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The podcast for Guerrilla Discipleship with Kevin Baker. In a nutshell, Guerrilla Discipleship is how we live out the Great Commission to make disciples (teaching people how to hear God, and how to follow and obey Him). We discuss practical ways for you to live this out in your everyday life. We will experience how God uses regular people, often in irregular ways.
Small groups of disciple-makers doing life together within a transformational community is what every Christian needs to grow, be challenged and stay focus on God's disciple-making mission for our lives. In this NEW Series called Behavior Shifts, Kevin Baker and Tim Parker will discuss how to practically create transformational community.
In the final episode of the disciple-maker's toolkit series, Kevin Baker, offers encouragement for each of us to start today taking steps forward in obedience as a disciple-makers. It is never too late to start! This may be the end of the series but this is the beginning of our disciple-making journey together.
How do you invite other people to take their next step in faith? As followers of Jesus and Disciple-Makers we are tasked with inviting other people into the Kingdom of God. This week, on Guerrilla Discipleship, Kevin Baker gives practical tips and steps each of us can take to invite people in our lives that are far from God to take a step toward Him. This episode continues the Disciple-Maker's Toolkit series.
Get your Toolkit: https://oakdale.church/toolkit/
Hear the sermon on this same topic from Sunday: oakdale.church/messages
Guerrilla Discipleship exists to equip and encourage you the everyday disciple-maker to step out in obedience and faith to share Jesus. We continue the Disciple-Maker's Toolkit Series by looking today at How to Help Others Discover Jesus. Tim Parker leads us through the discussion and shares tools and tips to encourage you to help others discover Jesus.
Discover Bible Study: oakdale.church/discovery
Message from Sunday 5/11: oakdale.church/message
Kevin Baker and Tim Parker hope to equip you to go out and be the everyday disciple-maker. We continue the conversation in The Disciple-Maker's Toolkit series looking today at the importance of Prayer in Disciple-Making. Tim outlines important disciple-making prayers, found in scripture, that each of us should add to our daily devotion time. He also challenges you to start a habit of prayer calendaring and praying for people you will encounter each day.
PrayDay App: prayday.co
Download Disciple-Maker's Toolkit Booklet: oakdale.church/toolkit
Today we continue the Disciple-Maker's Toolkit series by discussing that one of the best ways Disciple-Makers can help connect people far from God to Him is by sharing your story. Kevin will encourage you to prepare, practice and get to sharing. Get a copy of the Disciple-Maker's Toolkit Booklet at oakdale.church/toolkit
Are you a disciple of Jesus? We are here to equip and encourage YOU, the everyday disciple-maker, on the journey as we continue the series Disciple-Maker's Toolkit. In today's episode Kevin Baker dives into defining, according to scripture, what makes someone a disciple of Jesus? Get a copy of the Disciple-Maker's Toolkit Booklet at oakdale.church/toolkit
Want to be a disciple-maker but feel like you are ill-equipped and don't have the confidence to step out in obedient faith? Tune in for a new 8 week series on Guerrilla Discipleship as we dive into The Disciple-Maker's Toolkit. This series will offer practical tips and help you to build confidence on your disciple-making journey. Today, in episode 1, Kevin Baker uses scripture to help us answer the question, why should we make disciples?
Download The Disciple-Maker's Toolkit Booklet at oakdale.church/toolkit
Easter is one of the most central celebrations in the Christian faith but what does it have to do with Disciple-Making? Today, Kevin Baker and Tim Parker unpack look into the events of Holy Week to see how Jesus and his disciples lived out disciple-making dealing with Jesus' death and resurrection.
Want to cultivate a disciple-making home? Need tips on how you can help your kids be disciple-makers? Today Kevin Baker is joined by Kids Pastor Ginny Lee as they discuss discipleship with kids. Ginny shares where she has seen kids live out their faith with boldness and courage as they share about Jesus.This video originally aired October 26, 2022 and is being re-played today
Disciple-Makers must take stock of their thinking and make sure it aligns with scripture. All of us that have grown up in the church have ideas and practices that were passed down to us that might not conform to what Jesus taught. We need to make paradigm shifts so that we can better multiply our disciple-making efforts to have the biggest Kingdom impact. In the last episode of the series, today, Kevin Baker and Tim Parker discuss shifting from church planting to making-disciples and from the Gospel of Salvation to the Good News of the Kingdom.
Jesus said you need to be born again and we all need to renew our thinking. We hope to allow God to change our thinking so we can see the world and our tasks as He sees them. Conforming our thoughts to God's is not easy but is necessary to help multiply our disciple-making efforts. Today, Kevin Baker and Tim Parker discuss the paradigm shifts from self-reliant to spirit-dependent and from complex to simple.
Do you see fruit in your disciple-making efforts? If not, maybe now is a good time to re-examine how you think about disciple-making and make necessary paradigm shifts. Kevin Baker and Tim Parker discuss today two important shifts successful disciple-makers must make in their thinking to conform to Jesus disciple-making model in scripture. Tune in to hear about the shift from Outsiders to Cultural Insiders and the shift from Convert to Disciple.
Effective disciple-makers have to go through a paradigm shift away from how they may have been taught in church to focus how Jesus made disciples. Kevin Baker and Tim Parker unpack two more paradigm shifts necessary for disciple-makers in today's episode. They help us all shift from individuals to group discipleship and from ministry professionals to every believer being disciple-makers.
Effective disciple-makers have to go through a paradigm shift away from how they may have been taught in church to focus how Jesus made disciples. Kevin Baker and Tim Parker unpack two more paradigm shifts necessary for disciple-makers in today's episode. They help us all shift from knowledge to obedience and from telling to discovery.
It is time for the church and followers of Jesus to change. Each of us and our congregations need to take steps to re-align ourselves with our God given mission to multiply disciples. This is going to take some paradigm shifts in our thinking and actions. Kevin Baker and Tim Parker continue the series unpacking shifts from leader to coach and from informing to equipping in today's episode.
Disciple-makers operate under different paradigms from the normal western church. Today we look at two new paradigm shifts that are necessary for anyone wanting to be a disciple-maker as we start 2024. Kevin Baker and Tim Parker will discuss shifting from attractional to missional as a churchbody and from a consumer to catalyst as individuals.
