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Sunday Service
16 November 2013
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on
toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting
together, as some are in the habit of doing, but
encouraging one another – and all the more as you see
the Day approaching.”
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What do you think is the purpose behind God’s plan of
“discipling relationships” within the Body of Christ?
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Are you currently in a discipling relationship with another
disciple? (If married, can’t count your spouse)
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If so who, and how often do you get together?
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What would you recommend in your experience as some best
practices and/or areas for improvement for discipling
relationships within our fellowship?
What are some of the specific areas in your life are you
getting discipling assistance?
If you want advice and assistance
in establishing or strengthening a
discipling relationship…
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“Iron sharpens iron”
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To help another live life according to God’s standards so that
they may go to heaven.
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To build relationships on a deeper level and to help you on a
spiritual level.
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To enable us to walk together, grow together, earn wisdom and
knowledge together, and learn more about God together.
To help each other get to heaven.
To help one another not just in bad situations, but keeping
each other accountable.
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* To keep each other spiritual – instruct and teach; keep us from
getting a hard heart
* To build stronger relationships within the body.
* To encourage each other in our faith. To share ways to spread
the good news to others
* To help each other.
To get support from each other and to
strengthen each other.
* To make us strong. To help each other on making it to heaven
* To help each other in our walk with God
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* To help each other learn how to be a true and faithful disciple.
Also
helps us grow with things we don’t know about being a true disciple
* A lack of shallowness, objective help, teaching, relational wholeness,
love!, iron sharpening iron concept
* To help one another stay in touch with our hearts and grow in our
intimacy in our relationship with God. To help one another fill our
potential doing our part
* Keeping us focused on godly things because we are around godly
people doing godly things instead of worldly people doing worldly
things
* To keep us His disciples on a pure and godly track because no one can
do it on their own. We must have guidance.
* To help each other stay faithful overall especially through challenging
times
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* To encourage, to teach, to be open to challenge and to hold
accountable
* To continue to learn about God’s word and how following Him makes
our paths straight. Refining our character in making righteous choices
* To have people help us get to heaven while we are helping them do
the same. Do this by encouraging, challenging, teaching
* To encourage others to stay on the right path and to have support to
overcome sin in our lives
* To help each other make it to heaven.
To hold our arms up when we
are having trouble. To feel God’s love through one another
* Encourage one another to stay spiritually healthy. To love one another
and to grow in our faith
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What is the next step can we take as a congregation to be more
effective at discipling?
If you want advice and assistance
in establishing or strengthening a
discipling relationship…
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What is the next step can we take as a congregation to be more
effective at discipling?
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“Purposeful Engagement”
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Luke 5:17 – 26
I.
Intentional Frequency & Involvement
“Friends find time…Friends make a way…Friends get their hands dirty!
II.
Intentional Openess
“No such thing as ‘over-sharing’ or ‘sin-pacts’!”
III. Intentional Spirituality
“Teach them to obey everything…”, “Presenting each other perfect…”
If you want advice and assistance
in establishing or strengthening a
discipling relationship…