{"id":5417,"date":"2019-04-23T16:28:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T16:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journeyonleadership.brentwoodbaptistonline.com\/?p=5417"},"modified":"2019-04-23T16:28:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T16:28:35","slug":"dont-forget-celebrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadership.brentwoodbaptist.com\/adult-discipleship\/dont-forget-celebrate\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#039;t Forget to Celebrate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Work, work, work; more people, more knowledge, more effort. If you think that&#8217;s what exhausts the group leaders mentality, then let me encourage you otherwise: <strong>Don&#8217;t forget to celebrate!<\/strong> I have a tendency to dig, dig, dig, and then, dig more. Mike Glenn often reminds me to let people come up for air every now and again.<br \/>\nOur people get tired. They lose focus. They stray from vision. An antidote to all 3 is to celebrate what the Lord is up to in your lives and the lives of your friends, neighbors, and co-workers.<br \/>\n<strong>People imitate what their leaders celebrate, so take a group gathering to <u>just<\/u> celebrate<\/strong>. Share a meal and good dessert with one another. Sing praise for the groups successes you&#8217;ve seen this Spring: for any lost people you&#8217;re praying for or who have come to faith; for spiritual growth in each of your members and their families; for other great events\/mission\/life sharing that you all have done together . . . .<br \/>\nIf you feel like there&#8217;s nothing to celebrate, then begin praying with your group about what you want to celebrate. Pray the Lord will do a work in your life and the life of your group to help you become the disciple makers you&#8217;ve been transformed to be. We want to:\u00a0<em>engage the whole person with the whole gospel of Jesus Christ anywhere, anytime with anybody<\/em>. 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