As we start 2024, disciple-makers need to make paradigm shifts in their thinking to better multiply their efforts to reach people far from God this year. Kevin Baker and Tim Parker look at two shifts today, switching our focus from our own church to God's Kingdom and from accumulating more people in our churches to equipping and deploying disciple-makers into the world.
Happy New Year! As we start 2024, it is a great time to examine if we are seeing fruit from our disciple-making efforts. Starting in this episode, Kevin Baker and Tim Parker, take a look at what paradigm shifts are necessary for disciple-making. It is their hope that with changes to our thinking and actions we better partner with God as He moves in our neighborhoods and communities this year. Today we look at the idea that Multiplication is better than addition when it comes to reaching lost people.
As we finish out 2023, Kevin and Tim hope to encourage you to continue to get ready for all God has for you in 2024. In this final episode of the year, our hosts encourage you to prepare to focus more on God's Word in the new year. Get into a daily habit of spending time reading your bible.
Check out oakdale.church/bible for a chapter a day, 5 days a week, reading plan that will point to God's story from Creation to Christ. Find some friends/neighbors/family to read with you this next year.
Christmas provides a unique opportunity as we gather with friends and family to intentionally be a witness for Jesus. Most people are more open to spiritual conversations and it is easier to organically be spiritually obvious this season. Kevin and Tim provide practical insight on how each of us can do something different this year to make a Kingdom impact.
Only 5% of Christians have led someone else to Christ. Kevin Baker and Tim Parker want to encourage each of us to do more in 2024. Today, they will look at how Serving in Love is a wonderful way to build relationships and help point people to God. This continues the More in 2024 series where we are learning how to BLESS people far from God.BLESSBegin with PrayerListen with CareEat TogetherServe in LoveShare the Story
Kevin Baker and Tim Parker continue the conversation started two weeks with the call to action to all of us to do more in 2024 by taking steps to be more intentional in leading people far from God to Him this next year. They will be talking through the disciple-making acronym BLESS in the next few episodes as we end out the year. Today, they will focus on Eating Together as a big way to make a disciple-making impact. BLESSBegin with prayerListen with careEat TogetherServe in loveShare the story
Kevin Baker and Tim Parker continue the conversation started last week with the call to action to all of us to do more in 2024 by taking steps to be more intentional in leading people far from God to Him this next year. They will be talking through the disciple-making acronym BLESS in the next few episodes as we end out the year. Today, they will focus on Listening with care as a big way to make a disciple-making impact.
BLESSBegin with prayerListen with careEat TogetherServe in loveShare the story
Kevin Baker and Tim Parker invite each of us to think about 2024 and begin praying for God to do More. Our hosts challenge us to be part of the 5% of of Christians who have discipled someone to Christ and pray that God will use you to grow His kingdom next year. Tune in for practical ways to pray and set goals now for the new year.
Suggested App: Streets of Prayer (on Google Play or App Store) - streetsofprayer.com
Is the power of the Holy Spirit, seen in the book of Acts, still active in the world today? Tune in to Guerrilla Discipleship today to continue the interview by Oakdale Church staff member Anne Jordan with Jeffrien Joel. Jeffrien is a pastor in southern India and he will share about how he and his family became believers in miraculous ways. The power of Acts is alive in the world in surprising ways you have to listen to believe.
Is the power of the Holy Spirit, seen in the book of Acts, still active in the world today? Tune in to Guerrilla Discipleship today to hear from Jeffrien Joel, who is a pastor in southern India, share how his Hindu family came to Christ. The power of Acts is alive in the world in surprising ways you have to listen to believe. This episode is an interview by Oakdale Church staff member Anne Jordan and will continue next week.
The disciple-making life is not the easiest. Today, Kevin Baker and Tim Parker talk about why disciple-making is so difficult and offer encouragement for each of us to keep going forward in obedience.
Disciple-Making is helping other people who are far from God to get closer to God. Kevin Baker encourages you today about wonderful unintended consequences of disciple-making. Someone is always listening and someone is always watching. Your disciple-making efforts are multiplied beyond what you may ever know through the power of the Holy Spirit. Keep doing the great work of obedience and faith!
Kevin Baker and Tim Parker discuss how they partnered with the disciple-making network, DC Underground, in a push week in Montgomery County, MD in September. They share stories about how God used them, and others, to make an impact for the Kingdom through prayer walking, outdoor worship and disciple-making trainings.
DC Underground is a network of churches in Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C. with the mission to catalyze a movement of God through the power of the Holy Spirit and partnership. You can find out more and get involved with DC Underground by visiting dcunderground.org. There is a photo gallery showing more about what happened during Push Week, check it out!
Being a Disciple-Maker takes boldness and faith and to be successful we need to look at what is our motivation to carry out this calling. Today, Kevin Baker and Tim Parker discuss their own personal motivation for seeking to share the Good News and bring people to Christ and invite each of us to figure out what is our driving factor as an everyday disciple-maker.
Know anyone that just gets on your nerves? That you cannot connect with or just drains your energy? Tune in today as Pastor Tim Parker discusses how we can all be spiritually obvious with the difficult people in our lives. People who are difficult are difficult for a reason or the season. Don’t run away from these people in your life. It may not be your job to disciple them for years but you can plant seeds and encourage them on their spiritual journey.
Pastor Kevin Baker is the senior pastor of Oakdale Church a 200+ year old legacy church with Wesleyan roots. Continuing the conversation from last week, Kevin Baker talks about the radical and amazing transformation God is doing to change the legacy church into a disciple-making community. He offers real life stories and tips for anyone leading a church on how you can take steps to align your congregation with the Great Commission and disciple-making.
Pastor Kevin Baker is the senior pastor of Oakdale Church a 200+ year old legacy church with Wesleyan roots. In this episode, and continued next week, Kevin Baker talks about the radical and amazing transformation God is doing to change the legacy church into a disciple-making community. He offers real life stories and tips for anyone leading a church on how you can take steps to align your congregation with the Great Commission and disciple-making.
Kevin Baker and Tim Parker wrap up the Relational Evangelism series by discussing how we should live out disciple-making following the Holy Spirit in this episode. They look specifically about what our lives should look like when we live in concert with the Spirit. Kevin and Tim give examples from their own lives on what a prompting from the Spirit felt like so that you can better discern the Spirit's prompting in your own life. Say, "yes" to the Spirit!
