What does it really mean in this practical world to make Jesus your Lord today?  Dave Milne from MOVE shared this video concept of Lordship Circles: 

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(Check out this similar concept from Dave about how to give a gospel presentation:

Does a piano know its own full potential? Can it write and play a master piece by itself?? Does a piano know what the other instruments around it are fully capable of? Does a piano know how to work in best with the other instruments around it? I don’t think so. So why do we think that we know best for ourselves and others? Why do we set up limits of what we can and can not do?

Jesus taught us how He wants us to pray in Matthew 6:9-13. To go along with the "Left Handed Gospel" here is a way to remember how to pray using your right hand starting with the thumb that is closest to you when praying and moving along each finger:

Thumb

Praise

“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name”(verse 9)

5 Top Tips for reading the Bible for all its worth:

1. PRAY! Pray that the Holy Spirit will teach you and give you understanding
2. Source different versions of the Bible
3. Study large blocks of text instead of individual verses
4. Ignore headings (IE: chapters, subheadings and verses) and try not to start with joining words (EG: but, therefore, likewise, etc.).  Instead determine where the topic begins and start from there.
5. Use a tool like S. O. S. (details below)

Basic SOS is all most people need, most of the time but let’s take a look at the next level.  “Sitz im Leben”. Are you OK, did you sneeze? No this not a German blessing after a sneeze but it is actually the next level of studying the bible using a tool like S. O. S.  It sounds complicated but really it’s not.  It is an old German phrase that roughly means “settings in life”.  It is just the process of putting the bible into the daily life of people in its proper context. 

The 3 biggest reasons people fail to change are:   

1.  They don’t really see the need to change.  The change is imposed on them based on the expectations, or  perceived expectations, of others (externally).

2. Lack of CLEAR, SPECIFIC and MEASURABLE goals.

3.  Little or no SUPPORT (training, backup) and ACCOUNTABILITY in reaching those goals.

Addressing these issues will increase your ability to succeed in life. (See also a related article on SMART Goal Setting for Fishing for People)

Stan, a good friend, and I were walking in the garden the other day.  He asked “is that an apple tree?” and pointed to a tree that was about 600 mm (2 ft) tall .  It was jam packed with fruit (over twenty) . I told him that it was a fairly young apple tree.  He was amazed at the amount of fruit on it and asked me how it had so many apples on it?  Was it a special type of apple tree?

If you can’t read that is not a problem. Neither could I when I first started out.  (Most of the people that the bible was originally written for in the first place couldn't either.)

For the moment check out these audio MP3 versions of the Bible. :-)

There are four basic steps to group decision making and or conflict resolution.

1. Prayer
2. Consult any Scripture on the topic
3. Apply a tool like 'ORID'
4. Ask yourself: “What would Jesus do?” 

So the group has hit a fork in the road and you want to move past it. What do you do?

Firstly get yourself right with God and seek guidance in prayer.