Scott Kirkpatrick (Greenville)

• Romans 5:6-8
• Christ died for me.
• Ephesians 2:13-16

Mike Talifero

• Matthew 4:8-10
• Satan tried to get Jesus to trade
• Say no to Internet Pornography
• Change our schedules
• Truly repent – be penatant & decisive
• Purpose
• Matthew 8:1-
• Luke 6:12-
• Matthew 28:16-
• When the apostles came off the mountain, they made disciples, we got the book of Acts
• Get back to basics
• We will never solve a problem that we won’t face.
• Do I have the purpose of Christ in my heart?
• Jesus plan is just for each of us to help another person
• Sacrifice
• since when is sacrifice, moving from 1 rich American city to another?
• be frugal savers not credit bengers
• Mark 9: – coming off the mountain is tough
• there is no sugar coating this
• We can not fade … don’t forget!
• 1 Peter 5:5
• We had become the message. We should have never been the message. It is God’s mercy & His s
• 2 Corinthians 5:5-10

third night

(Indonesia)

• 17k Islands
• 4k Disciples in 29 cities
• Mathew 13:32
• Why did God describe the kingdom of God as a mustard seed?
• God believes that even the smallest seed can make a big impact. What can 1 disciple do?
• 1 Disciple started a church
• Church planting doubled in 1 year
• there are 17k disciples here tonight – 16k new churches 🙂

Emmanual Emmah (Lagos Nigeria)

• if you believe, you can say to that mountain, move, and it will
• Psalm 145:1-7
• Physical mountains & spiritual mountains
• Biggest mountain to move is the generational mountain
• Mountains can either elevate or obstruct
• Am I willing to move?
• Poem: Black Man Who Dream

Alex Paiz (Rio De Janero)

• Mark 1:15
• Cronos (cronoligical time) & Chaios (special time, God’s time)
• This is Chaios – a special time, God’s time
• This was just after John the Baptist had been put in jail by Herod, so he went right into Herod’s backyard and preached this.
• Have you prayed to be a missionary? Have you prayed to serve where the greatest needs are?
• What is holding you back?
• Old: Abraham was 75 when he was called.
• Young: Timothy was a teen when he was called.
• The time has come!

Brian Campbell (Campus minister from Denver Colorado)

• 2 Corinthians 3:18

Cynacism is …
But with God, mountains can be climbed,

Robert Carillo (San Diego Coc)
Men’s Leadership in the Family
As a sinner to sinners – nobody is perfect, yet we are commanded to be perfect.

• Conviction to follow advice.
• We need convictions to be a great husband & father. – I need to lead my house!
• the greatest mountain is to lead our families to heaven
• Exodus 23:17 – “Three times a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord.”
• Men are trashed by popular culture. – That is the image of men my son is growing up with.
• Men used to solve problems & rescue.
• Even the heros have serious issues (batman, iron man, hulk, etc.)
• Who do our sons have to look up to?
• Who do our daughters have to encourage them?
• Fathers make a difference!
• We have a generation of children growing up having no idea who Jesus is.
• 150 – 200 Million orphans. Huge global problem!
• God’s plan breaks down when fathers don’t do their job.
• Genesis 18:18-20
• Exodus 10:1-2
• Deuteronomy 4:8-10
• Deuteronomy 6:4-7
• Leviticus 18:21
• Leviticus 20:2
• They were sacrificing their children; how our we sacrificing our children to sports (Nike), academics, pride?
• Luke 17
• God wants to rescue our children, should be from the world & not from us.
• Malachi 4:1-6 (God ends the OT with a curse – scary – depends on hearts of children & parents being turned to each other).
• Luke 1:8-17 — why did John the Baptist come? to make a people ready for the Lord — this is our charge as brothers, especially our children
• PREPARE MY CHILDREN, PREPARE MY HOUSE FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD!
• Psalm by the music director for David, Asaph – Ezra 3:11 – found his children singing His love endures forever! – 500 years later!!!
• I need to fight (Satan) for my children!

John Lewey (Singapore Church Evangelist)

• Statistically children who have a great relationship with their parents have fewer health problems.
• Ephesians 6:1-3 — Children obey your parents … so that it will go well with you.
• Fathers teach children how to regulate their emotions, thru play.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 (encourage, comfort, urge)
• Help Adolescents By Providing a Voice of Reason
• Mothers bring out the problems, Fathers are better at solving them — both are needed!
• #1 predictor of premarital sex was viewing pornography
• We (as fathers) make assumptions & are lazy.
• Help Adolescents By _____
  
• I need to spend time with each of my kids each week, 1:1.
• What are your highs & what are the lows?
• Be a positive role model. As a father, as a husband.
• Be constantly encouraging!
• Stay involved thru thick & thin.
• Do not exasperate. (Ephesians 6:4)
• I need to be available to talk about all emotions.
• What do I not like to talk about?
• Need to get connected.
• Spend time 1:1 with each child – very specific – model the be
• http://www.gep.sg to download slides

Sam Powell

Joshua 14:7-15

• Caleb wanted the hill country.
• It was going to be hard; the Anakites were there.
• It was a challenge.
• God has a challenge for each of us.
• The challenges help us to get out of our comfort zone.
• We have to decide that we are going to take the hill country.

