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Church Church Planting Discipleship Leadership Multiplication Pastoring Spiritual Growth

June 22, 2022

Equipping Disciples for Transformation

When you look at the equipping ministry of Jesus, and then consider common equipping practices today, it is clear that many of us have gaps in our approach. So much of our training merely informs people, leading them to gain…

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Church Discipleship Leadership Multiplication Spiritual Growth

May 16, 2022

A Pathway for Discipleship

You’ve heard it said, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” The same can be said of our disciple-making strategies. Jesus made it clear that our mission as His disciples is to make disciples of all nations, baptizing…

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Apologetics Bible & Theology Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Foundations Gospel Spiritual Growth

April 26, 2022

Bringing the Gospel to Our Lips

If you and others around you are going to grow in gospel fluency, you need consistent immersion in a gospel-speaking community. This needs to be much more than a weekly gathering of the church where the gospel is preached…

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Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Faith and Work Missionary Spiritual Growth

April 20, 2022

Devotion and Vocation

I started teaching full-time in October. Prior to this, I had primarily been either a student or a stay-at-home mom, which meant I was consistently able to dedicate a good chunk of time to “being with Jesus'' in Word and…

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Discipleship Gospel Gospel Shepherding Spiritual Growth

April 12, 2022

Holy Saturday

Luke’s account of Good Friday reveals: “It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.…

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Discipleship Leadership Pastoring Prayer Spiritual Growth

March 29, 2022

Pastor, Prioritize the “Mini-Retreat”

Craving a “Date” with Jesus Pastoral ministry comes with some of the greatest joys and deepest sorrows. I remember a particularly draining season, filled with all kinds of discouragements. I was doubting my own effectiveness at discipling others, feeling the…

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Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Gospel Mission Missionary Prayer

March 22, 2022

Neighborhood Prayer Challenge

When we think about the magnitude of seeing every life saturated with the gospel of Jesus Christ and how many people live in our cities, it can become overwhelming. For some, that overwhelming feeling can immobilize us. Moving from big…

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Discipleship Foundations Spiritual Growth

March 8, 2022

Longing for More of Jesus

Busyness has a way of stealing our joy and distracting us from the important, lasting things of life. Over the years, I have found this to be increasingly true during big holidays like Easter. Amidst the lists of to-dos, wrangling…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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Discipleship Gospel Leadership Missional Community Spiritual Growth

February 16, 2022

Holistic Discipleship

Discipleship is a holistic enterprise. Any discipleship process that leads people to become more like Jesus will address the head, heart, and hands—what people know, what people feel and believe, and what people do. Whenever the people under our leadership…

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Discipleship Family Servant Spiritual Growth

February 15, 2022

Sitting Shiva

It’s been a little over a year since we lost our beloved daughter Erin to cancer. My wife and I will never get over it nor do we want to get over it. For some reason, this decision seems to…

by Steve Hart 0

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Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Foundations Gospel Spiritual Growth Uncategorized

January 25, 2022

Abundant Fruitfulness

Over the last few years I’ve been increasingly convinced that forming resilient disciples in our culture is going to take a lot more than good Sunday services and healthy small groups. As I survey the landscape of American Christianity, there’s…

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Discipleship Gospel Spiritual Growth

January 18, 2022

Hope for a New Year

Every year It’s A Wonderful Life plays in the background as my husband and I set out gifts on Christmas Eve. It’s a story I need amidst the materialism and mayhem. I need it because of the tug of war…

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Discipleship Gospel Holy Spirit Prayer Spiritual Growth Uncategorized

January 11, 2022

The Voice of the Spirit

The following is Day 1 of 5 in a new devotional called Spirit Lead. This devotional helps create a moment of pause and reflection with God while you consider your life within the church, listen to the Spirit, and ask:…

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Discipleship Domains of Society Prayer

December 15, 2021

Celebrating God’s Work in 2021

God has been at work in and through all of us this past year. It would take volumes to describe all that He has done. Our team is so encouraged by the way we see God at work in and…

by Micah Lang 0

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Discipleship Mission Spiritual Growth

December 14, 2021

The Missional Heart of Advent

The holiday season is one of the busiest times of year for most of us. We buy gifts, decorate the house, visit loved ones, enjoy traditions, and plan big get-togethers. Although 30% of all charitable giving happens in December and…

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Gospel Prayer Spiritual Growth

December 7, 2021

Hope in God’s Help

READ PSALM 121 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you…

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Discipleship Gospel Missional Community Spiritual Growth

November 30, 2021

Trusting the Process

My husband has on occasion accused me of thinking I have a superpower: the power to identify what’s wrong in someone else’s life and the right to tell her what she should do to fix it. But we all know…

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Church Planting Discipleship Leadership Missional Community Pastoring Spiritual Growth

November 22, 2021

Missional Community Living

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” - King Solomon, Ecclesiastes 3:1 This past weekend my two boys and I road-tripped deep into Appalachia, passing through North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky. Our…

by Dave Ainsworth 0

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Bible & Theology Discipleship Gospel Missional Community Spiritual Growth

November 2, 2021

Finding Jesus in the Waiting

Don't look now, but Christmas is coming. Just last week, before I could hide it, my kids tore through Target's holiday toy catalog. And this weekend, they admired Hallmark's Christmas display while we walked by on an October afternoon. PREPARING…

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel Missional Community Spiritual Growth

October 19, 2021

Listening Well

I recently observed a conversation a few Christians were having with a man who has yet to come to faith in Jesus. It was amazing to me, and saddening, to watch the Christians missing the point of this man’s…

by Micah Lang 0

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Bible & Theology Discipleship Foundations Holy Spirit Spiritual Growth

October 12, 2021

Reading Your Bible is Not the Goal. God Is.

