Tag: disciple making

You wicked and lazy servant?

Have you ever wondered why the servant with one talent in the parable of the talents was called wicked and lazy? I get lazy or foolish but wicked? (Matthew 25:14-30).

These days I sense the Lord saying to me that a wicked servant is not really a servant! A wicked servant is one who is not interested in the progress of his master. I sense from this that anyone who is not interested is sharing the good news of God’s kingdom with others is not in the kingdom!

If the servant with one talent had given the money to the bankers he would have been a lazy servant! There are many lazy servants in the kingdom of God!

This particular servant was an outsider! He did not see himself as part of the kingdom. The same applies to anyone who is not interested in the salvation of others! Anyone who doesn’t wish that everyone would be saved is not saved themselves!

Please check your heart. Are you a wicked servant? Maybe you are not saved. Then repent of your sins and receive the salvation purchased by the blood of Jesus and Jesus Christ will receive you!

Are you a lazy servant? You are doing very little to share the gospel of the kingdom of God! Wake up now and begin to invest! There is nothing on earth that is better than leading a lost soul to the savior! NOTHING!

It’s Invaluable!

Eternal life! The very life of God! The love of God! The light and wisdom of God! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ! Unspeakable Joy! A loving family! Forgiveness of sins and deliverance from the bondage to sin! All these and more are available to you and I curtesy of Jesus Christ!

Wow! What did we do to deserve all these? Nothing. All these are available because God loves us!

So how do we access this? You must be born again! It’s an exchange! Our messed up life for His eternal life!

You cannot have His eternal life if you think your present unregenerate life has some value!

Unless you see your life without Jesus as useless in comparison to what God has for you in union with Jesus, you will not see the Kingdom of God! You will not appreciate the kingdom of God and you will not accept the kingdom of God!

Now that you see what making disciples involves, you can see that for anyone to be born again, a miracle must occur! The good news is that there are miracles already prepared by the Holy Spirit for you and I to discover!

I’m on the lookout for a miracle as I share the invaluable blessings of the Kingdom of God with all the people around me!

Share your thoughts! What made you give up your useless life for eternal life? For me. Jesus opened my spiritual eyes to see and desire the unconditional love of God that was revealed in Jesus. It took some years though for me to fully accept that my life without Jesus is completely useless in the context of eternity! Your turn!

Do not criticize?

It’s really easy to see other people’s faults! It’s even sometimes easier to see their faults when you have a version of the same problem! These days everyone has a reason to call another person a fool, a bigot, proud, immoral, devilish, idol worshippers and the list goes on! My question is this! As disciples of Jesus, how do we bring a balance? What is the kingdom approach?

At one point Jesus says we are to first take out the plank from our own eyes before attempting to take out the speck from another person’s eyes (Matt 7:5) . At another point he says that the person who has no sin should be the first to throw a stone at the sinner (John 8:7)

Negative criticisms makes people want to defend themselves! It doesn’t open them up to correction. I remember reading in a book titled – How to make friends and influence people that even criminals see themselves in a positive light!

So what do we learn from Jesus? How can this truth help us to make disciples for Jesus? We choose not to criticize people even in our hearts! We make up our minds to always be prepared to be part of the solution as long as the people are open to discussion.

I’m not saying that we should not speak out against evil or sin! What I believe the scriptures is saying is that if we are ever going to be the light to a dark world, we must be willing to accept first that without Jesus we would be as lost and as wicked as any wicked person!

Jesus is the solution to the moral problem of the human heart! The immoral behavior of people or sin is the problem of the world! Jesus therefore must be introduced to everyone so that we can have progress in our fight against all the terrible things going on in our world.

If you know that the reason you are kind is because you got help, you would be less inclined to criticize someone else who doesn’t have the same help!

Preaching the gospel of the Kingdom of God and Jesus as the only way is an urgent and very important task! Let’s not delay by point fingers at the people we should be serving!

Please share your thoughts below!

Who is your Boss?

Is the customer the Boss? Or is the one who pays your salary the Boss? As a disciple of Jesus, who really influences your decision the most? Is it Jesus or the people you are sent to love? Think before you answer.

The customer is the boss as long as his demands are within the boundary of what the boss who pays the salary is willing to offer. When the customer begins to demand things that are outrageous, she stops to be the boss, you are expected to say no to that customer and find a solution that is reasonable.

Similarly, in loving the people around us, we must stick to the message of “Repentance (Act 2:38)”! For the kingdom of God is near”. No matter who you are. The way to the kingdom is through repentance (to change your boss)!

Here are some questions for you! And yes for me as well. When it comes to the way you react to the people around you who do not seem to have the capacity or desire to add to you in any way, how do you see them?

Do you see them as people sent to you by the Lord Jesus Christ? Do you see them as people that you are called to serve in the name of Jesus? Do you see them as people that you are called to be a blessing to? Freely you have received, Freely give. Do you see them as people that Jesus sent to bless you in way you cannot even imagine?

When you are with people who are ahead of you financially, in your career or in any aspect of life how do you act?

Do you try to get them to like you or do you wish you can show them that all that they have is equal to nothing because if they don’t have access to the Kingdom of God? Do you try to prove that you have something too, not just Jesus, or do you wish that they would know that serving Jesus is infinitely more precious than any position on earth? Do you allow Jesus to show you the best way to love them? Many times we forget that Jesus is the Lord and that we don’t need to make Jesus look good!!

