with your children. Have you ever repented of the darkness in your…

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by Brad Watson 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipLeadershipPastoringSpiritual Growth

July 18, 2017

We Need to Believe the Gospel for Ourselves

  Christ died for you. You are loved, and you are His son or daughter (1 John 3:1). He has empowered you with His Spirit to be His witness (Acts 1:8). He will work in you and through you as…

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by Brad Watson 2

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ChurchDiscipleshipLeadershipPastoringSpiritual Growth

July 6, 2017

We Choose to Believe Lies

  When Mirela and I loaded up our belongings and headed to the Pacific Northwest, we were filled with an incredible blend of expectation and zeal. We knew something major was happening, and God was going to let us be…

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by Brad Watson 0

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Saturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

June 28, 2017

Episode 011: Using the Enneagram in Missional Communities

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad and Jared welcome Adam Breckenridge to the podcast as they discuss the Enneagram, a tool to understand our personality and how we relate to God and others. They also chat about how…

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by Amy Lathrop 0

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DiscipleshipGospelHoly SpiritSpiritual Growth

June 27, 2017

Spiritual Formation Plan

  Today we welcome Adam Breckenridge from Fellowship Paragould in Arkansas to the Saturate blog. He's sharing the resource they created to help their body become emotionally and relationally healthy. How do we apply the gospel to our hearts in…

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by Brad Watson 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipLeadershipPastoringSpiritual Growth

June 20, 2017

We Choose Exhaustion

  Throughout the years, I have come across a growing number of people on the cusp of burnout in communities and organizations across the spectrum of the gospel-centered discipleship movement. Many were close friends, few were acquaintances, and one of them…

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by Jared Pickney 1

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ChurchGospelLeadershipPrayerSpiritual Growth

June 15, 2017

When the Real Jesus Comes To Town

  In 2012 I chose to plant a church in a part of the world where every corner hosts a church building and every person has prayed the “sinners prayer.” I chose to plant in the religious south because though…

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by Brad Watson 1

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Bible & TheologyHoly SpiritLeadershipPrayerSpiritual Growth

June 13, 2017

Relying on the Helper

  I often plead with leaders, coaches, and communities to depend on the Holy Spirit. I plead with Christians to rely on the Spirit, whom Jesus promised would be our helper. But what does that mean? With so much confusion…

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by Todd Morr 0

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CommunityDiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsFamilyHoly SpiritIdentityMissionaryServantSpiritual Growth

June 8, 2017

Five Biblical Priorities for Every Disciple

We live in a fast-paced and distracted world. Often we're distracted from the ways God has designed us to live and distracted from the daily priorities He wants us to pursue. As a follower of Jesus for almost forty years and…

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by Brad Watson 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipLeadershipPastoringSpiritual Growth

June 6, 2017

We Choose Distraction

A distraction is something that prevents us from giving full attention to the essential thing in front of us. Our problem isn’t that we give our full attention to something other than discipleship, but that we divide our attention among many things.…

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by David Achata 2

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Bible & TheologyCommunityDiscipleshipLeadershipMissional CommunitySpiritual Growth

June 1, 2017

Do You Want To Leave?

  The bi-line of this blog states that this post was written by me, David Achata. Really it's a collective piece my wife, Amy, and I wrote together. I'm amending the bio for this post to read officially, "Written by David and Amy Achata."…

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by Amy Lathrop 1

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DiscipleshipSpiritual Growth

May 30, 2017

If My Love for Jesus Changed Me…

  Guest post by Deron Spoo for Saturate. I am a public follower of Jesus. I am only being honest when I admit my growing unease and sense of helplessness as cultural norms drift away from Christian standards. My daily…

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by Jared Pickney 1

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CommunityDiscipleshipFamilyLeadershipMissional CommunitySpiritual Growth

May 25, 2017

Community: Real Messy

  Community is essential to our spiritual formation.  “At the core of our being is this truth, we are designed for and defined by our relationships. We were born with a relentless longing to participate in the lives of others.…

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by Brad Watson 0

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CoachingDiscipleshipHoly SpiritLeadershipMissional CommunitySaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

May 24, 2017

Episode 006: Why is Coaching important for Missional Communities

  On this week's episode of The Saturate Podcast, David Achata joins Brad to discuss the role of coaching: what it is, what it is not, and its role in creating healthy and effective missional communities.  

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by Amy Lathrop 0

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DiscipleshipIdentityLeadershipSpiritual Growth

May 18, 2017

I Am A Recovering Hypocrite

  Guest blog by Pastor Noel Jesse Heikkinen  Strike up a conversation with someone who has been through Alcoholics Anonymous, and you will notice something unusual in the way they talk about themselves. You will never hear the words, “I…

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by Rachelle Cox 0

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Bible & TheologyChurchCommunityDiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsFamilyGospelKidsLife IssuesMissional CommunityMissionaryServantSocial JusticeSpiritual Growth

May 11, 2017

Making Disciples as a Special Needs Parent

  How was a family like ours supposed to live out the practice of discipleship? The instruction in Matthew 28:19 seemed impossible for us. Roughly six years ago, a miserable “stomach flu” turned into cause for celebration; I was pregnant…

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by Brad Watson 0

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Bible & TheologyDiscipleshipDomains of SocietyGospelGospel ShepherdingHoly SpiritKidsMissional CommunityPastoringSaturate PodcastSpiritual GrowthWomenYouth & Teens

May 10, 2017

Episode 004: What does it mean to be “gospel fluent”?

  In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Jeff Vanderstelt and Justin Anderson discuss the meaning of gospel fluency and how to speak the truths of Jesus into the everyday stuff of life.  

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