Making disciples is a lifestyle. It is the Jesus lifestyle. There are steps involved in the process. I have discovered that if you take disciple making or outreach as just a program you would greatly reduce your effectiveness! Accept the call to make disciples Pray for people all around you ( Meet the needs of…
Why is it so hard to make friends? Being able to make friends is a great skill to have. I am always intrigued by how easy it is for children to make friends. They meet someone at a game console at the airport and before you know it they are playing together. Making friends shouldn’t…
What does it mean to be joyful? How can one have Joy? How do we even know that we want joy? Real Joy? When I first noticed that there was a difference between happiness and joy was in 1986 after I lost my mom! At that time I didn’t have words to articulate my experience….
What is our message as disciples of Jesus? What was the central message of Jesus? What was the central message of the apostles and early disciples? A study of gospels show that Jesus taught mainly about the Kingdom of God. To further highlight this we learn after His resurrection He spent 40 days with the…
What are we really called to do as disciples of Jesus? How do you know that you are doing well as a disciple of Jesus? What is heavens bottom line? Fruit! Yes Fruit! That’s what Jesus says in John 15. If a branch does not bear fruit it is useless (John 15:2). “By this my…
There is no difference between a Christian and a disciple. A Christian is a disciple. The Bible says that the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. (Acts 11:26). The two words refer to the same people. However, there is a difference between a disciple and an admirer or a fan of Jesus. An admirer…
Who needs love the most? A nice, good-looking person or a rough-looking, angry-looking person? Most of us are more attracted to nice-looking, kind, and smiling people. And we tend to scowl at people who scowl at or are rude to us. I guess we are attracted to nice-looking, smiling people because we figure they would…
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.” Psalms 141:3 NKJV I remember someone saying to me when I was younger that negative words are responsible for many of the wars in the world. I’m not sure if that is exactly right but I know that my…
Love is a very interesting word because everyone seems to know what it means but it’s not really as easy to define as you would think. So when Jesus says “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Mark 12:31, Matt 22: 39, Luke 10:27) you wonder what does that really mean. In today’s article, I try to…
Making disciples is the mission of every disciple of Jesus on earth. It is should flow out of our relationship with Jesus. I believe that the church can be a more formidable change agent on earth if only we can all be active disciple-makers. In this article, I present 3 misconceptions about making disciples that…
