What Makes a Nehemiah? #2 – A Man of Prayer https://dcpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/0309-What-Makes-a-Nehemiah-2.png And I said, “O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, let your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant...

What Makes a Nehemiah? #1 – Compassion for Broken People https://dcpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/0308-What-Makes-a-Nehemiah-1.png And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.” As soon as I heard these words I...

The Stuff of Hope https://dcpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/0307-The-Stuff-of-Hope.png But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me. ~ I Corinthians 15:10 READING: I Corinthians 15:1-11 Biblical hope is...

Are You Ready to Plant this Church? https://dcpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Are-you-ready-to-plant-this-church.png For want of a skillful strategy an army is lost; victory is the fruit of long planning. ~ Proverbs 11:14 (NEB) READING: Luke 14:27-33 It was quite an adventure to plant a church as a newlywed student. Far from my home in Brazil, I was going to...

Defeat Turned into Victory https://dcpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Defeat-Turned-into-Victory.png Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? ~ I Corinthians 15:55 READING: I Corinthians 15:12-19 At the Battle of Waterloo, on June 18, 1815, the French army under Napoleon’s command fought the allied forces of the British, Dutch and Germans under the command of Wellington....

The Testimony of Planning #2 https://dcpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/testimony-planning-2.png I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. ~ I Corinthians 3:6 READING: I Corinthians 1:18-31 OK, now let’s look at this young man’s story from a different point of view. While it appears obvious that he’s making plenty of rookie mistakes, and while it...

Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, saying, “This fellow began to build...

Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many? ~ John 6:9 READING: John 6:1-15 Insufficiency is not an uncommon word as we strive to plant churches around the globe. There are various kinds of insufficiency: insufficiency of funds, manpower, talents, skills,...

Some boast in chariots and some in horses, but we will boast in the name of the LORD, our God. ~ Psalm 20:7 READING: Psalm 20 How can we live in a world of numbers but not be of it, especially in the world of church planting? The measuring of things that are supposed to...

Beholding your Beauty https://dcpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Beholding-your-Beauty.png One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in His temple. ~ Psalm 27:4 (KJV) READING: Psalm 27 I caught...