Category Archives: leadership

team B

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

team B Acts 20:1-6 (JDV) Acts 20:1 After the uproar stopped, Paul sent for the disciples, encouraged them, and after saying farewell, departed to go to Macedonia. Acts 20:2 And when he had passed through those areas and offered them … Continue reading →

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letting them go

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

letting them go Acts 13:1-3 (JDV) Acts 13:1 Now in the congregation at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. Acts 13:2 … Continue reading →

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adding new leaders

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

adding new leaders Acts 6:1-7 (JDV) Acts 6:1 However, in those days, when the disciples were increasing, there arose a complaint by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. Acts … Continue reading →

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the dedicated dozen

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

the dedicated dozen Acts 5:12-16 (JDV) Acts 5:12 Many signs and marvels were being done among the people through the hands of the missionaries. They were all with the same passion in Solomon’s Colonnade. Acts 5:13 No one else had … Continue reading →

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filling the void

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

filling the void Acts 1:12-26 (JDV) Acts 1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem – a Sabbath day’s trip away. Acts 1:13 When they arrived, they went to the room upstairs where … Continue reading →

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not the best news

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

not the best news Deuteronomy 31:14-16 (JDV) Deuteronomy 31:14 Yahveh said to Moses, ” Notice the time of your death is now approaching. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the conference tent so that I may command him.” When Moses … Continue reading →

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accompany and enable

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

accompany and enable Deuteronomy 31:7-8 (JDV) Deuteronomy 31:7 Moses then summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and tough, because you will go with this people into the land Yahveh swore to give … Continue reading →

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bypassing preferences

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

bypassing preferences Deuteronomy 21:15-17 (JDV) Deuteronomy 21:15 “If a man has two wives, one cared about and the other not cared about, and both the cared about and the not cared about bear him sons, and if the wife not … Continue reading →

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pep talk 1

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Jefferson Vann

Deuteronomy 20:5-7 (JDV) pep talk 1 Deuteronomy 20:5 “The officers are to address the army, and this is what you should say: ‘Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him leave and return home. Or … Continue reading →

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helping those who are not yet strong

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Jefferson Vann

  helping those who are not yet strong Deuteronomy 5:25-27 Deuteronomy 5:25 But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us and we will die if we hear the voice of Yahveh our God any longer. Deuteronomy … Continue reading →

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