Numbers 13:17-14:16,20-24

What will it take?

• God said Caleb had a different spirit:
• A trusting sport. We need to belied God.
• Proverbs 3:5
• Psalm 37:3-6
• We need to trust God. He is faithful.
• We have to trust our leaders. If we don’t trust we won’t give our heart.
• Leaders have to be humble to get trust.
• We have to trust each other.
• We must trust sister churches.
• You have to start with wanting to trust.
• There is a price to pay for building unity & trust. – We need to pay that price. We have to pay it.
  

Joshua 15:13-14

• Satan loves division.
• Number 13:21
• Time to fight for what we want.
• We have to try to do something. We may fail, but we may not.
• The victory was that they tried.
• Who is helping me?

The conference is being broadcast on http://www.dtoday.tv
a site created by Disciples Today.

Luke 1:16-

·     
Turn our hearts back to God & to children

·     
Do I believe that God can provide on the
mountain of the Lord?

Ephesians 5:22

·     
Genuine Faith or Damaging Hypocrisy

·       (a
bit hard to follow scripture references – here)

2 Timothy 1:5

·     
If it is not your life to be a disciple, then
your teens will see the hypocrisy.

Ephesians 6:1-4

·     
bring them up -> training & nurture them.
affection & unconditional love

·     
heart-to-heart – lost in discipline

Produce a home environment that is loving & lavishing. Affection must
go before the discipline.

·     
Home should be safe.

·     
Understand where they are. Ask questions.

1 Chronicles 28:9

·     
Meet kids where they are at.

·     
My relationship is a model of my kids
relationship with God.

·     
Talk about real things. Make it safe to talk
about anything.

·     
Relationship should evolve from parent-child to
friendship.

·     
I need to find a way to connect with my kids.

Mark 8:22-26

·     
Provide dirty hands support.

Ephesians 6:10-18

·     
Don’t try and take responsibility for kids
actions.

·     
Take responsibility for what I do?

James
1:17
 – Josh is a gift from
God -> to teach us faith, unconditional love.

Moses was adopted.
Jesus was adopted by Joseph.

Ester 2:7-11, 20

• God ordained every day, including us adopting.
• Biological or adopted – they are ours, just the same.

Galatians
4:4-5

• God sent his son so that we might be adopted.
• It was not cheap.
• It was forever.
• Learn not to give in fear & anxiety.

Call
your adoptive children to sacrifice.

• Ester 4:12-14
• Mordecai was just the right teacher for Esther.
• God had a plan for Esther. God has a plan for our
  children.

“Now is our time to change the world.” – Do I believe that? Is that my goal?

Prayers in 5 languages (I think … I barely recognized enough to guess)

1. English (OK – I got this one)
2. French
3. Russian
4. Japanese
5. Spanish (recognized over 1/2)

Songs in at least 3 languages:

1. English
2. Spanish
3. Swahili

Good news sharing from Asia
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Here is a view from our not-so-front-row seats:

Kick off of the marrieds conference – about 18,000 disciples in San Antonio, TX.

Sam Laing & Family (Gerry – wife, David -grown son, Elizabeth – daughter)

Deuteronomy 6:1-9
ref Judges 2:10-15

• We have made Jesus Lord of our individual life, but we need to make Jesus Lord of our family & marriage.
• This needs to be about heart – not just about action – we need to connect heart-to-heart.
• Greatest thing to want is for our kids to have a relationship with God. Not about academics, sports, etc.
• Talking about God’s word all the time – days, conflicts, events, etc. – relate to God & the scriptures.
• Take a step back & listen to how our family talks to each other (parents as well).

Deuteronomy 16:1 – Fabric of the Family

• David Laing
• Traditions – Celebrate together!
• Remember, Celebrate!
• Do the rituals & traditions of our family glorify God?
• Does our family rejoice & celebrate God?
• How fun special is our family? (TSO 🙂 )

Romans 7:21-25

• Don’t label our kids – realize that our kids are testing us to see how much we love them.
• Each child needs to develop their own faith.
• I have to keep growing in my faith – I need to set the example.

Deuteronomy 7:1 – be in the world, but not of the world

• need to stay out of the world, we are in the world, not of the world
• the world hates disciples, my child will not be accepted
• But God loves them!
• Deuteronomy 9:6 – are me kids Pharasees? performance oriented
• Deuteronomy 16:21 – don’t have idols
• use sports and activites to build but not instead
• Seek the Kingdom First (Mat 6:33)
• Proverbs 22:10 – train up a child in the way they should go and when he is old he will not depart from it (does not speak to the middle – they will have hard times & will not be perfect!)