Relationship or Discipline (or both)? How is your relationship with Christ these days? This question is one that is quite familiar in Christian circles. Knowing that our passion for God has a tendency to ebb and flow, often we disciple…

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel Spiritual Growth

October 5, 2021

The Things We Carry

When I was heading to Memphis for the recent Gospel Fluency of the Heart training, I happened to throw Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried in my bag. I didn’t realize its relevance to the subject at hand—the gospel and…

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Discipleship Gospel Holy Spirit Identity Spiritual Growth

September 28, 2021

Finding Being in Our Boasting

Bragging about what we have attained and accomplished is a constant temptation. It’s also evidence of our deepest desires to be good enough. We’re searching for evidence of right being through right doing. Boasting is an expression of our desire…

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Bible & Theology Church Coaching Discipleship Gospel Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

June 29, 2021

5 Ways To Equip Disciples as Gospel Ministers

Church leader? Your job is not to do the ministry for the church, but to equip the church to be gospel ministers. Habakkuk 2:14 speaks of a day when “The knowledge of the glory of the Lord will cover the…

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Church Gospel Pastoring Spiritual Growth

June 22, 2021

Recovering My Humanity

This fall, Jeff Schulte, founder of Tin Man ministries and Jeff Vanderstelt will be hosting Gospel Fluency for the Heart events. These events are designed to help us learn how to re-engage our emotions, experience Jesus as the healer…

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel Holy Spirit Missional Community Spiritual Growth

June 14, 2021

How Do Spiritual Gifts Help Us Make Disciples?

Today we are releasing a sneak peek at one of four new videos in the Q+A series with Jeff Vanderstelt. We love getting to interact with your questions at live events, and want to bring that experience online through…

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Church Discipleship Pastoring Spiritual Growth

May 27, 2021

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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Discipleship Gospel Shepherding Life Issues Spiritual Growth

May 20, 2021

Living on Mission This Summer

School is wrapping up, the days are getting longer, and with COVID restrictions easing, we are looking forward to making the most of this summer! Plans are being made for vacations, weddings, camping trips, family reunions, and playing in…

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Gospel Leadership Spiritual Growth

May 13, 2021

Toss Your Net

After working tirelessly only to see so many potential hopes, dreams, and plans for ministry fall apart, this past year has left many burnt-out and tempted to question their direction from the Lord. Additionally difficult, our culture has fostered…

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Discipleship Gospel Shepherding Life Issues Spiritual Growth

May 6, 2021

A Call to Taste the Bread of Life

“Who will help me plant my seeds?” asked the Little Red Hen. “Not I,” said the dog. “Not I,” said the cat. “Not I,” said the duck. “Then, I will plant them myself,” said the Little Red Hen, and…

by Leah Kate King 0

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Holy Spirit Mission Spiritual Growth Uncategorized

April 6, 2021

Missional Living Unhurried

One of the most powerful practices for the Church today is examining His purposeful, unhurried rhythms, and how He lived counter to the culture of this fast-paced world. Studying the ways of Jesus’ life on earth has led me…

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Gospel Spiritual Growth

April 1, 2021

A Sorrowful Good Friday

Jesus walked the earth as a man with flesh and bones. Take a moment to try to sense how real He is. Try to feel it. Picture His dark curly hair, His deep olive complexion, His eyes full of…

by Cassie Langford 0

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Kids Spiritual Growth

March 30, 2021

Treasuring Christ during Holy Week

Ever since my children were little, we have kept the tradition of making an Easter Mountain during Holy Week, an idea I took from Noel Piper’s Treasuring Christ in Our Traditions. We make a large lump of salt dough,…

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Discipleship Gospel Spiritual Growth Uncategorized

March 23, 2021

Hope in the Grave

There is always hope in darkness, because there was Hope lying in a grave for three days—He who now is seated at the right hand of the Father in Heaven. Can you imagine what it must have been like…

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Gospel Leadership Missional Community Spiritual Growth

March 15, 2021

Communion in Community

Holy Week is almost here and we have the opportunity to remember in our missional communities that what Jesus accomplished for us two thousand years ago matters in our lives today. The gospel isn’t just the good news that…

by Cassie Langford 0

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Discipleship Spiritual Growth Women

March 9, 2021

The Way through the Wilderness

Last year when the Angel Soft and Lysol—along with staple foods like Ramen and Chef Boyardee—disappeared from our grocery shelves, I was strangely filled with a bit of anticipation. I thought it could be the wilderness that would teach…

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Spiritual Growth Archives - Saturate

Equipping Disciples for Transformation

A Pathway for Discipleship

Bringing the Gospel to Our Lips

Devotion and Vocation

Holy Saturday

Pastor, Prioritize the “Mini-Retreat”

Neighborhood Prayer Challenge

Longing for More of Jesus

Holistic Discipleship

Sitting Shiva

Abundant Fruitfulness

Hope for a New Year

The Voice of the Spirit

Celebrating God’s Work in 2021

The Missional Heart of Advent

Hope in God’s Help

Trusting the Process

Missional Community Living

Finding Jesus in the Waiting

Listening Well

Reading Your Bible is Not the Goal. God Is.

The Things We Carry

Finding Being in Our Boasting

5 Ways To Equip Disciples as Gospel Ministers

Recovering My Humanity

How Do Spiritual Gifts Help Us Make Disciples?

We Choose Exhaustion

Living on Mission This Summer

Toss Your Net

A Call to Taste the Bread of Life

Missional Living Unhurried

A Sorrowful Good Friday

Treasuring Christ during Holy Week

Hope in the Grave

Communion in Community

The Way through the Wilderness

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