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God calls all Christians to be disciples of Christ who make disciples. Mike talks about the ways that disciplemaking can affect our direction and purpose in life, regardless of vocation or location. 

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Philippians 4:10-13 is the passage that Paul focuses on in this message. The apostle Paul had learned how to be content regardless of what his situation or possessions - this is something that we can do if we realize that Christ is the source of true contentment. 

"Vision is the encompassing directive that puts everything else into proper perspective." In this message, Mike Story talks about how having an overarching purpose clarifies how you live and what you do. 

This message was originally found on discipleshiplibrary.com

In the last of the series on Foolish Strategies, Randy talks about the Glory Way and Predatory fools, and wraps up with how we can put off foolish strategies and begin to put on Jesus Christ. Each foolish strategy is trying to get the best life without factoring in God - we have to acknowledge and respect God enough to do what he says as we move away from foolishness.

In the fourth message of the Foolish Strategies series, Randy talks about the Fun Way fool, who is out for their own enjoyment. Staying within God's boundaries is necessary for a fruitful life, but the Fun Way fool ignores the boundaries in their focus on what they want.

In the third message of the Foolish Strategies series, Randy talks about how reacting angrily or being upset is a strategy that all of us can default to if we are not careful. Avoiding this strategy leads to better relationships as we treat people without being reactive or manipulative.

In the second message of his series on foolish strategies, Randy Lanthripe covers the patterns of the Easy Way fool and gives ways to recognize and correct these patterns for ourselves.

In this overview of foolish strategies, Randy covers five Hebrew words for "fool" and how we can use what the Bible says about them to recognize and change these patterns in our own lives. This is the first of a five message series on foolish strategies.

The last message of Neil’s series on discipleship focuses on what it will take to persevere in multiplying our faith, using 2 Timothy 2:2-5 as an outline for what we should strive for. We should be aware of distractions so that we can identify and combat them when they come up.

In the third message of his series on discipleship, Neil talks about the most important things to pass on to people through discipleship, and how we can do this effectively. This can be summed up through three steps - see the goal, set the pace, share your life.