LET US PREPARE TO BUILD - Pastor Jerry Badea
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Are you building on the Rock or on the sand?
In the story of the three little pigs, the wolf doesn't
discriminate: he blows against every construction regardless of
who built it or with what intention. Only the house built with
the right materials, on the right foundation, withstands his
attack. Jesus said it with the same clarity two thousand years
ago: "Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into
practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock"
(Matthew 7:24, NIV).
Let Us Prepare to Build is a work of Christian leadership and
discipleship that calls the pastor, the leader, and the servant
of God to construct the kingdom with the right materials - not
with human resources, but with divine. Not for personal glory,
but for the glory of the only Architect who guarantees what He
Himself sustains.
WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THIS BOOK:
- How to prepare spiritually before building: the interior
process that precedes every visible work.
- The model of Nehemiah: courageous leadership, constant
prayer, and integral reconstruction.
- The four pillars of Jude: keep, pray, remain, and wait.
- Diversity in the body of Christ and the eleven principles
of Romans 12.
- The foundations and purposes of Christian leadership: five
principles that sustain every genuine influence.
- The three traits of the minister after God's own heart:
doulos, oikonomos, and pistos.
- The power of a committed church: the five marks of Acts 2,
conviction, cooperation, collaboration, contribution,
and consistency.
- The gifts given by the ascended Christ and the faithful
stewardship of what was received.
- The leader's total dependence on God: Joseph's life as a
model of the leader who learns to trust in every season.
- How to operate in agreement and unity: the power of
symphoneō that activates heaven's response.
- Discipleship that models Christ and produces character,
not just conduct.
- The final teachings of Jesus and the reward of the
faithful servant.
FOR LEADERS, PASTORS, AND SERVANTS OF THE LORD
This book is written for everyone who has received a calling
and desires to fulfill it with excellence: the pastor who
shepherds his congregation, the ministry leader who forms
teams, the disciple who wants to grow in depth, and the
servant who wants to one day hear the words that change
everything:
"Well done, good and faithful servant!"
The wolf will keep on blowing. But the house built upon the
Rock - the church of Jesus Christ that the gates of hell cannot
overcome - will remain standing.
Let us prepare to build.
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Pastor Jerry Badea
Licensed Minister of the Assemblies of God
Church Walking in His Presence - Cleveland, Ohio
