Quotes About Discipleship

But dear people, I tell you a truth.  No revival will come if we are not willing to be obedient to the Lord's call to go and make disciples and invest ourselves in the cause of Christ and make our living sacrifice to serve his will and not our own.

Matthew 28:19-20—Therefore go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  (20) teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

Every soul won for Christ must be made to be a soul winner.

He helped them to know and love God (worship), taught them to love each other (fellowship), gave them the Word so they could grow to maturity (discipleship), showed them how to serve (ministry), and sent them out to tell others (mission).

He helped them to know and love God (worship), taught them to love each other (fellowship), gave them the Word so they could grow to maturity (discipleship), showed them how to serve (ministry), and sent them out to tell others (mission). Jesus modeled a purpose-driven life

many believers have abandoned living for God's great purposes and settled for personal fulfillment and emotional stability. That is narcissism, not discipleship. Jesus did not die on the cross just so we could live comfortable, well-adjusted lives. His purpose is far deeper: He wants to make us like himself before he takes us to heaven. This is our greatest privilege, our immediate responsibility, and our ultimate destiny.

La adoración ayuda a las personas a concentrarse en Dios; la comunión las ayuda a hacer frente a los problemas de la vida; el discipulado fortalece su fe; el ministerio las ayuda a encontrar sus talentos y el evangelismo las ayuda a cumplir con su misión.

Para ser un discípulo robusto de Jesús, alimentarte de la Palabra de Dios debe ser tu prioridad.

I want to see people do more than simply raise their hand when they come to Christ. Where are the totally changed lives?

The average Christian leaves planet earth never having led anyone to Christ.

We have to assess: Are we making disciples along the way as we draw people to our churches?

We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.

If people think honoring pastors means doing everything they say, why don't they honor Jesus the same way?

Christianity is a school of people who deny themselves and their own conveniences for Christ's sake.

There is a stupid humility that is quite common and when a person is afflicted with it, he is once and for all disqualified for being a disciple of knowledge.

Jesus did not command us to "develop" leaders. He commanded us to make "disciples". The world "develops" leaders, the Church "disciples" them. The two are not the same.

We must school and train ourselves to deal personally with the unconverted. We must not excuse ourselves, but force ourselves to the irksome task until it becomes easy.

Instead of telling them God has a wonderful plan for their life - tell them who God is.

You and I won't ever find ourselves on that cross, but we repeatedly find ourselves at the foot of it. And how we act there will speak volumes about what we think of Christ's character and His call for us to be His disciples.

Elder Jeffery R. Holland: "So we have neighbors to bless, children to protect, the poor to lift up and the truth to defend. We have wrongs to make right, truths to share and good to do. In short, we have a life of devoted discipleship to give in demonstrating our love of the Lord. We can't quit and we can't go back.

When we come to worship the God and Father of us all and to partake of the sacrament symbolizing the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we should be as comely and respectful, as dignified and appropriate as we can be. We should be recognizable in appearance as well as in behavior that we truly are disciples of Christ.

May we declare ourselves to be more fully disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, not in word only and not only in the flush of comfortable times but in deed and in courage and in faith, including when the path is lonely and when our cross is difficult to bear.

So we spend, spend; amass, amass; indulge, indulge item by item, growing increasingly deaf to Jesus who described a simple life marked by generosity and underconsumption. Over time a new compartment develops for our spending habits, safely distanced from the other drawers like "discipleship" and "stewardship" (which has been helpfully reduced to tithing). And listen, I am first in line.

Grayed-down discipleship is an easier sell, but it created pretend Christians, obsessing over Scriptures we like while conspicuously ignoring the rest.