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The reality is that the impact of a conference speaker is shallow compared to that of the one who pours his or her life into a few people in a mentoring relationship.

Jesus never settled into a public speaking ministry for this reason. He would never give his heart to the crowds and always withdrew to the few who would listen and be changed. Jesus had the capacity to draw huge crowds, but instead he invested his life in a handful of people who would turn the world upside down.

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- Neil Cole in “Organic Leadership”