"The Call To Discipleship"

Below I have placed a link to a great teaching on "Developing a Culture of Discipleship" from Destiny World Outreach Center. Here are the highlights.

* The primary call is to be discipled and make disciples.
* You never arrive, you are always leading and following.
* We have failed in most of our Churches in this area.
* Large numbers does not mean you are disciplining.
* Discipleship is turning your audience into a army.
* Discipleship is the merging of the word (one camp) and power experience (Holy Spirit).
* Your talent will take you to the next level, but your character must sustain you.
* discipleship is changed people changing other people.
* It is influencing others to live changed lives.
* It is the dynamic of change that attracts others to you so their lives can be changed.
* The whole issue of discipleship is that people must become self feeding.
* True disciples have a self sustained relationship with God.
* Many Churches have trained their people to dependent upon them rather than teaching them how to fill their own wells so that they can draw from it.
* God wants you to have a direct connection, not just being a echo of what others are saying. We live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
* The average pastor prays less than 5 minutes a day.
* Fellowship doesn't take place through the word (Christian E's) but under the word.
* The result of true discipleship is discovering your true identity in Christ.
* The expectation of discipleship is transformed people who are filled with power to change others.
* Undiscipled people are high maintenance, need driven, all about themselves.

More on this later (methods of effective discipleship).

Blessings,
Craig










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