Quotes About Discipleship

The moment we step into a ring that requires someone to lose in order for us to win, we are no longer followers of Jesus.

As a disciple of my father's, I was certain I wanted to include one of his own raga creations on 'Home', as they are so beautiful; whilst many of his creations are part of the general classical repertoire for all musicians, many more are only played by those of us who learned from him, and therefore need to be played.

What is discipleship? It is primarily obedience to the Savior. Discipleship includes many things. It is chastity. It is tithing. It is family home evening. It is keeping all the commandments. It is forsaking anything that is not good for us.

Our No. 1 goal on this Earth is to make disciples. That's the only job we want to do.

God's plan for enlarging His kingdom is so simple - one person telling another about the Savior. Yet we're busy and full of excuses. Just remember, someone's eternal destiny is at stake. The joy you'll have when you meet that person in heaven will far exceed any discomfort you felt in sharing the gospel.

Having called his men, Jesus made a practice of being with them. This was the essence of his training program—just letting his disciples follow him.

We must decide where we want our ministry to count—in the momentary applause of popular recognition or in the reproduction of our lives in a few chosen people who will carry on our work after we have gone.

Jesus did not have the time nor the desire to scatter himself on those who wanted to make their own terms of discipleship.

Through their word" he expected others to believe in him ( John 17:20), and these in turn to pass the word along to others, until in time the world might know who he was and what he came to do ( John 17:21, 23).

Indeed; even in the Ayurvedic texts, a student is advised to first test a prospective guru thoroughly, and only when he is satisfied with the guru's capabilities should he submit his name as a candidate for discipleship. Then the guru gets his turn to test.

Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. – 1 Corinthians 11:1 NIV

Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. – Mark 16:15

So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him. – Luke 5:11

Come, follow Me." – Matthew 19:21

The Lord needs us. He needs us to be knowledgeable, dependable, and competent disciples. We need to know not only that the gospel is true but we need to know the gospel, better than we do right now. We need to be in the right place at the right time. We will thereby become the right person.

Jesus called his disciples to "follow me," but he didn't tell them where they were going.

Followership starts with Jesus, stays with Jesus, goes with Jesus, and ends with Jesus.

The church doesn't lose its kids when they go to college. We start losing them in middle school. We lose children in the church when we send them out of worship to children's church or Sunday school. This is one reason why Jesus kept insisting, "Let the little children come to me."[222

God wants us to focus on becoming like Christ, on shaping our character into His image.

For understanding in spiritual matters, the golden rule is not intellect but obedience.

If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.

Spiritual transformation into Christ-likeness in not going to happen unless we act... What transforms us is the will to obey Jesus Christ.

Bible study is essential to spiritual maturity.

The spiritual master can instruct the disciple though many different formats.