Quotes About Discipleship

Accepting Christ" is only the beginning, not the ultimate goal. Likewise, evangelism is vital, but so is discipleship. To go no deeper is to risk being like the seed that fell not on good soil but on rocky ground, sprouting up but bearing little or no fruit. Focusing solely on God's gift of free salvation is focusing on the minimum.

we are called to be disciples of a Rabbi who is always on the move, one who wants us to go with him, making disciples to the ends of the earth. We need to learn how to recognize his voice, to go where he wants us to go, and to serve and imitate him so that we can share his good news with the world.

God's purpose for my life is to increasingly grow in my personal knowledge of God as I follow Him in a life of faith. And then to make Him known to others.

Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?" "Yes, Lord," he said, "you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my lambs." JOHN 21:15

This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourself to be my disciples. JOHN 15:8

Jesus] came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?" JOHN 13:6

By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. JOHN 13:35

If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. MATTHEW 16:24

In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple. LUKE 14:33

I could fill my whole time doing interviews, speaking to crowds, and there's this natural human tendency because of our culture to think that the more people I talk to, the bigger the impact I'll have, and yet Jesus didn't spend His time just speaking to the masses. He spent the bulk of his time with a small group of people.

The standard by which we will be judged and by which we should evaluate ourselves is not the pragmatic standard of the world. Being church and being disciples of Christ is not like driving a Plymouth to Dallas. While the world should look upon Jesus's life and ministry as failures and what he calls us to be as foolish, futile, and contrary to our nature, the Word teaches the church a new meaning of success and calls us to follow him.

And remember, following Christ is a lifelong journey. Christians are foot soldiers, so to speak. Always learning. Always growing stronger.

Mi Padre es glorificado si dais mucho fruto, mostrando así que sois mis discípulos".

The Christian life is a life that consists of following Jesus.

The life of discipleship is not the hero-worship we would pay to a good master, but obedience to the Son of God.

... you are not Christ's disciple, in the sense of following him, if this is not your way of life: rejected and slain daily!

Before we can strengthen believers or win the lost, we must be converted from the self-life to the Christ-life. . . "Not I, but Christ."

The main problem in developing a deep prayer life is by far the failure to live the radicality of the Gospel, hour by hour and day by day.

At some point in this generation, "Take up your cross and follow me" changed into, "Come to Jesus and he'll make your life better.

Associating with Christ but not his church is a distinction Jesus would never have made.

Teaching people to become like Jesus, outside of the power of Jesus, dishonors Jesus.

The health, long-term mission, and viability of the church are not going to be determined by those who gather on Sunday morning. The future of the church will be determined by the depth of its disciples.

Too often we attempt to teach people to swim in a classroom." If you have ever taken swimming lessons, you immediately get the importance of getting in the water and practicing under the watchful eye of a swimming rabbi. Jesus invited the original twelve to go swimming with Him.

Community is essential when it comes to successfully living out the Christian walk in a day-to-day context. So the math is simple: More community = More disciples Understanding the nature of groups helps you