q Friday, Saturday, Sunday—May 17, 18 ,19 • The Battle Plan By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. John 15:8, nkjv In our efforts to help leaders reach 10 million new men, here is our five-point battle plan: Identify. We want to know who you are and how we can help you. Are you a pastor or leader whose calling and passion is to build the kingdom? Are you a soul-winner and a disciple-maker? Recruit. We want to help you understand how important discipling men really is. We want you to be able to share this with other men. We want to partner with you to reach every man in America with a credible offer of Jesus Christ and the resources to grow— one man at a time. Train. We want to share what we have learned from churches who are discipling men. We want to help you formulate a plan and process that can actually build a sustainable discipleship movement among the men of your church and community. Encourage. We want to be your friend. Leadership is lonely, but it doesn’t have to be. Enlist, and three or four times a month we’ll send you a Weekly Briefing filled with practical men’s ministry ideas, success stories, tips, and personal encouragement. We pledge ourselves to be your trusted friend and ally in
the long-term cause of battling for men’s souls. Resource. We want to further equip you to evangelize and disciple men. We want to educate you about the resources you will need to win this war. We will connect you with everything you need to create, capture, and sustain momentum among your men— from evangelistic tools to small-groups curricula to seminars—no matter what denomination, ministry, or leader who created it. This is a war we can win. Don’t worry about losing those whose highest ambition is to live in a gated community while the rest of the nation is going to hell. Let us be like Churchill. Let us sound a clarion call to war. Let us sound a call to revolution. We’re not interested in recruiting men to join some boy’s club. Let’s raise an army. Let’s march. Let’s take back territory. Together, we can—we must—win the battle for men’s souls. ALM 86 Get together with some of the men in your church and formulate a battle plan to reach the men around you. Daily Reading: 1 Samuel 20:1–25:44, John 9:1–10:42, Psalm 113:1–116:19, Proverbs 15:15–21
For Your Small Group
❏❏ May 13–19: These devotions describe discipleship like a battle. Do you agree with that description? •• What makes it a battle? •• Have you been a part of the battle for discipleship? Why or Why not?
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