Discipleship from the Start! Part 3

Picking back up with starting a disciple with prayer, reading and connecting with a seasoned Christian. Three steps of obedience we want the disciple to walk in... Prayer, reading and connecting with a seasoned Christian 1. Prayer a. Prayer is the catalyst for walking in the Spirit. b. It is a spiritual function… NOT a practical function. c. Renewing the mind. d. Make a prayer list. i. Start small. ii. One prayer item for the first week. iii. Two prayer items for the second week. iv. Let 'em loose! e. A prayer list will grow all on its own. f. Praying in the noise. i. This is a good reason to have your list on you! :-) g. Check in on them… How is your prayer list coming? h. Consistency (in obedience) is the catalyst for growth. i. What are the obastacles. 2. Reading a. Very short… just like the prayer list! b. Grow into longer segements. c. Consistency (in obedience) is the catalyst for growth. d. Renewing the mind. i. He who's mind is stayed on the Lord… ii. Think on these things… iii. Out of the abundance of the heart… e. Study is related to reading. f. Amos 3:3 g. Acts 17:11 3. Connecting with a seasoned Christian a. We are introducing the diciple to their Lord and Savior b. We are not their Father or Answer Man c. Building a foundation that anyone who teaches Christ can build on d. We are connecting two ideas i. Renewing the mind individually 1) But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. - 2 Corinthians 3:18 NASB 2) and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. - Ephesians 4:23-24 NASB ii. Of One Mind as a body e. Being of one mind. i. "By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." - John 13:35 NKJV ii. "that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. - John 17:21 NKJV f. Our growth is measured in our relationship with each other. i. Jesus replied, "The most important commandment is this: 'Listen, O Israel! The LORD our God is the one and only LORD. And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.' The second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' No other commandment is greater than these." - Mark 12:29-31 NLT ii. So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples." - John 13:34-35 NLT g. Prayer is the catalyst for walking in the Spirit. h. Consitency is the catalyst for growth! i. Curiosity is a catalyst for action. j. Romans 15:20 k. Romans 3:10-11