No one wants to waste their time discipling people who aren’t going to reproduce. It’s not that they are bad people, they just aren’t ready. But we want to be wise as select. Here are four people that you CAN’T disciple.
The first call of a disciple is to be with Jesus. He's more interested in our relationship WITH HIM than he is in any task or mission that we might move into. As we make disciples, we must make sure that WITH HIM is an emphasis in our ministry too!
I do not fight like a man beating the air. No I beat my body and make it my sleep. So that after I've preached to others I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
What does it mean to be a soldier? TYou know I I you know soldiers an interesting idea. Soldiering begins with knowing that your group identity is more important than your individual identity.
Is there a difference in leadership and discipleship? What is similar? What are the differences between making a disciple and making a leader? What does the Bible say about it?
Barna and The Navigators called the state of discipleship, which looked at, you know, from data-based inquiry of pastors, church leaders, Christian educators, all in America, and they all identified the same number one barrier in that book. And the number one barrier they identified was…
Let's go through the four steps again: The infant disciple, The child disciple, the young adult disciple, the mature disciple, and in this process is it's continuously moving and evolving in different areas of your life.
Child disciples are people who are onboard with core beliefs of scripture, but like infants they're vulnerable to insecurity and doubt and they're probably hesitant to share their faith. In this stage they are trying to develop a personal relationship with God.
Spiritual infancy is a dangerous phase of life. Just like physical babies, if they're not cared for well, given the attention that they need, the love they need, they might die or develop abnormally.
Common vision creates common movement, and we want everyone moving in the same direction. Far too often in the church world, we suffer from misdirection or what the army calls mission creep. In other words, we get distracted.