Foreword | p. 9 |
Introduction | p. 11 |
Motivation for Serving: The Glory of God | p. 17 |
The Glory of Christ Is the Motive for Getting the Gospel Clear | p. 21 |
The Power That Comes When God's Glory Is Our Vision | p. 24 |
Discovering Our True Motivation: God's Glory or Our Self-Interest? | p. 26 |
Surrendering Our Will Reveals God's Glory | p. 29 |
Clearing the Vision | p. 31 |
The Basics of Serving: Faith, Humility, and Prayer | p. 35 |
Matters of the Heart | p. 35 |
The Marks of True Spiritual Revival | p. 40 |
The Only Real Leader You Have Is Jesus Christ | p. 43 |
Christ Plants Churches through Prayer | p. 46 |
Most Problems Are Faith Problems | p. 51 |
Endurance Depends on a Life of Repentance and Praise | p. 55 |
An Emphasis on Grace Leads to Repentance | p. 58 |
Those Who Believe Are Given More Grace | p. 61 |
Repentance Is Just Humility | p. 64 |
Personal Humility and the Obligations of Grace | p. 68 |
Our Grace Obligation to Share the Gospel and to Love Others | p. 78 |
The Mature Leader Is a Gentle, Kind Learner | p. 85 |
The Work of the Holy Spirit and Why Hearts Resist | p. 89 |
Practical Applications | p. 96 |
Preaching with Power | p. 99 |
Leading a Small Group | p. 103 |
The Prerequisites for Mission Work | p. 108 |
The Authority of Elders | p. 112 |
Coping with Culture Shock | p. 114 |
A Leader Raises Others Up | p. 117 |
Learning to Be a Positive Person of Faith | p. 119 |
A Leader Delegates | p. 121 |
Planning for the Future | p. 127 |
Church-Planting Basics | p. 134 |
Learning to Listen | p. 136 |
Trusting the Work to Others | p. 140 |
Learning to Affirm Your Leader | p. 142 |
Love Makes Others Successful | p. 145 |
Persevering in Serving | p. 147 |
Persevering through Spiritual Warfare | p. 147 |
Self-Reliance Reveals a Demonic Faith | p. 150 |
Satan Is No Match for Jesus | p. 152 |
The Weapons of Spiritual Warfare: Humility and Prayer | p. 154 |
Persevering through Conflict | p. 163 |
The Gospel Is All about Reconciliation | p. 167 |
Dealing with Others' Sin Starts with Our Repentance | p. 171 |
Facing Unfair Criticism | p. 174 |
The Big Issue: How We Deal with the Issues | p. 176 |
Begin by Setting an Example of Faith | p. 178 |
Jesus' Methods: Gentleness and Humility | p. 180 |
Learning to Restore Gently | p. 185 |
Following Matthew 18 | p. 188 |
Christ Breaks Us Down Together | p. 192 |
Self-Dependence Is Our Biggest Blind Spot | p. 199 |
We All Have Blind Spots | p. 204 |
Learning to Discern Who Will Cause Conflict | p. 208 |
Knowing the Love of Christ Brings Perseverance | p. 212 |
Jesus Is More Concerned with Our Followership Than Our Leadership | p. 215 |
Soon We Shall All Meet the Lord | p. 220 |
Avoiding Those with a History of Conflicts | p. 221 |
Persevering through Change | p. 224 |
Stay in One Place Until You've Been Humbled | p. 226 |
For Life to Go Anywhere It Must Have a Death in It | p. 227 |
How Does a Knowledge of God's Love Bring Direction? | p. 231 |
The Process of Reaching Our Goals Is as Important as the Goals | p. 233 |
Criteria for Deciding Whether to Stay or Leave a Church | p. 236 |
Encouragement | p. 241 |
Encouragement for Sinners | p. 241 |
Don't Seek Repentance or Faith as Such, Seek Christ | p. 244 |
People Who Have Been Forgiven by Jesus Forgive Others | p. 246 |
We Are not Lemons, We Are Sinners | p. 250 |
Loving the Unlovable | p. 255 |
The Central Conflict: Belief or Unbelief | p. 259 |
Fear and Egocentricity Go Together | p. 263 |
Knowing the Gospel Means We Can Face Our Sins | p. 267 |
Encouragement for Sufferers | p. 272 |
Where Do We Seek Comfort? | p. 275 |
Letting Go of the Earthly | p. 277 |
God's Appointments Sometimes Are Our Disappointments | p. 280 |
The Love of Jesus Is Unalterable | p. 282 |
Shift Your Trust from Yourself to God | p. 284 |
Trust Him All the Way | p. 286 |
Do Not Take Your Identity from Your Suffering | p. 288 |
This World Is Not Our Home | p. 290 |
God Is My Home | p. 291 |
Life for Others Comes out of Our Dying | p. 299 |
Leaning on Jesus Is the Essence of Maturity | p. 303 |
Recovering the Grand Cause | p. 307 |
Timeline of Jack Miller's Life and Ministry | p. 318 |
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