Jesus is the boss! He loves us and he knows why he sends these people into our lives and paths. Those we like and those we don’t like so much!

30 pieces of silver?

How much is your relationship with Jesus worth? What is it that is so valuable to you that you cannot let go so that you can follow Jesus? Judas chose 30 pieces of silver (Matt 26:15).

The more valuable your relationship with Jesus is to you, the more enthusiastic you will be to share it! The more shocked and amazed you will be when people reject the relationship. And the more you will invest in new ways to communicate the value of this relationship to the people you love.

If you have anything that is more valuable to you than your relationship with Jesus, you will not have the boldness or compassion to share with anyone that has those things!

Sometimes when we are not willing to be shamed, rejected, persecuted, looked down upon or taken advantage of, we may not be willing to stand for the truth and sacrifice which would make it easier to share the gospel.

Is there a price for which I would be willing to trade in my relationship with Jesus? Would I do it for money, health, a spouse, children, fame, promotion etc. My answer is nothing on earth is valuable enough! I know that it easy to say, but I join my faith with Paul to say that nothing shall separate me from the love of Christ! (Rom 8:35-39).

I wish everyone on earth would know the love of Jesus and receive salvation. I know it cost a lot to share the gospel but I am willing to pay the price and I trust you are willing as well.

Share your thoughts! How much are you willing to sacrifice to share this good news with the people?

Too Busy?

We are all busy! Running from one meeting to the other or from one task to the other. Being busy does not necessarily mean that you are making the most of your time!

The question I have for you today is this! Are you too busy to spend time with God? Or are you too busy to spend time with the people of God who are lost? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then you are TOO BUSY!

All creations of God should always have time or make time for God! If we think our projects, children’s programs, business meetings, educational activities or religious activities are so much that we can’t make time to connect with the people that Jesus died for! Then we have to think again! No one should ever be too busy to stop for the one who is lost. Remember the good Samaritan and all the other neighbors (Luke 10:25-37). Go and do likewise!

What are your best tips for being available for God and your neighbors? Pls share in the comments section below.

Ask this question!

There is a question that I believe you must ask anyone you truly love! How they answer should not change how much you love them but it might change how they react to you for a short time! Only for a short time if you have shown that you truly love them!

The Question is: When you die? Where would you go? I have received all manner of answers to this question. Now that I think about it, I will start recording the answers I get from now on.

We would all die someday! As a disciple of Jesus you know where you are going to. You know also why you are going to be with Jesus! So when your friend responds, you can take the time to present the gospel to them!

Make sure you ask this question before presenting the gospel! It will help you know how to explain to them about the Kingdom of God and Jesus Christ starting from where they are!

After presenting the gospel, don’t be in a hurry to pray. Make sure they understand and don’t leave without giving them an opportunity to pray! If they are not ready to make a decision for Jesus, let them go and continue the friendship! God who loves them more than you do will give you another opportunity to pray with them.

Please pray a lot before asking this question! It is the Holy Spirit that does the work of conviction. However don’t pray for so long that you never ask the question. Click here for the steps to make a disciple

Have you asked this question lately? Please share your experience in the comments section below! Thanks!

All that is Mine is Yours

How rich are you? Are you rich because you have a positive net worth? A lot of money in the bank? Does God see you as rich? Does that even matter? What do these words from Luke 15:31 mean?

I’m always happy when I read the parable of the lost son in Luke 15. There are 3 thing that make me happy but today I will only explain one. I will list the other 2.

I am happy because I sense the heart of God the Father! He loves us all and wants to have a relationship with us.

I am happy because I have been lost but now I am home. I have a very joyful and intimate relationship with God

The third thing that makes me happy is that I have access to all the resources of God our heavenly Farther! I am rich! Very rich and in fact I can never be poor! (Luke 15:31).

My brother, my sister it is impossible for you to be poor! You are from the family of the owner of the universe! He owns everything including the people! We lack only because we are still trying to have our own riches instead of joining with God and accessing all His resources! What we should be doing is meeting needs with our skills and making disciples of the people whose needs we meet.

So stop trying to get rich or pursuing wealth! You are only moving money from one of your accounts to the other. If you operate from the truth, the money you need will always be available (Luke 15:31?).

What I have noticed in this scripture is that if your chase wealth, importance, approval from people or even God by acting right, you only get some of the resources! And like the elder brother you will always feel as if you don’t have enough. Luke (15:29).

God has committed all His resources to one major project! What Project? Finding His lost Children. That is what would make our Heavenly Father rejoice! That is what Jesus our elder brother came to do! To seek and save the lost.

Today as you go about your daily activities, remember to use them to help in this project of finding the lost children of God!

If any good parent discovers that their child is gone. That he or she left home without warning! They would commit all their resources to find that child.

All our Heavenly Father’s resources are ours as long as we are committed to the project of making disciples! Seeking and finding the lost children of the Father. So we are rich! We are not looking for money! We are looking for people!

If you want a jump start on your journey to seek and save the lost! You can start with the Free BiVo Minister Course!

Talk to me: How rich are you? What are your thoughts?

Steps to Disciple Making

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.

Have I missed some steps? Join the discussion! Say something in the comments section below!