Disciplemaking 3
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This document provides guidance on disciplemaking by discussing the importance of being spiritual and practical. It emphasizes that disciplemaking is about developing one's relationship with God through prayer, fasting, and dependence on the Holy Spirit. It also stresses the importance of teaching disciples, including showing them how to live like Jesus, developing their minds, and helping them establish spiritual disciplines to grow their own walk with God. The overall message is that effective disciplemaking requires both spiritual devotion and practical skills.
Disciplemaking 3
- 1. A. BE SPIRITUAL Disciplemaking is firstly about God not about men
- 2. A.1. PRAY AND FAST FOR THEM Prayer must be your lifestyle.
- 3. A.2. BELIEVE IN THEM AND SEE THEIR POTENTIAL
- 4. How do you recognise potential in people? Ask, are they… Ready Willing Able
- 5. Things you might see in people with potential: Faithful in little Trustworthy Stable
- 6. Not afraid of people Readily forgive Willing to learn Submitted to God and delegated authority
- 7. Willing to do different things Able to make decisions (on his own) Self-disciplined
- 8. Good communicator Filled with Holy Spirit Devoted to the Scriptures Loves People
- 9. A.3. DEPEND UPON GOD Continually build your relationship with Him.
- 10. Luke 4:1, 14, 18, And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness…Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’”…And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee…The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me…
- 11. Any disciple in the Kingdom of God will only be as effective as the quality of their relationship with God.
- 12. 2 Chronicles 14:11 ESV 11 And Asa cried to the Lord his God, “O Lord, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.”
- 13. Acts 13:22, God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’
- 14. Jesus rebuked Mary for being too busy to listen to him. Jas 4:8 Isa 40:30-31
- 16. “When the Holy Spirit is in you, you don’t look to yourself…you are not in the driver's seat."
- 17. “NEVER STOP BEING AMAZED BY JESUS” Mike Bickle
- 18. A.4. TELL THEM THE COST
- 19. Luke 14:25-27 (NLT) A large crowd was following Jesus. He…said to them, 26 “If you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone else—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters— yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. 27 And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple.
- 20. Luke 14:25-27 (NLT) A large crowd was following Jesus. He…said to them, 26 “If you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone else—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters— yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. 27 And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple.
- 22. Matthew 5:43ff, “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you…
- 23. A. BE SPIRITUAL Disciplemaking is firstly about God not about men
- 24. B. BE PRACTICAL Disciplemaking requires skills and habits
- 25. The human mind will retain: 10% of what is heard. 20% of what is seen. 50% of what is discussed.
- 27. 90% of what is participated in.
- 28. B.1. SHOW THEM Teach, Train and Equip them.
- 29. KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO MAKE
- 31. A DISCIPLE FOLLOWS JESUS, IS BEING CHANGED BY JESUS, AND IS COMMITTED TO THE MISSION OF JESUS. Jim Putman
- 32. Jesus showed them what life should look like.
- 34. What do you include? What biblical understanding? What questions will they have? What kind of experiences will they need? What fears / problems will they face?
- 35. Jesus developed their minds. e.g. Parables—they needed to work to understand. He challenged them and pushed them beyond their comfort zones.
- 36. “The essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of Him.” A. W. Tozer
- 37. Teach them how to think: Rom :28, Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.
- 38. Teach them how to think: Rom :28, Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.
- 39. Want to know if your mind is foolish (debased)? How do you think about… Sex Entertainment Bad Language
- 40. A Futile Mind "So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking." Eph. 4:17 NIV
- 44. Half of 18-34 year-olds say social media makes them feel unattractive.
- 45. A study an American Medical Journal of 19-32 year-olds—those who spend the most time on social media 2x as likely to feel social isolation
- 46. 2x as likely to feel social isolation, (including lack of belonging, engagement with others and fulfilling relationships).
- 47. James 1:5-8 NLT, If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
- 48. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
- 50. He challenged them and pushed them beyond their comfort zones. Isa 55: Loving God…heart, soul, strength, mind How many times should I forgive…?
- 51. B.2. HELP THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN WALK WITH GOD. Spiritual Disciplines
- 53. Spiritual disciplines are devotional practices found in Scripture that promote spiritual growth in a believers life. They are habits (disciplines) done regularly.
- 55. Meditating on the Bible This means to think on it, dwell on it, chew it over in our minds, in order to apply it to our lives.
- 56. Memorising the Bible —Ps 119:11, Joshua 1:8 A partner to meditation
- 57. Giving—1 Cor 16:2, not under any kind of legalistic pressure but freely and cheerfully. 2 Corinthians 9:6-8
- 58. Luke 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.’
- 59. Giving Thanks —1 Thess 5:18, Ps 100:4
- 60. “…I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.” C. S. Lewis
- 61. The Bible is filled with commands to give thanks to God Psalm 106:1; 107:1; 118:1; 1 Chronicles 16:34; 1 Thessalonians 5:18
- 62. Many verses give reasons for thanking; “His love endures forever” Psalm 136:3 “He is good” Psalm 118:29 “His mercy is everlasting” Psalm 100:5
- 63. We can’t properly praise and worship God without being thankful.
- 64. Psychological and physiological reasons why giving thanks is good for you. Grateful people have less depression and stress…and greater optimism.
- 65. Slows down the aging clock…can slow down some of the effects of neurodegeneration with age. Being thankful can help you build better relationships.