Relational Evangelism is just sharing in an organic relational way with people we already interact with, about God. Today Pastor Kevin Baker and Tim Parker will talk about how God calls us to be bold in our disciple-making. We are presented with opportunities every day to make an impact for the Kingdom but often we do not act because we lack the boldness. Boldness means you are sticking your neck out, confronting your own fears and that you know there are risks and you are doing it anyway. Kevin and Tim provide practical examples on how each of us can be more bold for God's glory this week.
Disciple-makers are called go where God sends us. This is likely both where you already are, your work, neighborhood and/or the coffee shop you visit each morning, and also through prayer and listening to God, somewhere new. Each of us have our own gifts and God has a plan to use them to grow His Kingdom. Today, pastors Kevin Baker and Tim Parker discuss how all of us as everyday disciple-makers can listen to God's call to go and what it looks like to obediently go.
In this 4th part of the Relational Evangelism series, Kevin Baker and Tim Parker discuss the power of (biblical) stories for everyday disciple-makers. People in our culture and society connect with stories. This is one of the best ways to listen to what your friends, neighbors, coworkers or people you meet and point to a story in scripture that relates to their life. Kevin and Tim provide examples and practical tips on how you can be prepared with 5 biblical stories that you can use.
Part 3 of the Relational Evangelism Series, focusing on how to start a conversation with someone that can lead to relational evangelism today. Our goal is to help you gain a biblical understanding on what evangelism and disciple-making really is so that you can go out and do it! Tune in for practical tips and advice on how to take your next step in disciple-making this week from Pastors Kevin Baker and Tim Parker.
What does Evangelism look like today for the everyday disciple-maker? Today Kevin Baker and Tim Parker dive deeper into if evangelism is still needed today, how it looks different from what images of evangelism looks like in our mind and how each of us can practically live out relational evangelism in our own lives. Kevin leaves us with a challenge at the end of the episode to take a step in relational evangelism this week.
Comment on this episode about how the challenge goes for you personally.
Kevin Baker & Tim Parker start a NEW SERIES today called Relational Evangelism where they will discuss how to disciple people in your regular life that you have a relationship with. In this episode they start the series by discussing how Jesus evangelized.
Our guest host Tim Parker and his brother-in-law Pastor David Layser, Trinity Church Danville, PA @trinitychurch7244, finish the series on overcoming the 7 biggest barriers to making disciples. Today they focus on the fact that it is a huge barrier if we do not truly and fully believe in Jesus and the urgency of obediently seeking to make disciples. As with previous weeks, Tim and David talk through this barrier from their personal experience and offer 3 ways for you to overcome this barrier if you experience it in your life.
We are in week 6 of the Overcoming the 7 Biggest Barriers to Making Disciples with guest host Tim Parker and his brother-in-law David Layser. Today our dynamic duo talks about how Toxic/Unhealthy Expectations on how Discipling works can really hinder our efforts. David and Tim unpack several common toxic expectations, give examples on how they have encountered them in their own lives and then offer practical tips and tricks to overcome this barrier in our own disciple-making journey.
Helpful Video Links:
Conversation Quadrants - youtu.be/D9TljHre_4g
Discovery Bible Study - youtu.be/dI0M7Ndkx8I
Guest Host Pastor Tim Parker and David Layser continue to discuss the 7 biggest barriers to making disciples, looking at how succumbing to complacency stops us from making disciples. We are all prone to comfort and to keep doing what we have always done. God is calling us to more! Tim and David dive into their own complacency and how they have worked to overcome in their own discipleship journey. The episode ends with practical tips on how you can take steps to overcome complacency in your own life.
Tim Parker is the Associate Pastor at Oakdale Church in Olney, MD. David Layser is the Pastor of Trinity Church in Danville, PA.
Pastors Tim & David continue discussing the 7 Biggest Barriers to Making Disciples today by focusing on the fact that often we won't (or don't) make room for other people and this hinders our disciple-making ability. They share personal stories of where they failed and where they succeeded in making room for others and God used their obedience to make disciples. Each episode in this series finishes with practical tips on how to overcome the barrier and today ends with a challenge.
David Layser is the pastor of Trinity Church in Danville, PA
We continue the Overcoming the 7 Barriers to Making Disciples series today by discussing how the fear of rejection keeps us from making disciples. Tim Parker is back as our guest host with his brother-in-law, Pastor David Layser. Tim and David will start by giving personal testimony on their own shortcomings encountering their own fear of rejection and end with practical tips on how we can all overcome and be better obedient disciple-makers.David Layser is the pastor of Trinity Church in Danville, PA @trinitychurch7244 & tumcdan.org
We start a new series, Overcoming the 7 Biggest Barriers to Making Disciples, with guest host Tim Parker today. Tim is the Associate Pastor at Oakdale Church and will be filling in as host for Kevin during this series. Tim has invited his brother-in-law, David Layser, Pastor of Trinity Church in Danville, PA. This series will unpack the 7 biggest barriers we all experience in trying to be disciple-makers, with personal examples of how Tim and David have encountered each barrier in their own lives. Every episode will end with our hosts offering practical tips on how we can all overcome the barriers.
Today we start by looking at how our Self-Centeredness is a huge road block on our ability to obediently make disciples.
Today, Kevin Baker & Tim Parker, finish their 7 part series on raising the sails of disciple-making movements by focusing on the need for disciples to have on going coaching. It is important for disciple-makers to have a mentor or coach that has more experience and can offer insight into what you are doing in your walk with Jesus. Coaches can also just help you not to feel alone in this journey and offer encouragement with your wins and with your failures. They end with a challenge for each of us to start a discovery group.
Quick Summary:
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Everyone needs a coach
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Coaches help encourage, provide insight and accountability
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Find someone who you can pour into who is new to disciple-making
Tune in next week for Tim Parker to lead another 7 part series focusing on overcoming the 7 biggest barriers to disciple-making.
