A Deep Discipleship | Awake the Lake | Week 2

4 Preliminary Truths about Discipleship.  Every person is a disciple of someone or something Every person is becoming who they are by who or what disciples them.  In the New Testament the word “Christian” is used 3x, the word “Disciple” is used 260x.  Discipleship is more caught than taught because it’s primarily relational.   Big idea: God has a disciple-making journey for you to walk. Will you take the next step?   Original Discipleship Handoff   Command #1 - Make Disciples "As you are going."  "Baptizing."  “Teaching them to obey”  Command #2 - Be sure of this, I am with you always!   Changing the Scorecard: A Deep Discipleship.   What is a disciple?  An apprentice of Jesus who imitates his ways and then makes more disciples.    What is Grace’s Dream Disciple?  Compassionate Storyteller  Savvy Follower Intentional Friend Embedded Influencer   What is Disciple Making? Consistently helping someone take their next step toward becoming like Jesus.   The Progression toward a Disciple-Maker  Step 1 – SEEKER - ‘come and see.’  Step 2 – BELIEVER – ‘follow me.’  Step 3 – WORKER - ‘follow me and I will make you fishers of men.’  Step 4 – DISCIPLE-MAKERS - ‘go and bear fruit.’    Find more resources at www.whoisgrace.com/read