Making disciples rarely “Just Happens.” We have to be intentional about living holy lives that attract people to Christ. We have to be intentional about always walking among lost people and building meaningful relationships with them. We have to be intentional about connecting our loving actions with words about why we do what we do. We have to be intentional about how we are going to guide people to Christ. We have to be intentional about how we are going help people move from an event or an experience into relationship and obedience. We have to help people think through what it means obey Christ and transform their lives, their families, their communities, and their nations.
Making disciples rarely “Just Happens” and disciple-making movements don’t either.
What is your plan for making followers of Christ who actively obey all His commands and seek to transform their families and communities with the Gospel? Have you thought about it? Are you being intentional?
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2 Responses to Making Disciples Rarely “Just Happens”
Sondra Jenkins
Replied on: September 1, 2010, 12:23 pm
Yes and amen! I wholeheartedly agree; but even more important (I think), I’m convicted to being ever more yielded and submitted for use by the Holy Spirit in this matter! I’m mindful that He is single-minded in His work to redeem us and transform us to the image of Christ; and I want to be totally in synch with Him. It is so much later than we think, and unquestionably time to make the Main Thing the main thing!
Paul
Replied on: September 1, 2010, 12:35 pm
I agree with you about being submitted for use by the Holy Spirit – as long as we are active, rather than passive, in our submission. If I sit all day at home, waiting for a lost person to come to my door so that I can disciple them, I’m going to be waiting awhile. If I’m actively moving among lost people, I listen for the Holy Spirit to tell me who to talk to and why.
Thanks for coming by, Sondra!