Mark O. said it the other day during a teleconference. I have heard it one other time in the past year, perhaps it was him again, but I read the phrase, "small and slow". In both cases, the point was simple. During the time of Jesus, He was very clear to work small and slow.
While Jesus showed incredible ability to deal with large groups of people and he could even focus down to one man (Zacchaeus) out of a huge crowd, neither of these were the normal plan for the Son of God. His plan was to work "small and slow".
Jesus chose 12 men (small group) and he took over 3 years (slow) to teach, train and invest in them for the mission or purpose. While there is nothing wrong with big groups or even one-on-one time with people, if we are going to be involved in God's plan to reunite people with God, then it will work best in this "small and slow" approach.
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it's a great thing to commit ourselves to the opposite of what the trends tell us. for years ministry could only be done by being attractional and now painfully we are learning the mistakes of our obsession with what matters on the outside. may God keep leading us and changing us from the inside out.
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