Following Jesus entails pursuing Him daily. This entails reading His Word, coming to Him in prayer, and worshipping Him on a daily basis. As powerful as church services, small groups, and other spiritual growth opportunities are, none of them take the place of one on one time with Jesus. Through our daily devotions, Jesus grows…
Jesus calls His followers to not only know the truth, but to respond to the truth in obedience. One of the ways that God uses to grow and develop us in our obedience and faithfulness to Him is through our relationships with one another. This entails accountability, humility, grace, and a commitment to grow together.
Jesus spent most of his earthly ministry pouring into His small group of the 12 apostles. He called them to not only follow Him and enter into relationship with Him, but to also join this group and to experience community and fellowship with one another. Likewise today, God uses small groups as one of the…
This Mother’s Day we look at the discipleship role that mothers play in our lives, and how we likewise need to be intentional about pouring into the lives of others around us. Jesus doesn’t call His followers to just be open to making disciples if the opportunity ever arises. He calls us to be intentional…
Jesus utilizes mission as a powerful way to grow and to develop His disciples. When we faithfully and obediently pursue His mission, we grow and mature as both disciples and as disciple-makers.SHOW LESSAllWatched
Jesus calls and develops His disciples, and gives them the Great Commission to go and make disciples of all nations. Jesus used various settings, groups, and contexts to call and to develop and mature disciples. This week we are looking specifically at how Jesus utilized large group settings for discipleship, and how that applies to…