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Discipleship Works

There was a phrase used during the baseball season when a breaking ball just spun but didn’t move. It was called, a “cement mixer.”  Any shortage of grip, concentration, arm angle, or speed can result in a pitch with spin but no movement, a cement mixer. God is giving us, as His disciples, a sign for a pitch. Have we become too casual, lacking in attention or concentration, not fully committed to the best effort possible? Has our stewardship and generosity pitch become so routine that it has become a “cement mixer” with no movement? During this time of year, when NLC analyzes its ministry programs and reviews resources to empower those programs, we have an opportunity to focus and commit to the expansion of God’s kingdom. God is calling on us, looking for a “quality start.”