What do you do next after you have a spiritual conversation? Kevin Baker and Tim Parker are back this week to discuss what you do as they continue the 7 week Sails of Disciple-Making series. Your next step should be to invite them into a discovery group which will allow them to encounter sculpture for themselves. Kevin and Tim explain what a discovery group is and offer practical examples on how to lead people far from God to discover more about Him. Quick Summary:
- Invite people far from God to a Discovery Group
- Try to get them to invite others in their life to join
- You are not teaching, the scripture and Holy Spirit do that
Helpful Links:Learn More about Discovery Groups and how they work at oakdale.church/discovery
Kevin Baker and Tim Parker are back this week to discuss Going Out Among the Lost as they continue the 7 week Sails of Disciple-Making series. Going out among the lost is not sitting on a street corner, with a sign and bullhorn yelling at people. It is a change in mindset that you can choose to make each day where you will try and treat every interaction you have with other people as an opportunity to point them to God. This could be in your own household, at work, at the barber shop/hair salon, or even on social media. Watch for tips on how to reach the people in your life who are far from God as we plant seeds and see God bring about results.
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Going out is NOT standing on a street corner with a sign
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Going out is a mindset change, go about your day but point people to God
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Each of us can plant seeds around us and, with prayer, see God bring results
Tim Parker is back with Kevin Baker this week again on Guerrilla Discipleship as they unpack the 7 Sails of Disciple-Making Movements, focusing today on Training Other Believers. How do we help other people in our churches, families and neighborhoods, who are Christians, take their next steps to become disciple-makers? How do we help people overcome their fear of being spiritually obvious?
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The best way to train other believers is to show them how you live out disciple-making
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Pray with them before you go out to help focus the time among people far from God
Kevin Baker is back with Tim Parker for week 3 of their 7 part series on raising the sails of disciple-making movements by focusing on Casting Vision to other believers. If you are excited about something, like planning your next vacation, how do you share that with your spouse or family? This is the same way we should cast vision to other believers about how disciple-making has made an impact on your life and faith journey. Make it conversational, organic and don't judge who will accept or not.
Tips:
- Try casting vision with someone over food or coffee
- Share how you’ve been personally affected to better convey your passion
In this episode Kevin Baker is joined again by Tim Parker as they continue week 2 of a 7 part series discussing the 7 sails of disciple-making movements. Today the topic is Multiplying Extraordinary Prayer. Kevin & Tim provide real practical insight into their own daily prayer, ways they integrate prayer into their family life and give you next steps to multiply your prayer time.Basic Summary of Today's Video:• Believe Prayer works because it does!• Start praying and grow into extraordinary prayer by adding just 5 minutes more each week and invite someone to join you!• Find where or how to pray that works best for you. Perhaps it’s a prayer chair with a cup of coffee, maybe it’s walking and praying or even praying in the shower!
Suggested Links & Apps from Todays Episode:
Streets of Prayer App: streetsofprayer.com
In this episode Kevin Baker is joined by the Associate Pastor at Oakdale Church, Tim Parker, as they start a 7 part series discussing the 7 sails of disciple-making movements. Today the topic is focusing on God's word. Kevin & Tim provide real practical insight into their own daily scripture reading habits, ways they integrate the bible into their family life and give you next steps to grow your time in the bible.
Suggested Links & Apps from Todays Episode
- Lectio365 App: Apple | Google
- Bible App: bible.com/app
- Biblical Storyline Reading Plan
- First 15 App: first15.org/download
- Suggested Passage to Grow in Obedience:
- Sermon on the Mount: Matthew Ch 5-7
In Guerrilla Discipleship today, Kevin Baker, discusses how we will fail if we try to live out Jesus' commands in our own strength. There are so many commands in the bible! It is important for Disciple-Makers to lean fully into the strength and power of God as we seek His gift of a new life in His Spirit. The Holy Spirit will empower and equip us to live in the Kingdom of God and obey the commands of our King.
Today of Guerrilla Discipleship, Kevin Baker discusses the need for each of us as disciple-makers to encourage each other by sharing stories of answered prayer, how we were obedient to God and also how we fell short. Find others to do this with regularly. This will spur our co-laborers in the harvest on as we each follow the call of God.
Each of us have a story, or testimony, that when we share it we can introduce Jesus as a transforming character in our lives. It gives us the ability to share hope that will draw people closer to Jesus. In todays video, Pastor Kevin Baker, shares how to create and practice your 15 second testimony as part of your disciple-making preparation.
Continuing the discussion on how, and why, disciple-makers need to be prepared to be everyday missionaries. Praying for people is not the end goal, but just the beginning. Pastor Baker talks today about 5 stories from the bible that can be used while discipling people in our life to help connect them into scripture and hopefully drive them to learn more about God with you in a discovery bible study. Look for practical tips and advice you can put into practice today.
Today, Pastor Baker starts a series of discussions on why and, more importantly, how you can be more prepared to answer God's call, in obedience, as an everyday disciple-maker. This will continue for the next few weeks with practical tips and strategies to be ready.
Today on Guerrilla Discipleship with Kevin Baker, Pastor Baker dives into the topic of clearing up confusion on what a disciple-maker is and what they actually do. Hint: it is not yelling at people on the street corner. Pastor Baker encourages you to disciple people in your life in ways that are in line with what Jesus and the first disciples did in the book of Acts. Our whole life mission is to go and make disciples of all people.
The best way to help work with God to see a disciple-making movement grow in your area and see real multiplicative Kingdom growth is to seek out partners to work together in a common discipleship goal. This could be friends, family, fellow congregation members, other churches and Christian organizations in your area. Share your disciple-making vision and get others excited to use their own skills and areas of influence so that more people in your area may hear, obey and share Jesus as his disciples.
Each of us, as disciple-makers, are tasked work on transitioning our relationships with others to go from casual conversations to spiritual conversations and then eventually invite them to discover God themselves in a discovery group. Kevin Baker encourages us today that we continue working ourselves to keep practicing and working in discipleship. Make 2023 the year where you step out in faith and invite people to take their own next steps!
If you want help with this an online training on Monday Feb 6 at 7PM will look at Asking Powerful Questions as ways to help us have more spiritual conversations. Details and Sign Up are at oakdale.church/ask
It is important for disciple-makers to set goals for our spiritual growth, the new year is a great time to get started on figuring out what next steps you should take this year in discipleship. How would you like your relationship with God to be by the end of the year? How can you get there? Tune into todays episode of Guerrilla Discipleship where Kevin Baker offers tips to get you started on your journey.
Today, Pastor Kevin Baker, talks about the importance of a small group community for each of us as disciple-makers. He spends some time talking specifically about ingredients he feels that most small groups are missing, that once added, would transform them into a community on mission to better utilize the groups talents and gifts to make disciples in their neighborhood.
