1. SCALE OF 1-10 10 BEING AWESOME 1 BEING HORRIBLE
DISCIPLING SURVEY
1. On a scale of 1-10, How would you rate your discipling
relationships?
2. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate discipling in the
church overall
3.What can you do to make it better?
4.What can the church do to make it better?
4. JESUS THE MASTER
•Word for Master, implies student
relationships
•Mathetes; Pupil, understudy, student
•Lifestyle and Mindset
5. MIS-CONCEPTIONS OF DISCIPLING
•Based on Bad Experiences
•“I got ‘Discipled’”....as a Negative
•Rooted in Fear and Ignorance of Gods Plan
•Our View Must be (re)Evaluated for
Accuracy
6. • Evangelism • Christ
MAN FOCUSED VS. CHRIST FOCUSED
• Great Commission
• Greatest
Commandments,Mt22:36-40
• Numbers • Maturity
• Evangelist role • Other leadership gifts
• Attendance • Worship
• Judging • Love and Mercy
7. • Enforcing • Encouraging
MAN FOCUSED VS. CHRIST FOCUSED
• Productivity • People
• Pragmatism • Faith and Mercy
• Stats • Names
• Legalism • Love
8. What I See
What Others See
What I Don’t See
What Others See
What I Don’t See
What Others Don’t See
What I See
What Others Don’t See
Johari Window
9. What I See
What
Others See
What I Don’t See
“Secrets”
What Others
Don’t See
Who am I?
“Public Face” “Blind Spots”
Unknown
10. What I See
What
Others See
What I Don’t See
I Must Volunteer/Confess
This Information
What Others
Don’t See
Who am I?
This is Not the “Real Me” I Must Be Shown This By Others
And Accept it as True
God Must Reveal This To Me
11. What I See
What
Others See
What I Don’t See
“Secrets”What Others
Don’t See
High Awareness = High Growth
“Public Face” “Blind Spots”
Unknown
12. A GROWING CHRISTIAN
•Chooses To Expose Hidden Areas to the Light of
Christ (Confession)
•Values Help in Identifying Blind Spots (Correction)
•Desires to Know God and be Known (Openness)
** Will Value and Pursue Good Discipling
Relationships
14. A WEAK(ER) CHRISTIAN
•Hides Weakness and Fears Being Exposed
(Deceit)
•Resents/Ignores Help in Identifying Blind Spots
(Pride)
•Desires to be Unknown or Left Alone (Darkness)
**Will Flee/Avoid Discipling Relationships
17. THE PURPOSE OF DISCIPLING
•COLOSSIANS 1:28-29 28
•We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching
everyone with all wisdom, so that we may
present everyone perfect in Christ. To this
end I labor, struggling with all his energy,
which so powerfully works in me.
18. I. BIBLICAL ATMOSPHERE AND ATTITUDE NECESSARY
FOR HEALTHY DISCIPLING RELATIONSHIPS
•Jn 13:34-35 -LOVE
•“A new command I give you: Love one
another. As I have loved you, so you must
love one another. By this everyone will
know that you are my disciples, if you love
one another.”
19. I. BIBLICAL ATMOSPHERE AND ATTITUDE NECESSARY
FOR HEALTHY DISCIPLING RELATIONSHIPS
•Romans 15:7 - Acceptance
•Accept one another, then, just as
Christ accepted you, in order to
bring praise to God.
20. I. BIBLICAL ATMOSPHERE AND ATTITUDE NECESSARY
FOR HEALTHY DISCIPLING RELATIONSHIPS
•Ephesians 4:2,32 HUMILITY,GENTLENESS,
PATIENCE, COMPASSION, and FORGIVENESS.
• v 2. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient,
bearing with one another in love.
• v 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another,
forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave
you.
21. THE PURPOSE OF DISCIPLING
•COLOSSIANS 1:28-29 28
•We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching
everyone with all wisdom, so that we may
present everyone perfect in Christ. To this
end I labor, struggling with all his energy,
which so powerfully works in me.
