A reminder = my friend Jennifer Davis (editor of The Alabama Baptist AND executive director of the TAB Media Group) recently hosted me on her podcast. I asked her if I could cross-post to my platforms, and she agreed…

So, here’s a 1-2-3 punch on Healthy Church,” a new project I helped my Dad reboot and release.

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Paul uses the analogy of a human body when talking about the church (see 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12, Ephesians 4:11f.). Well, to say it a better way, he doesn’t say the church is LIKE a body, he declares the church ACTUALLY IS a body— the Body of Christ.

So, let’s affirm this about human size AND about church size…

While you DO need a certain “mass” for a human to be viable, there are far more indicators as to how healthy the human is than just mere size.

Think about it—

🤷‍♂️ You can have a healthy 150-pound man OR an unhealthy 150-pound man.

🤷‍♂️ You can have a healthy 300-pound man OR an unhealthy 300-pound man.

A lot depends on the KIND of weight that man has (read: the kind of size, muscle or fat) AND other indicators we don’t see…

❤️ the condition of his heart and his blood

💥 the amount of stress he has— and how he handles it

😴 the rhythm of rest, recovery, and the working hard…

🚽 the capacity he has to eliminate toxins while storing nutrients

See?

The same is true with churches— with the body of Christ…

The numbers DO tell some of the story, but only SOME. The numbers are one of many indicators.

In this talk we walk through FOUR indicators—

🕊️ Spiritual growth = awakening to who God designed us to be and walking in relationship with Him

⚙️ Ministry involvement = discovering the unique part we play and deploying into that area of stewardship

🌎 Missions advancement = taking the energy of the church outside the four walls of the building and inviting others to experience the presence & power of the Kingdom (not the church, the Kingdom)

🔥 Outreach effectiveness = people are impacted and begin the journey of spiritual growth…

(Then, they can start the process.)

Bottom line: churches grow in multiple ways— especially if you want them to be healthy.

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Relevant links

📻 Access the FREE 2-4-6 framework / audio course = https://www.lifelift.online/246

📺 Purchase the Healthy Church mini course = https://www.lifelift.online/HCMC

⚙️ Grab the Healthy Systems mini course = https://www.lifelift.online/HSMC

⭐️ See all resources = https://www.lifelift.online/store

Upcoming events + training opportunities on this resource

✅ Events for church + ministry leaders via LifeLift Ministries = www.LifeLift.online/events

Links to TAB Media Group / The Alabama Baptist

⭐️ Catch-all home page = https://tabmedia.group

📺 YouTube for TAB = https://www.youtube.com/@TABMediaGroup

Heads-up = my friend Jennifer Davis (editor of The Alabama Baptist AND executive director of the TAB Media Group) recently hosted me on her podcast. I asked her if I could cross-post to my platforms, and she agreed…

So, here’s a 1-2-3 punch on Healthy Church,” a new project I helped my Dad reboot and release.

💙

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Jesus referenced two “greats” during His time on earth…

⭐️ The great commandment = “love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength” (see Matthew 22:36-40), AND

⭐️ The great commission = “go into all the world and make disciples…” (see Matthew 28:18-20).

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It seems odd (to me) that that greatest commandment demands that people “love God”— so let’s reframe it…

… it looks like (just my perspective) that one (the commission) flows FROM the other…

… as an overflow of our “love connection” with God.

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But how do you inspire love?

And how do you “create” a feeling?

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In this episode we discuss these two “greats” and their relationship to each other, as well as explore how to stoke the fire and fan the flame of both.

We also dialogue about looking at the world around us from a new perspective— from a vantage point of long-term love, of working grace through the culture like yeast moving through dough (Matthew 13:33-37), and of viewing everything from the standpoint of redeemed-and-yet-to-be-redeemed as opposed to just sacred or secular (see Acts 3:20-21).

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Relevant links

📻 Access the FREE 2-4-6 framework / audio course = https://www.lifelift.online/246

📺 Purchase the Healthy Church mini course = https://www.lifelift.online/HCMC

⚙️ Grab the Healthy Systems mini course = https://www.lifelift.online/HSMC

⭐️ See all resources = https://www.lifelift.online/store

Upcoming events + training opportunities on this resource

✅ Events for church + ministry leaders via LifeLift Ministries = www.LifeLift.online/events

Links to TAB Media Group / The Alabama Baptist

⭐️ Catch-all home page = https://tabmedia.group

📺 YouTube for TAB = https://www.youtube.com/@TABMediaGroup

In episode #24, I talked about “doing the daily work.” I also offered the example of Rob’s house flipping course AND his goal of making $1MM per year through a new venture.

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In that episode we discussed the importance of the lag measures AND the lead measures….

📐 LEAD measures = the daily work you do, the actions you must track…

(B/c the habits lead to the harvest— not the other way around.)

⏱️ LAG measures = the results of the work you do. If the lead measures are the CAUSES, these are the CONSEQUENCES of showing up…

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Rob shares part of his story here (the rest of it… is in his book— see the links below).

He talks about—

1️⃣ PERSPECTIVE— seeing things from a new point-of-view.

Face it: we ALWAYS have a specific vantage point, and that clouds everything.

2️⃣PROCESS— what we do in light of what we know…

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By the way…

A good system is simply a bridge that moves things from where they are to where you want them to be… with predictability.

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Links referenced

Access the GY6 book = www.GY6.online/AC

Free download of the Advance Planner = https://www.jenkins.tv/FreePlannerPDF

The Advance Planner (hardback, Advance on-demand course, and other Advance Planner-related resources— all on this page) = https://www.jenkins.tv/planners

One-to-one personal coaching = https://www.jenkins.tv/PC

Rob’s resources, mentioned in this talk =

His book, The Long Way (Still Gets You There) = https://www.riseuponline.info/TLW

His mini-course for house flipping = https://www.riseuponline.info/offers/joTvbzT3/checkout

Rob's next live training = www.RiseUpOnline.info/live

The Maximum Allowable Offer explained = https://www.riseuponline.info/MAX

Upcoming events

📳 The GY6 LIVE! workshop = on the events page of the GY6 site = www.GY6.online/events

👟The “Be The One” 5K = signup to run, walk, volunteer, or just support the movement = www.BeTheOneToday.com