@GuerrillaDiscipleship is BACK with a new video today to help you be a disciple-maker as you continue to gather with family and friends this holiday season. Kevin Baker has 5 practical ways you can impact lives for the Kingdom by being spiritually obvious without being obnoxious.
Today on Guerrilla Discipleship, Kevin Baker finishes the conversation, about how DMM training transformed her life personally and as a pastor, with Grace Lucas. Tune in for practical tips to live out disciple-making and encouragement on the journey.
Pastor Grace is the Lead Pastor at Bosqueville UMC near Waco, TX: bosquevilleumc.com
Everyone here at Guerrilla Discipleship wishes you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Guerrilla Discipleship will be back in January 2023!
Today on Guerrilla Discipleship, Kevin Baker continues the conversation, about how DMM training transformed her life personally and as a pastor, with Grace Lucas. Tune in for practical tips to live out disciple-making and encouragement on the journey.
Pastor Grace is the Lead Pastor at Bosqueville UMC near Waco, TX: bosquevilleumc.com
Today on Guerrilla Discipleship, Kevin Baker talks with Pastor Grace Lucas. She became a friend and partner in discipleship after Kevin took her through Disciple-Making Movements (DMM) Training. Throughout this 3 part interview, Pastor Grace will talk about how DMM training transforms her life personally and as a pastor. She also shares practical ways she has lived out a better focus on disciple-making.
Pastor Grace is the Lead Pastor at Bosqueville UMC in Bosqueville, Texas: bosquevilleumc.com
Today on Guerrilla Discipleship, Pastor Kevin Baker talks with a former staff member at his church that was sent out to be a disciple-maker in his own community. Listen in on how God is moving in Wayne's life.
Today on Guerrilla Discipleship you will hear the last part of the story about how God connected Oakdale Church to a person of peace Kenya through a donated vacation bible school t-shirt. God has started a disciple-making movement in both Kenya and Uganda through the simple act of obedience of someone across the world here in Maryland. You will NOT want to miss this interview by Anne Jordan, Executive Project Manager at Oakdale Church, of our disciple-making friend Kehinde.
Today on Guerrilla Discipleship you will hear the second part of the story about how God connected Oakdale Church to a person of peace Kenya through a donated vacation bible school t-shirt. God has started a disciple-making movement in both Kenya and Uganda through the simple act of obedience of someone across the world here in Maryland. You will NOT want to miss this interview by Anne Jordan, Executive Project Manager at Oakdale Church, of our disciple-making friend Kehinde. This is part 2 and will finish the next week.
Today on Guerrilla Discipleship you will hear the beginning of the story about how God connected Oakdale Church to a person of peace Kenya through a donated vacation bible school t-shirt. God has started a disciple-making movement in both Kenya and Uganda through the simple act of obedience of someone across the world here in Maryland. You will NOT want to miss this interview by Anne Jordan, Executive Project Manager at Oakdale Church, of our disciple-making friend Kehinde. This is part 1 and will continue the next two weeks.
Today Pastor Kevin is joined by Kids Pastor Ginny Lee as they discuss disciple-making kids. It is never too early to start being a disciple-maker! Ginny provides some insight about how parents can cultivate a disciple-making home.
Biblical disciple-making is not the same thing as traditional evangelism as the western church knows it. Disciple-Makers are not all standing on the street corner handing out tracts. We are called to come along side others and let them into our lives so they can see how we live out our own discipleship and they can follow alongside. Much like how a parent raises a kid.
Should we talk about God's love for us without mentioning disciple-making? Today, Kevin Baker, talks about how he thinks that it is impossible to talk about God's Love without helping people see that loving God means we should live in obedience to God's commands.
The Greatest Commandment - Mark 12:28-34
The Great Commission - Matthew 28:16-20
Disciple-Making is disruptive to the business as usual in your church. Who is the bible were the ones who opposed Jesus and his disciple-making? It was the religious people. Today, Kevin Baker, talks about how the biggest hinderance to our collective obedience to Jesus in his call to be disciple-makers will likely come from other Christians in our churches.
Kevin Baker talks through the 7 sails of disciple-makers and gives practical next steps that you can take this week to move forward in obedience to God.
Many of our churches have historically functioned in an addition mindset, with only a few church leaders discipling folks to Christ. Multiplication can only happen when we let God take control and each of us do their part.
One of the best ways Disciple-Makers can disciple people far from God is by telling them your story. Kevin Baker, talks about his story as he explains how important it is for you to be prepared to tell your story. Be ready with a quick and long version of what your life was before, how you encountered Jesus and how your life is different now. This will help you bring it up organically in conversation and connect people far from God to Jesus.
Life with God as a disciple-maker requires constant learning and practicing. Those of us who grew up in the church often need to unlearn some of the incorrect or untrue aspects of Christian life before we can move forward into God's truth. Today, Kevin Baker talks about the importance of learning for disciple-makers.
One of the issues that is creating difficulty in discipleship and hindering disciple-making in the United States is that our lives can be very compartmentalized. Various aspects of our lives (home, work, church...) are separate and we can ack differently in different places. It is important for us to have an integrated view of life, being spiritually obvious or spiritual conversations are not limited to our home or at church. They should be happening everywhere!
There is time when our faith falters, when we struggle with our own doubts. Kevin Baker talks today about the need each of us have to work on increasing our faith. We can do this by stepping out in obedience to God to help complete and increase our faith.
What is the mission of a disciple-making small group? Our small groups cannot only be about ourselves but need to be focused on disciple-making together as a team. Today, Kevin Baker talks about how a disciple-making small group should work and what your group can do to shift its focus from inward to outward.
Small steps produce often big results if we stay persistent. Kevin Baker invites and encourages you to take a small step, a beginning step, to allow God to use you to reach people for Jesus.
My spiritual father, George Anderson, recently passed away and I wanted to take this week to honor him. He was a disciple-maker who lived an authentic life by pouring into many folks, including myself. If we follow a bit in his footsteps we too can have an impact for the Kingdom.
Being a disciple is about life transformation and an abundant life of freedom in God's love. Today, Kevin Baker talks about how Christ-centered recovery ministries, like Celebrate Recovery, can be instrumental in your discipleship journey and help you to be in a better place to make disciples. Christ-centered recovery ministries can help you to submit fully to God and find freedom from your hurts, habits and hang-ups.
