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 the people around you as much as you can. (Matt 10:8)
- Make friends genuinely
- Present the gospel to each one as soon as the permit you to and you sense that they are genuinely interested.
- Continue to build the friendship regardless of their response to the gospel
- Continue to pray
- Continue to make new friends
- Help those that are saved to live like Jesus and love like Jesus
- Introduce them to your church family along the way
- Encourage them to make friends and make disciples
- Continue to meet needs, make friends and make disciples for the rest of your stay on planet earth!
From time to time (many times) our Boss the Holy Spirit would change the script and make things way faster! Go with the flow!
If you want to get better at making disciples, the best place to start is with the BiVo Minister Course.
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