To be sure, there is no formula for intentional living; however, there are steps we can take to help get us on the right track. Think through these basic steps and jot down some notes to get started.
Step 1: Identify People

Pray that God would reveal a few people that you can be intentional with.
Think [...]

If you take a second to think about it, you are where you are in your spiritual journey because someone else along the way helped connect you to Jesus. Somewhere along the way you experienced the grace and mercy of Jesus in your life through the life of another and it made all the difference.
As [...]

Missional living isn’t a trend. It is a calling on our lives that comes directly from Scripture. I’ve compiled a list, not an exhaustive one, but one to get us started. Read through and process what these verses mean for your life in your context.
Luke 10:25-28
25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood [...]

Summarizing a few of my favorite resources on missional living…
Books
The Bible. Specifically the life of Jesus in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
The Master Plan of Evangelism, Robert E. Coleman
The Tangible Kingdom Primer, Hugh Halter and Matt Smay
Sent: Living the Missional Nature of the Church, Ed Stetzer
Just Walk Across the Room, Bill Hybels
The Reason for God, [...]

God’s mission to reconcile all things to Himself through Jesus takes place primarily through relationships. LISTEN to this message about walking in healthy relationships.
Walking in Healthy Relationships

The video below recaps our 2nd year as a church! God has been faithful to continue to move in and through hearts in Austin, TX! Take a look…

Colossians 4:6
6Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
As we walk in wisdom toward people who don’t know Jesus, there are conversations that will pop up. Look at that phrase “seasoned with salt” in verse 6. Paul [...]

Colossians 4:5
5Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.
The apostle Paul is writing to the church in the city of Colossae and in this last chapter he is giving a final charge. And in this final charge he begins to challenge people to look beyond themselves and to point others [...]

This is a video I created for the church I work for, North Village Church in Austin, TX. We started a little over a year ago and it has been awesome to see people engaging in the mission of God! Going the missional route with a church plant and focusing on relationships is messy, but [...]

Missional Engagement is defined as the continuum of intentional, on-going, Spirit-led, engagement by an individual Christ-follower and/or collective Christ-followers towards a specific person and/or people group for the purpose of demonstrating and declaring the Gospel.
Measuring missional engagement at a collective level is a matter of creating environments that explore, model, and celebrate the practices necessary [...]