"After 15 years, I'm like: I think I have to slow this down a bit. I don't just want converts, I want transformed disciples. And that doesn't happen fast."

"It's not about experiencing revival so that I can feel good about myself. I am transformed so that I can be a conduit of change, a vessel to influence and impact the world around me."

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Are you part of a church that is having difficulty seeing past itself and the Sunday morning gathering? Or perhaps you’re involved in a Christian community serving the neighborhood well, but the internal integrity is lacking?

[0:48] Introducing Ernest Daniels and Phil Carnuccio

[3:00] The joy of being a dad and an empty nester

[5:17] Bless Every Person, Home, Road www.blessphilly.org/

[7:35] How are you using your words and your tips?

[10:03] Your gifts can influence wherever you are, not just in the Church

[12:00] Empowering others is not always comfortable nor controllable

[14:44] Lives are at stake, but communication is different

[18:08] Orders given that must be followed vs. bending to the Holy Spirit

[19:15] If you’re the smartest person in the room, change your friends

[20:38] Am I just trying to make converts or transformed disciples?

[22:15] BREAK - Church Visioning and Design - www.netzer.org

[25:00] Using God to escape from God

[26:22] Making sure people have the resources they need to do the things we ask

[31:38] Knowing what I’m good and not good at; covenant not competition

[33:26] Community Evangelism: I know that I can invite my friend into this group of people

www.emotionallyhealthy.org

[35:01] Polarization, Loneliness, and Greed leads to desecration

[37:17] How can we whet the appetite for transformation?

[40:55] Silence, Solitude, Confession, Scripture aren’t practiced and so transformation doesn’t occur.

1 Thessalonians 5:16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

[recorded: August 18, 2022]

A podcast from Netzer.org with Tim Doering (vision+networking) and Justin Ryan Boyer (producer)

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