An Inside Look at Discipleship

Posted by on Aug 9, 2010 | Comments Off

After Josh’s message a few weeks back on the need for personal discipleship, I was contacted by a couple of young guys in the church who wanted me to disciple them. It was pretty cool that the Holy Spirit had already bought these guys to my mind as I’d been thinking and praying about it the week before. Even though I didn’t really know how to disciple someone, I said “yes” since God was obviously leading.

So now, here we are a few weeks in and I’ve learned a few things already that might be helpful to some of you who are thinking about discipling or being discipled by someone:

1. Be transparent. I decided beforehand that I wasn’t going to pretend like I had all the answers. I try to be completely honest about my struggles and victories.

2. Have a plan. We decided to read a book together and discuss a chapter each week. While we may stray from the book during our time, at least we have a road map to follow.

3. Pick a time and place. We decided on a weekly meeting in the morning at a local coffee shop.

4. Stay the course. Inevitably, there will be schedule conflicts that prevent you from meeting. Don’t give up. Stay in touch by email or phone on the week’s when you can’t meet.

5. Trust the Holy Spirit. God is all over discipleship. Trust that He will do so much more than you would expect or do on your own.

Okay, that’s it so far. I’ll follow up with another post in a few weeks and let you know if my guys have ditched me yet :)

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