DISCIPLE MAKING LEADERSHIP - WHAT DO I DO? - PART 2
Last week, we launched into Titus and covered your PURPOSE in disciple-making leadership. As promised, we will get to a very specific PROCESS that will help you share what you have learned.
Last week, we launched into Titus and covered your PURPOSE in disciple-making leadership. As promised, we will get to a very specific PROCESS that will help you share what you have learned.
If you remember from last week, Titus 1 has the older and wiser Paul discipling a young pastor who would, in turn, disciple others in a very difficult location. The last thing I shared with you was to read, study, and meditate on God's Word - because that is what you would share. Now, here's how...
The fours step process is outlined below:
Study - spend time digging into the Bible to discover the truth that He has for your life (and the one you are discipling). Every night, make a list of 3 things that you learned from your study. Taking the action of writing down those lessons creates a library of what you can share with others.
Say - now that you have written down your lessons, pause and pray. Take the lessons that you have recorded and pray them back to God. Please note that this is not just a reading them back to God but offering why they are important to your life. This thought of further meditation on the lessons learned is where God starts to shape that learning further.
Show - having written them and prayed them, the hard part hits - you need to put them into action by living them. Take the time to write at least one way that you can live each of your lessons learned. If you can list several ways - even better! Be ready to face big challenges as you take theoretical learning and transform it into practical living. You will find that your learning gets deeper here as the application of God's Word smacks into the attitude of a world that does not love Him.
Share - take this worksheet where you've recorded your study, saying, and showing, and spend time talking through it with the one you are discipling. Don't just focus on the "good parts" but be open and honest about your struggles, failures, and additional things learned.
The graphic below is a simple tool that you could use to help plan those disciple-making leadership meetings. If you would like an editable template, feel free to email and we'll get you a copy.