Celebrate Recovery (CR) is there to help all of us find freedom from our hurts, habits and hang-ups in a Christ-centered recovery program. For more information and to find a CR ministry near you please visit celebraterecovery.com
The task for us disciple-makers is a worldwide, every family member and neighbor, ambassadorship to make sure everyone knows of God's love. Our job is to see reconciliation spread throughout our community. We cannot let even one be lost and be allowed to remain far from God. Today, Kevin Baker provides encouragement for you to get off the sideline and into the game!
How can we have spiritual conversations with people in our lives who are far from God? Today, Kevin Baker, gives us practical ways to do this in our everyday disciple-making lives. The goal of a spiritual conversations is to eventually lead folks to discover Gods word, by reading scripture, for themselves so they can encounter Jesus.
Today, Kevin Baker unpacks what this podcast channel is all about. Guerrilla Discipleship is for the Everyday Disciple-Maker and seeks to support and assist you as you live out disciple-making.
Today, Kevin Baker, talks about the concept of Access Ministries as a way for churches, small groups, or families to serve their community and engage in disciple-making. One way people are living out disciple-making at his church is by living the Shema lifestyle of acts of service that point to Christ.
Pastor Kevin talks with his disciple-making coach, Pastor Chris Galanos, about Disciple Making Movements (DMM). They focus today on the need for disciple-makers to be involved in peer coaching for support and accountability. This conversation is continued from last week.
Read Chris' Book: experiencelifenow.com/store/p/from-megachurch-to-multiplication
Find out more about Experience Life Church: experiencelifenow.com
This episode was originally posted on April 14, 2021
Pastor Kevin talks with his disciple-making coach Pastor Chris Galanos about Disciple Making Movements (DMM). Specifically focusing on how Chris started a church in Lubbock, Texas that grew into a megachurch. This megachurch model was disrupted when Chris and his team started living out DMM principles. This conversation will be continued next week.
Read Chris' Book: experiencelifenow.com/store/p/from-megachurch-to-multiplication
Find out more about Experience Life Church: experiencelifenow.com
This episode was originally posted on April 7, 2021
Prayer is vital to the disciple-maker, in order to have a disciple-making movement it is important to start with prayer. In this last part of a conversation on Prayer, Kevin Baker is joined by Ginny and Richard Lee. The Lee's are leaders in prayer at church. They talk about how prayer has been a big part of their lives and gives some practical tips on how you can energize your prayer life!
This episode was originally posted on 03/10/2021 and is being re-played today.
Prayer is vital to the disciple-maker, in order to have a disciple-making movement it is important to start with prayer. In this second part of a conversation on Prayer, Kevin Baker is joined by Ginny and Richard Lee. The Lee's are leaders in prayer at church. They talk about how prayer has been a big part of their lives and gives some practical tips on how you can energize your prayer life!
This discussion will be continued next week.
This episode was originally posted on 03/03/2021 and is being re-played today.
Kevin Baker talks today about the biggest obstacle each of us face in our desire to be disciple-makers, our fear. Pastor Baker discusses how we can overcome this obstacle to be the obedience based everyday disciple-makers God is calling each of us to be!
Today, Kevin Baker, talks about 10 disciple-making trends happening in North America. He offers insight on how we can help transform our churches to be more effective for disciple-making.
He uses the blog "Top Trends in Disciple Making" from Discipleship.org which can be found here: https://discipleship.org/bobbys-blog/disciple-making-trends-2020/
Disciple-makers are in need of accountability partners to help each of us do what we are feeling called by God to do. Accountability is not a negative thing, it is not about condemnation. Accountability is the loving desire to share what is happening in your life so that each of you can be encouraged to be better. Disciple-making is better together!
Kevin Baker welcomes questions, comments and suggestions at kbaker@oakdale.church
Disciple-Makers need a passion for lost people in order to carry out their God given mission. Kevin Baker talks today about why you need a passion for the lost and asks each of us to join him in praying that God would give us a passion for people far from God.
We are all going to doubt as we follow God on this disciple-making journey. God invites us into places where we realize how out of control and unprepared, we are. Do not let your desire to be comfortable keep you from going and doing what God is calling you to do. Embrace the doubts with obedience. Watch how God honors our faithful obedience and does amazing things.
Today, Kevin Baker, encourages you to cast a disciple-making vision to the believers in your church and life. He gives tips, like sharing personal stories, to help you to get others to join in the mission.
Practice inviting people into the truth of the Gospel and be clear of the cost. Be careful that your message is not a mixed message. Inviting people into attritive flashy programs instead of real, honest, discipleship. Let's not sell the Gospel or God short, He is worth it!
This podcast episode is a call for you to go here, there and everywhere as a disciple-maker and spiritual "parent". This is how we see multiplication happens, go and disciple others who disciple others.
We have all grown up with traditions, this is true in the church as well. Today Kevin Baker talks about effective and ineffective church traditions and how they can help or hinder disciple-making.
Today, Kevin Baker continues the discussion on how his traditional legacy church, Oakdale, is trying to live out disciple-making while not abandoning the church. We are looking into how the church can gather and scatter and how you can apply this to your context.
It would be helpful to have the following graphic to reference when listening to this episode: https://tinyurl.com/yckpeffd
Today, Kevin Baker talks through how his traditional legacy church, Oakdale, is trying to live out disciple-making while not abandoning the church. He will spend the next few weeks going through the details of what this looks like to be a church that gathers and scatters in his context and how you can apply it to yours.
It would be helpful to have the following graphic to reference when listening to this episode: https://tinyurl.com/yckpeffd
The modern North American church tends to think in terms of addition. How can we get a few more people to attend our church? Throughout history, God has worked through movements to create multiplication of His disciples.
Kevin Baker talks today about how to know if you are spiritually mature and what you can do to help you on your faith journey toward spiritual maturity.
Being your true authentic self through vulnerability is necessary in disciple-making. It can help you reach people. Today, we compiled audio, that was recorded back in 2019, of Kevin Baker talking about why being vulnerable is important to disciple-makers and then Kevin practicing vulnerability by giving his faith story.
What great things are not happening in your church or life because you have not fervently asked God for it? Often we only ask God for small things, survival things, He is ready to do great things in our world. Just ask!
