Envoy Discipleship

Envoy Rally Point Call- Month 4, Week 2 Theme: Strength in Weakness This week we continued our journey through Endurance , but we slowed down long enough to confront a truth most of us instinctively resist: Endurance is not built by avoiding weakness .It is formed by meeting God inside it. From the opening prayer on the rally call, the invitation was simple but weighty: To engage this topic honest...

Month 4 - Endurance | Week 2: Strength in Weakness Endurance isn’t forged in ideal conditions. If you’ve been on this mortal plain of existence long enough this won’t be news to you. But if you are fresh of the world, or if you are actively drowning in the mud of relentless challenges, I’ve got some good news my friend. Endurance isn’t built when the body is strong, the path is clear, or the outco...

Envoy Rally Point - Month 4, Week 1 Theme: Joy in Trials Guest Speaker: Zach Meerkreebs Resources: Pastor Zach’s Book: Lower - Igniting Spiritual Awakening Through Radical Humility Overview This week we stepped into Month 4: Endurance , and we opened with one of the most paradoxical truths of the Christian life: Joy is not found after the trial - it is discovered in the midst of it. “Count it all...

Month 4 - Endurance | Week 1 - Joy in Trials Scriptural anchors for us through M3 - Week 4: James 1:2–3 (ESV) “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.” Hebrews 12:2 (ESV) “Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith… who for the joy set before Him endured the cross.” Entering Mont...

Month 3 - Servanthood | Week 4 - Finishing Well Scriptural anchors for us through M3 - Week 4: “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 (ESV) “…your labor in the Lord is not in vain.” 1 Corinthians 15:58 (ESV) Jesus isn’t just teaching effectiveness here - He is revealing the importance...

Month 3 - Servanthood | Week 3 - Serving In Secret Scriptural anchors for us through M3 - Week 3: “But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” - Matthew 6:3–4 (ESV) Jesus isn’t merely forbidding pride; He’s forming purity of motive ( Psalm 51:10 ).He is resha...

Month 3 - Servanthood | Week 2 - Upside-Down Greatness Scriptural anchors for us through M3 - Week 2: “But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” - Matthew 20:26–28 (ESV) Kingdoms Turned Upside-Down A request was made quietl...

Month 3 - Servanthood | Week 1 - The Servant King Scriptural anchors for us through M3 - Week 1: “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” - Mark 10:45 ESV The Servant King The crown He wore was not of gold, but of bloodied thorns. The throne He chose was a cross. And the hands that shaped the universe bent low to knowingly wash the fe...

Envoy Rally Point - Month 2, Week 4 Theme: The Blessing of Obedience Guest Speaker: Rich Graham Quick Recap This week’s Rally Point closed out Month 2: Obedience and prepared us to step into Month 3: Servanthood in our 12-month Envoy journey. Over the past two months, we’ve learned that identity is our foundation and obedience is our response, that to follow Christ truly means to trust before we u...

Week 4 - The Blessing of Obedience | Month 2 - Obedience Scriptural anchors for us through M2 - Week 4: “If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.”- John 13:17 (ESV) The Blessing of Obedience There is a blessing reserved not for the hearer of the Word, but for the doer of it. James writes; “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only , deceiving yourselves”- James 1:22 ESV. The...

Month 2 - Obedience | Week 3 - Walking the Talk Scriptural anchors for us through M2 - Week 3: “If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.”- Galatians 5:25 (ESV) “ But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. ” - James 1:22 (ESV) Tactical Obedience Obedience is not just agreement with God’s truth - it’s alignment with His will. It’s daily, practica...

Week 2 - Everyday Surrender | Month 2 - Obedience Scriptural anchors for us through M2 - Week 2: “And he said to all, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.’” ( Luke 9:23 ESV ) “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship...

M2 - W1 - Envoy Rally Point Theme: The Heart of Obedience Guest Speaker: Charlie Benton Quick Recap This week’s Rally Point marked the start of Month 2: Obedience in our 12-month Envoy journey. Last month, we laid the foundation of Identity in Christ - chosen, named, and adopted as heirs of His Kingdom. This month, we move from who we are to how we live : obedience . As I shared at the start, obed...

