21 Quotes by Mike Breen

If you are being discipled by a rabbi, you certainly want to know what the rabbi knows. But the actual goal of being a disciple is to become who the rabbi is. Not just to know what he knows, but to become like him.

As kingdom workers, our job is to learn to discern the season of each person’s soul.

No one Accidentally creates Disciples. Discipleship is an intentional Pursuit...

Sometimes what hurts more than your enemies hating you is your friends and family remaining silent in a time of need.

We want people who have hearts that break for our world and the people in it and do something about it.

Fundamentally, effective leadership is based upon an invitation to relationship and a challenge to change. A gifted discipler is someone who invites people into a covenantal relationship with him or her, but challenges that person to live into his or her true identity in very direct yet graceful ways. Without both dynamics working together, you will not see people grow into the people God has created them to be.

Jesus is trying to draw out this principle: We are designed to work from a place of rest, not rest from work. He makes it quite clear that real rest is found in him being connected to his Father.

His disciples weren’t just his roadies or work associates – they are his family. For Jesus, making disciples is about building a family. In one sentence, he completely redefines what family is, how it works, and what it’s for.

Christianity is concerned with the unfolding of the Kingdom of God in the world, not the longevity of organizations.