Kevin Baker wants to invite you to take the risks you need to take in bold faith to focus on making-disciples. This is a calling for everyone! One way to take your next steps is by attending a disciple-making movements training with others in your ministry, small group or family.
Sign up for the next Disciple-Making Training with Kevin Baker at Oakdale.Church. This training starts on February 16 and will run for 9 Wednesdays from 7:00 to 8:30 PM on ZOOM.
Today on Guerrilla Discipleship, Kevin Baker takes us through a fresh look at the Great Commission that helps us to focus better on disciple-making. He would like to invite you to visit oakdale.church to access free disciple-making resources and to sign up for disciple-making training.
Today on Guerrilla Discipleship, Pastor Kevin, talks about how obedience is the best way us disciples can show our love to God.
Happy New Year! Today, Pastor Kevin Baker, brings 5 disciple-making resolutions for 2022 that will help you to focus and multiply your disciple-making efforts this year.
John Wesley was a catalyst of a disciple-making movement that led to the founding of the United Methodist Church. We finish the conversation about the history of disciple-making in Methodism today with Kevin's good friend pastor Tim Carson, of Estero Church in Estero, FL.
https://www.estero.church/
John Wesley was a catalyst of a disciple-making movement that led to the founding of the United Methodist Church. Kevin Baker is, once again, joined by good friend pastor Tim Carson, of Estero Church in Estero, FL, to talk about this important history of disciple-making in Methodism. This conversation will finish next week. https://www.estero.church/
John Wesley was a catalyst of a disciple-making movement that led to the founding of the United Methodist Church. Today, Kevin Baker is joined by good friend pastor Tim Carson, of Estero Church in Estero, FL, to talk about this important history of disciple-making in Methodism. This conversation will continue the next two weeks.
https://www.estero.church/
Thanksgiving and Christmas are a great time of year to practice your disciple-making skills. Pastor Kevin Baker talks today about a few tips to find ways to have spiritual conversations with your friends, family and strangers this holiday season.
We need to stop holding onto our idea of "how things should be done" in our churches. Jesus is calling us to do a new thing to be successful in our disciple-making. We need to be telling people The Good News of the Gospel so that it fits their context, not ours. Take up the mantle to be an everyday missionary!
Today, Kevin Baker, talks about how we should expect to have disciple-making failures in our walk with Jesus. You cannot catch fish if you don't go fishing. God will do the work in people's hearts, you just need to step out in faith. Sometimes this will bear fruit, other times not. That's ok!
It is not just pastors and the church who is responsible for disciple-making. This is a calling for everyone, regardless of age, as a follower of Jesus. The harvest is ready we just need to get out in the field and pick the fruit.
Today Kevin Baker discusses what is a disciple-maker and how disciple-makers demonstrate their love for God by obeying his commands.
Today on Guerrilla Discipleship with Kevin Baker, he discusses the cost of discipleship and suffering for the sake of Christ. Serving Jesus and obeying His commands goes against the ways of this world.
We all love a good treasure hunt. Kevin Baker discusses today how to turn everyday life into a spiritual treasure hunt. Disciple-Making should be fun and an adventure!
Discipleship is not finished at conversion. Today, Kevin Baker, talks about how discipleship is an ongoing progression.
We conclude the interview of Pastor Kevin Baker by Pastor Doug Kozub that started two weeks ago. Doug Kozub is doing a doctoral dissertation on disciple-making movements and asked Kevin to do an interview on the changes Oakdale is undergoing as it transitions from a traditional church to a disciple-making church.
More Information on Doug Here: https://thehub.foursquare.org/prod/TheHub/kozub-doug-and-tyla/
We continue with an interview of Pastor Kevin Baker by Pastor Doug Kozub that started last week. Doug Kozub is doing a doctoral dissertation on disciple-making movements and asked Kevin to do an interview on the changes Oakdale is undergoing as it transitions from a traditional church to a disciple-making church. This interview will conclude next week.
More Information on Doug Here: https://thehub.foursquare.org/prod/TheHub/kozub-doug-and-tyla/
Today's video is the first of a 3 part series of videos showcasing an interview of Pastor Kevin Baker by Pastor Doug Kozub. We will continue with this interview the for the next 2 weeks. Doug Kozub is doing a doctoral dissertation on disciple-making movements and asked Kevin to do an interview on the changes Oakdale is undergoing as it transitions from a traditional church to a disciple-making church.
More Information on Doug Here: https://thehub.foursquare.org/prod/TheHub/kozub-doug-and-tyla/
Pastor Baker talks more about ways the church needs to change in order to be better at making disciple-makers.
Want to be a disciple-maker but not sure where to start? Today on Guerrilla Discipleship, Pastor Baker gives list of 10 things you could do to begin your disciple-making adventure.
Pastor Baker talks more today about what the church in the west must be willing to change in order to reach people for Jesus. He hits on some hot topics that are causing division in the church.
Today in Guerrilla Discipleship, Pastor Kevin talks about the differences between a church that sends out disciple-makers and a church that their primary goal is to attract people to their building.
If you and or your church followed your mission, what would be the result? Does this line up with scripture especially the Great Commission? Today, Kevin Baker helps us wrestle with this and our culture so that we remain focused on the main thing.
Kevin Baker discusses how to make sure your church is on the right, biblical, path. He will help us all understand the part we play in making sure our focus is correct.
Today on Guerrilla Discipleship, Kevin talks about how he hopes that you will join in on the conversation. He wants your feedback or questions to help all of us grow as disciple-makers. We need each other and people in our lives to help us grow.
You can email Kevin Baker at KBaker@oakdale.church
Kevin Baker interviews Student Pastor Andrew Hall on how to disciple your teenagers in this episode. He offers practical tips on how to have a family time where you and your teenagers can discover together God's story from the bible.
As we are slowly coming out of the pandemic, you are getting back to more normal rhythms. In today's video, Kevin presents the challenge of praying about adding in time to discover God's word with your coworkers.
We continue the discussion from last week about God's commandment to Go. Today, Kevin Baker is joined by Anne Jordan who is a staff member at his church. They discuss what going out looked like for Anne and how God has used her obedience to teach her new things about disciple-making.
Today on Guerrilla Discipleship, Kevin Baker talks about God's commandment to Go. He gives practical examples of what going out looks like for the staff and congregants at his church. This conversation continues next week with Anne Jordan the Executive Project Manager at Oakdale Church.
