The FOOTSTEPS of Faith: How to grow spiritually

There's an old joke that asks, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice." The simple truth is that in order to be good at anything, you need to work at it. But there's a huge difference between the kind of practice it takes to play Mozart, and the kind of practice it takes to be a Mozart. Even in our faith, there's a difference between learning how to emulate the behaviours of a Jesus follower, and actually training ourselves to actually follow Jesus. So how do we make sure we're not just settling for a second-hand, cheap knock-off, cover-band impersonation of faith? If we want to move beyond simply playing at Christianity, what kind of "practice, practice, practice" is required to become a true disciple of Jesus?