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HOW TO HAVE A DISCIPLESHIP
CONFERENCE
USING "CHRISTIAN GROWTH DEVOTIONALS"
Here is a Key Bible Verse which sums up the process of
"discipleship":
2 Tim 2:2
(KJV)
And the things that thou
hast heard of me among many witnesses,
the same commit thou to
faithful men,
who shall be able to teach others
also.
In the Great Commission, Jesus Christ gave the following
instructions to us, His followers, so that we could perpetuate the Church to
succeeding generations:
Mat 28:19-20 (KJV)
Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: {20} Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even
unto the end of the world. Amen.
In the first part of v 19, the word "teach" in the Greek means, "to make pupils or students of" people from all nations. This is Jesus master plan for building and perpetuating His Church through the ages of time until the end of time. Each succcessive generation of Christians is given the task of passing the Gospel onto not only the people of their own generation, but also to their children and their children's generation, and so forth. This is the process of disciple-making, teaching them to observe all things that Jesus has commanded us to do. Many years ago, I took a course from a Billy Graham Crusade called, "The Christian Life and Witness Course", which was used to train counsellors for the Billy Graham Crusades and Gospel movies. This course had a deep impact on my life as I studied for it and taught it to others. I studied for months and made copious notes and memorized a lot of scripture. Unfortunately, those notes were all lost and the Christian Life and Witness Course is no longer available. But the desire to reconstruct what I learned has guided me into preparing some of the devotionals which I share with my subscribers. These discipling devotionals form the initial studies which I send out to all new subscribers. I have been asked by some to travel to various places and give a series of discipleship lectures. Due to my health, this is not possible. But I have assembled these discipling devotionals in a grouping by topic, which could be used by any Bible teacher as an outline for a discipleship conference or training course, with some serious prayer and commitment, and some serious students of the Word who intend to serve the Savior. How to use them? The simplest way is to have the main speaker just read the devotional to the group, including the accompanying Bible verses, and he can add his comments as he goes along. The listeners are encouraged to take handwritten notes. Then, the listeners can be encouraged either to ask questions after the lecture, or break up the audience into smaller groups, 6 to 8 people per group, discuss the teachings, collect their questions, then re-assemble back to the large group and ask their questions of the speaker. The practical outworking of this can be done any way the Lord leads you to do it. You can hand out a copy of each devotional to each audience member. You must make these copies yourselves, since I do not have the capability to do so. You can use the devotionals as an outline or read them verbatim. The most important part of the devotional is the Word of God which accompanies each study. These verses are prayerfully selected to go with the topic covered in the study, and are the authoritative part of what God wants us to know. God Bless you as you prayerfully use God's Word to teach others about the Christian Life, In Christ...brother bob...<><
Here are the groups of topics which each person who is serious about discipling others should study. I realize that there is a tremendous amount of material here, probably enough for 9 individual seminars, but you can pick and choose what studies you want to cover for your purposes. Send for email copies of those you want to use, and you must print them out yourself. Request copies at [EMAIL PROTECTED], or go to the following YahooGroup and view them and print them from the "messages" section. Just click on this web address to go to the site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IxtheusChristianGrowthDevotionals/ 1) Make sure that everyone in attendance is saved and
understands the basics of salvation.
2) Make sure that everyone understands the
Ministry of the Holy Spirit
3) Make sure that everyone understands the
importance of prayer
4) Make sure every Christian understands about
dealing with sin in their Lives
#5 Make Sure Everyone Understands about Daily
Commitment and Guidance
#6) Make sure everyone understands about the
Bible
#7)Make Sure Everyone Understands about
Witnessing
#8) Make Sure Everyone
Understands How to Disciple Others
#9) Make Sure Everyone Understands How to Start
a New Group or Church
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