Week 1 - The Heart of Obedience | Month 2 - Obedience Scriptural anchor for us through Week 1: John 14:15 (ESV) – “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” Stepping Forward in Obedience Last month, we dug deep into the foundational knowledge of our Identity in Christ - chosen, named, known, and loved by the Father. That foundation matters because who we are shapes how we live . But identity...

Week 4 - Living from Identity | Month 1 - Identity in Christ Scriptural anchor for us through Week 4: “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called.” - Ephesians 4:1 When Identity Becomes Action Over the past three weeks we have: * Week 1 : Chosen and Known: Discovered God knew us and chose us before the foundation of the wo...

Week 3 - Beyond Labels | Month 1 - Identity in Christ Scriptural anchor for us through Week 3: “From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” - 2 Corinthians 5:16–17 (ESV) In Chosen...

Week 2 - From Orphan to Heir | Month 1 - Identity in Christ Last week, in Chosen and Known , we saw that God set His love upon us before the foundation of the world ( Ephesians 1:4–5 ). But being chosen is not the end of the story, it is the beginning. God’s ultimate aim is not just to select us for tasks or mission, but to adopt us into His family. To show us to the chair that he has already prep...

Week 1 - Chosen & Known | Month 1 - Identity in Christ Maybe you’ve never really thought about the moment before the world began. The moment before the universe was spoken into being, before stars knew how to burn, before your parents met, before your first breath. Before all that… He chose you. That’s not sentiment. That’s scripture. That’s Ephesians 1 . “He chose us in Him before the foundation...

We weren’t saved to sit. We were saved to be sent. From the foot of the Cross, straight into the world. Not only saved from something, but saved for something . You are Christ’s. You are an Heir of the Kingdom. You are called. You are sent. Become an Envoy of the Kingdom of God . What Is Envoy ? Envoy by Christ Focused is a movement . It is a 12 month weekly and monthly discipleship journey for fo...

Full Length Written Edition → https://christfocused.substack.com/p/what-to-do-with-the-gift-of-a-kingdom 🔊 Episode Description Many young men were raised in the rubble of older empires. Maybe you grew up in a post industrial community, your history and identity etched in coal, cotton and steel, maybe the mill closed before you were born, maybe the entire network, infrastructure and city planning...

Youtube Link 🔊 Episode Description: Scrolling fatigue is not just an inconvenience, it’s a spiritual crisis. In this episode of the Christ Focused Network Podcast , Sam Johnston tackles the most counter-cultural practice in a dopamine-driven world: holy attention . Drawing from Psalm 46:10, Isaiah 30:15, and Luke 5:16, Sam explores why God’s “still, small voice” is so hard to hear amid pings and...

🔊 Sneak Peek: The Vocational Calling Myth Next week on the Christ Focused podcast, we’re taking on a quiet lie that’s shaped how many believers see their Monday-to-Friday lives: “Real ministry happens on Sunday. Everything else is just work.” In this short preview, Jessica introduces our upcoming edition: “The Vocational Calling Myth: How Your Skill Serves the Kingdom.” We’ll unpack why Scripture...

Youtube Link 🔊 Episode Description: Lament isn’t the opposite of faith, it’s faith drawn close. In this episode of the Christ Focused Network Podcast , Sam Johnston walks through one of the most underutilized forms of worship in the modern Church: biblical lament. Too often, believers feel the pressure that "grief is not part of the proper Christian life" or that they should smile through their p...

🔊 Episode Description: This is a special preview episode of the Christ Focused Network Podcast . We offer a brief look ahead to next week’s full edition and conversation: “The Lost Language of Lament – Turning Unspoken Pain into God-Honoring Prayer.” Many believers think lament is a sign of weak faith, but in the Bible, it’s a sign of honest, close proximity to God . In next week’s full episode,...

🔊 Episode Description: Many believers mistake holiness for a heavy load. Yet Scripture calls it a gifted life, not an endless grind. In this episode of the Christ Focused Network Podcast , Sam Johnston unmasks three quiet saboteurs , perfectionism, comparison culture, and DIY sanctification , and shows how gospel-rooted holiness trades anxious performance for Spirit-powered joy. Guided by 1 Peter...