Warriors ALWAYS plan the mission perfectly.

But they also realize nothing goes according to plan. SNAFUs occur, so contingencies kick in almost immediately.

Warriors know that.

What’s strange is...

We truly don’t know the limits of our potential.

No one thought the 4-minute mile was humanly possible until Roger Banister hit the3:59 mark (with only a fraction of a second to spare) in 1954.

The ...

Everyone wants to reach their potential. We’re wired for it. In fact, we won’t feel satisfied until we do— until we discover “what we’re here for.”

One thinker even said it like this:

The two most

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Warriors each have an “area of operations,” that is, a designated piece of a bigger mission over which they’re accountable.

On the battlefront…

📡 one soldier might run the comms

👀 another runs over...

The green berets have a special motto, de oppresso liber. It’s a latin phrase, featured on their berets, patches, and some of their other gear.

It means this:

Free the oppressed.

Turns out, this is...

Before Jesus ascended to the Father, post-Resurrection, He left the disciples with a mandate (Matthew 28:18-20)—

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been giv

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The first charge to humanity appears in Genesis 1:28 (NIV)—

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and t

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God created us in love.

Ephesians 1:4-5 tells us,

For he chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love He predestined us for adoption to sonship t

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We live in a culture more based in nihilism (read: obliterate everything meaningful) and narcissism (read: focus on the self) than we do the mode of the One who:

🌎 Created a world that is “good,” and...

Jesus had something more in mind— when He mentioned coming so that we might have an “abundant life” (see John 10:10) than us simply getting by.

Too often, we punt the promises of God to the future, i...

Life is good— and it’s a gift.

Life is also difficult. Sometimes, extremely so.

Every day we meet people— at work, at the gas station, at the coffee shop, etc. Some of them are long-term relationshi...

Junto is built on a 3-step path: 

1. Discern your (true) identity 
2. Define your area of operations 
3. Deploy-- and do it all unto the Lord

Here's the overview...

#1 = Discern your true identity ...