This document discusses building capacity through practical steps of development. It defines capacity building as obtaining, improving, and retaining the skills and knowledge needed to perform jobs competently. It then lists several "capacities" to examine oneself on, such as stewardship-ability, cheerful-ability, and relational ability. The document encourages setting goals for 2018 to improve these capacities and provides action steps for families. The overall message is about developing skills and abilities through self-examination and goal-setting in order to better serve and represent God.

2. Building
Capacity.
Practical Steps to Develop Capacity

3. The Axe is at
the Root of
Every Tree

4. What is
Capacity?

5. What is the Masters Desired
End?

6. What do
you want
in a
partner?

7. Partnership
Abilities – Know
the MASTER

8. Partnership
Abilities – HEAR
the MASTER

9. Partnership
Abilities –
Obedience to
the MASTER

10. Partnership
Abilities –
Representing
the MASTER

11. The Parable
of Talents
Matt 25:14-
31

12. Is There a
LIMIT?

13. How do we
build?
Capacity building (or capacity
development) is the process by
which individual and
organizations obtain, improve,
and retain the skills and
knowledge needed to do their
jobs competently.

14. Examine
yourself -
How is your
current
capacity?

15. On a Scale of
1 to 10. What
is your
capacity?
• Stewardship-ability – Degree of awareness of
delegation and Christ’s Lordship
• Cheerful-ability – Degree of Joy and direct lack of
complaint about our current status
• Trading-ability – Capacity to exchange value for value
• Work-ability – Your work rate. Your earthly boss and
unit leaders evaluation of you.
• Multiply-ability – Rate at which value increases in your
hands. Are you disciples increasing?
• Risk-ability – What was your last loss or gain? How
safe are you playing it? When was the last time you
took a risk to share the gospel?
• Value - Ability – Can your life pass the test of, this is
how I will live Jesus’ life, this is how I will spend
offering?
• Demonstration-ability – How demonstrate able is what
you are doing?

16. On a Scale of
1 to 10. What
is your
capacity?
• Good-ability – The capacity for what you are
doing to be God’s will and agenda. Will God
rate what you are doing as good?
• Faithful-ability – Full of faith and Loyalty and
commitment to God’s ideals. Unswerving
adherence to a person or to the oath or
promise to which a relationship was
contracted. Will God call you faithful?
• Relational Ability/ Partnership-Ability – Your
capacity to know God, hear God, obey God
and represent Him.

17. What will
you like
to
change?

18. Goals for 2018
based on
these
capacities?
• What will you like your score on each
capability to be? Set goals that are SMART
from where you are.
• What will you need to do in each of the
abilities to achieve these scores? Write down
the ideas that God drops on your mind.
• Pray for Grace to abound in the work
necessary to make each one happen.
• Remember, the real deal is discipleship,
everything else is a metaphor to illustrate our
most important work.

19. Action STEPS
for our
FAMILY
• Our Vision is a world where
God’s love is Visible, Impactful
and Contagious
• Our Mission is to Model Christ
transforming lives. To live as he
lives, doing what he does.
• Our Objective is to disciple
nations.

21. This is who we are, This is who I am
• I am Heaven’s Citizen! I am God’s, totally God’s.
• I am God’s Representative Here on the Earth! He finds expression through me.
• I am the House that God is Building! I am a living stone, fitted together with
other believers into the House of God!
• I belong to God’s Kingdom! I am a Son of God, A Heir of God, a Joint Heir with
Christ.
• I have no personal AGENDA! God’s Will is my Agenda!
• I have no personal AMBITION! God’s Service is my Ambition!
• I am Crucified with Christ! The Life I now live is Christ’s! I live by the FAITH of
the SON of God who Loved me, and Gave himself for ME!
• Jesus is my Lord! He is the VINE, I am a BRANCH! I bear fruit when I abide in
Him. I ABIDE in JESUS!
• I am a member of the body of Christ. I am not of HCCC, Not of Apollo and not
of Paul. I am of Christ.