In this video, Pastor Kevin Baker, takes some time to explain how disciple-making is different from traditional approaches to evangelism that are less effective.
Today we finish a series of episodes talking with Josh Plant, Senior Pastor of Church on the Drive in Orlando, Florida. We have talked about how he has lived out disciple-making in his church and out in the community.
https://churchonthedrive.org/
Today we continue series of videos talking with Josh Plant, Senior Pastor of Church on the Drive in Orlando, Florida. We will spend this and next week talking with him about how he has lived out disciple-making in his church and out in the community.
https://churchonthedrive.org/
Today we continue series of videos talking with Josh Plant, Senior Pastor of Church on the Drive in Orlando, Florida. We will spend the next 3 weeks talking with him about how he has lived out disciple-making in his church and out in the community.
https://churchonthedrive.org/
Today we start a series of videos talking with Josh Plant, Senior Pastor of Church on the Drive in Orlando, Florida. We will spend the next 4 weeks talking with him about how he has lived out disciple-making in his church and out in the community.
https://churchonthedrive.org/
Today, my friend Tim Carson and I finish up our conversation about our relationship and how we have discipled each other over the years. We encourage you to seek out someone you can share deeply with that will help you grow in your relationship with God and others. This is a continuation of a conversation started two weeks ago.
Tim Carson is the Pastor of Estero Church in Estero, FL: https://www.estero.church/
Today, my friend Tim Carson and I, start a conversation about our relationship and how we have discipled each other over the years. We encourage you to seek out someone you can share deeply with that will help you grow in your relationship with God and others. This is a continuation of a conversation started last week.
Tim Carson is the Pastor of Estero Church in Estero, FL: https://www.estero.church/
In today's video I am joined by my friend Tim Carson. He is the pastor of Estero UMC in Estero, FL. We talk today about how we were both discipled in our late teens and early 20s by the same pastor George Anderson. Pastor Anderson encouraged them to live life together and be authentic. I continue a conversation with Tim Carson the next two weeks. Tim Carson is the pastor of Estero Church in Estero, FL:
https://www.estero.church/
Today, Pastor Baker discusses helping non-believers discover the Good News themselves by helping them to start groups where they can read and learn scripture. He explains what the Discovery Bible Study process and how it works. The disciple-makers goal would be to coach person's of peace to lead their own community in bible study.
Today, Pastor Baker shares a powerful story from one of his congregants about when she listened to the Holy Spirit's calling and she went out among the lost to support a homeless young man. It will inspire you!
In today's episode of Guerrilla Discipleship with Kevin Baker, Pastor Baker talks about what it means to really go out among lost people. He gives practical tips on how to do this and explains why it is an important piece for disciple-makers to do.
Pastor Kevin talks with his disciple-making coach Pastor Chris Galanos, of ELife Church, about about Disciple Making Movements (DMM) and the importance of ongoing peer coaching. This conversation is continued from last week.
Pastor Kevin talks with his disciple-making coach Pastor Chris Galanos, of ELife Church, about Disciple Making Movements (DMM). Specifically focusing on how Chris started a church in Lubbock, Texas that grew into a megachurch. This megachurch model was disrupted when Chris and his team started living out DMM principles. This conversation will be continued next week.
In this episode of Guerrilla Discipleship, Kevin continues his conversation with Pastor Barbara Lucas of Bosqueville UMC in Waco, Texas about Casting Vision. Pastor Barbara shares some of her experiences after being trained by Pastor Kevin in disciple-making movements (DMM).
In this episode of Guerrilla Discipleship, Kevin talks with Pastor Barbara Lucas of Bosqueville UMC in Waco, Texas about Casting Vision. Pastor Barbara shares some of her experiences after being trained by Pastor Kevin in disciple-making movements (DMM).
In today's episode of Guerrilla Discipleship with Kevin Baker, we unpack the 3rd Sail of disciple-making: Casting Vision. Kevin Baker discusses how to get a team of other believers to get on board with disciple-making and join you in your efforts.
This is the final 3rd part of a conversation on prayer with Ginny and Richard Lee. Kevin Baker and the Lees unpack how prayer has been a huge part of their lives and offer encouragement for you and your prayer life.
In this second part of a conversation on Prayer, Kevin Baker is joined by Ginny and Richard Lee. The Lee's are leaders in prayer at church. Next week, will be a continuation of this discussion on prayer.
Today Pastor Baker will be joined by Pastor Ginny Lee to discuss raising the second sail of discipleship: Prayer. Ginny talks about how prayer has been a big part of her life and gives some practical tips on how you can energize your prayer life! The next two episodes will continue the talk about prayer with Ginny and her husband Richard.
This week Kevin digs in to what raising the first sail of discipleship, Focus on God's Word, looks like in our lives and why it is important.
On todays episode Kevin Baker discusses how we can prepare for God to use us to help start a disciple making movement. He will explain what it means to Raise Our Sails to allow the Holy Spirit to takeover and use us.
Kevin explains why we can't stay where we are and need to all work together to take steps forward in our discipleship journey in this episode of Guerrilla Discipleship with Kevin Baker.
Part 3 of 3 of a discussion with Dave Buehring founder and president of lionshare.org. He is also the author of several books the most recent being "The Opportunity: Making Disciples of Jesus in EVERY Vocation" - lionshare.org/resources/the-great-opportunity/.
Part 2 of 3 of a discussion with Dave Buehring founder and president of lionshare.org. He is also the author of several books the most recent being "The Opportunity: Making Disciples of Jesus in EVERY Vocation" - lionshare.org/resources/the-great-opportunity/.
Part 1 of 3 of a discussion with Dave Buehring founder and president of lionshare.org. He is also the author of several books the most recent being "The Opportunity: Making Disciples of Jesus in EVERY Vocation" - lionshare.org/resources/the-great-opportunity/.
The official Podcast for Guerrilla Discipleship with Kevin Baker. In a nutshell, Guerrilla Discipleship is how we live out the Great Commission to make disciples (teaching people how to hear God, and how to follow and obey Him). We discuss practical ways for you to live this out in your everyday life. We will experience how God uses regular people, often in irregular ways. You can also watch a video with this same content on YouTube at www.youtube.com/c/GuerrillaDiscipleship.