Disciple-Making

April 13, 2010

One of my prayers for us as a congregation is that we would be committed to making disciples of all nations. I’m pretty convinced that when Jesus commissioned his disciples to go and make more disciples, all Christians were given that same mandate. So, if you’re a Christian then you’re to be a disciple-maker. Aaron Menikoff posted a few thoughts over at the 9Marks blog a little while back about disciple-making. Many of his comments are directed at pastors, but we can all learn from his remarks. Here’s a list of some of the most important things he said:

Every Christian needs to be discipled.
Every Christian should feel the responsibility to make disciples.
Discipling can take place in small groups and in one-on-one relationships.
Discipling requires commitment.
Discipling is less about what you do and more about “life-on-life.”
Discipling takes time.

Let me encourage you to take some time to pray about Jesus’ command to make disciples. Think about how you can better obey Jesus command to make disciples, and then go and make an effort to build another person up in Christ to the glory of God.

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