The XM ChallengeAltamira – The XM Challenge https://www.rickbergen.net Help Plant 1,000 Churches Fri, 07 Nov 2025 23:01:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 169531157 Altamira https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=75 https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=75#respond Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:34:00 +0000 Rick Bergen http://www.rickbergen.net/2013/03/10/altamira/ Many of the long-term missionaries were able to gather for a very good day of meetings. We sought God together for unity, and to try to understand together His direction for our future. We know there are spiritual attacks that are doing all they can to fracture and weaken us in whatever ways possible, but as we talk together, and pray together, God strengthens us. It would have been nice if others of the team could have been there too, but with travels and furlough it doesn’t always work out. I look forward to the day when we can have an annual large-group meeting with some key Brazilian leaders too, as we continue to learn to pass the challenges of working together in a foreign country as servant-leaders.

Rich Nathan and Craig Heselton once talked to me about the value of committing to being a life-long learner. The longer I am in leadership, the more I see the wisdom of this commitment.

Here are some verses that really spoke to me as I prepared myself for the day of meetings. I was very encouraged, and I understand that everyone who participated was very encouraged.

Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8


“Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other.” Mark 9:50


Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Colossians 4:6


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