Didn’t Give Up

“There is no other way to grow in anything apart from constant practice and risking. The only good athlete you will ever see is a bad one who didn’t give up. The only good disciple you will ever see is a bad one who didn’t give up…If we don’t risk, our gift will not grow, and if our gift does not grow, the Lord will not be pleased with us” (Jack Deere in C.J. Mahaney Ed., Why Small Groups?, p. 42).