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Learning how to follow Jesus in normal everyday life Discipleship: Start This Way offers comprehensive formation in discipleship, with a distinctive emphasis on the difference discipleship makes in our lived experience day to day. Both a resource for the enquirer and a tool for anyone wanting to support someone in their faith journey, this book provides an accessible and grounded route into the beginnings of discipleship, with a clear explanation of what it looks and feels like to become a disciple and to start to live as one.
Have you ever noticed when you don't know the point or the goal of something it can sort of seem pointless? See how knowing Jesus helps give life meaning.
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Bible Road Trip is an engaging homeschool Bible curriculum for all ages, Pre-K - 12th! Great for family discipleship or homeschool curriculum.
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How many selfies do you think you take a day? A few weeks ago, a friend showed me her iPod and she said that she had taken over 100 selfies one night just because she was bored. That’s a lot of selfies! Selfies are a fun way to show all your friends the great hair day you’re having or the awesome place you’re visiting on social media. When we take a selfie and post it, we let the world know what we’re up to. Whether we’ve just tried the new coffee shop on the corner, or decided to dye our hair red, the selfie shows who we are and what we are doing to the online world. Selfies are a lot like the Bible should be in our lives. The Bible should be showing us who we are and what we are to be doing. The Bible shows us who we really are. If we need a self-esteem boost, the Bible shows us our great worth to God. (1 Cor 6:20) If we are afraid, the Bible shows us that we are bold. (Proverbs 28:1) If we feel we can’t make it, the Bible shows us we can. (Phil 4:13) Just […]
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by Chima E. Umejiaku (Author) Christian discipleship is a fundamental biblical trust demonstrated in the ministry of Jesus Christ and within the early church. Knowing the importance of discipleship, Jesus walked closely with his disciples to influence their lives so they could, in turn, influence the world-an impact felt around the world for many generations. Christendom today puts less emphasis on the importance of Christian discipleship, and the result is a generation of believers who are not deeply rooted in the basic principles of Christianity. Proper Christian discipleship can not only equip believers with tools for effective ministry but also establish in them the basic biblical truths that they can pass on to future generations. The Five Pillars of Discipleship stresses the importance of five basic principles in Christian growth: Word of God, prayer, evangelism, fellowship, and praise and worship. Christians who constantly practice these things will be spiritually strong and also sound in Christian doctrines. Uplifting and encouraging, this guide calls on pastors and ministers of the gospel to return to the fundamental truth of biblical discipleship for the benefit of all believers and their ministry. Number of Pages: 120 Dimensions: 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN
Moms are busy, but we should never be too busy to make our personal discipleship a priority. I This free printable Discipleship for Busy Moms Kit includes 4 tools for you to print and use as you wish.
We are continuing our Bible studies about Jesus and His miracles. In this lesson, we are looking at Jesus walking on the water. Last week we studied how Jesus fed 5,000 men plus the women and children with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes. After Jesus prayed and thanked God for the food, He had the Disciples feed the crowd. After everyone had eaten, they gathered up all the leftover food and there were 12 baskets of food! (Discuss miracles: an instant act of God). This lesson is found in Matthew 14: 22-33, Mark 6:45-51 and John 6:15-21. Immediately after they collected the extra food, Jesus told His Disciples get into the boat. He told them to go to the other side of the sea and sent the people away. After Jesus sent the crowd away, He went up into the mountain by Himself to pray. When night came, Jesus was by Himself. Jesus had found out that John had been killed. Do you remember who John was? John and John were related & the one who baptized Jesus So Jesus is upset and wants some time to be alone and pray. **Let the students have a marble. Have them put the marble in a bowl of water. What happens when you put the marble on the surface of the water? [it will sink] What happens when you go into the water? You either swim or you will sink. We are going to talk about two people that walked on water! (Original idea found here.) They LOVE this! The boat with the Disciples on it was in the middle of the sea. They had rowed the boat about 3 ½ miles. There was a storm, and their boat was being tossed around by the rough waves! It was about 3:00 during the night and Jesus saw them having trouble rowing the boat and so Jesus went to them. Jesus knew they were in trouble and scared and He went to comfort them. Jesus actually walked on the water to them. Verse 25 in Matthew tells us that He walked on the sea! When the Disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were scared and thought Jesus was a ghost! They cried out in terror! But Jesus instantly told them to be happy and don’t be afraid! Peter said to Him: “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” Jesus told him to “Come.” When Peter got out of the boat, he walked on the water to Jesus! The Bible doesn’t say swim, Peter walked ON the water! But when Peter saw that the wind was strong, he became afraid and started to sink. He had taken his eyes off of Jesus and let himself be distracted by the waves and the sea. He yelled to Jesus “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him and said to Peter “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” When they returned to the boat, the wind stopped. The people in the boat came to Jesus and were amazed at what He could do. They worshipped Him and said, “Truly You are the Son of God.” I used this Galilee boat that I purchased for the Disciples lesson. But, there are so many lessons this can be used for! I had the Jell-O 'water' and people cutouts ready for the kids to use and make this Jesus walking on the water this during the lesson. We added plastic fish that I purchase, but you can use Gummy fish. You can see more and print everything here. One of the things to discuss with this lesson is that Jesus is always watching over us. I made this simple boat for the students to decorate to remind them of when Jesus is with them. They can draw their thoughts, or you can let them add stickers. You can print it here in color and black & white. Click here to print. We continue Miracles lapbook today. The students will leave them in class until we finish the miracles lessons, then they take them home. Click on the lapbook to see it. I decided to limit this lapbook to the miracles that Jesus did to prove Himself. We will study Malchus, Resurrection of Jesus and Jesus Returns to Heaven, etc., but I did not include these. If you'd like to add other miracles, you can see more Jesus lapbook printables here. Bible Verse: Matthew 14:33 Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. Click here to download the lesson. Click here to download the visuals. Not all visuals are shown. Click here to download the pictures to color. (These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.)
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Homework isn’t usually thought of positively. Cheers never breaks out when the teacher assigns homework. In fact, the word itself usually brings feelings of stress, dread and maybe even makes you want to run for your life! However, homework does have a few good qualities. One quality is that homework helps you learn. It reinforces what your teacher talked about in class. Homework helps you grow and learn more about the topics you’re studying in school. That’s a lot like Jesus. See Jesus is into His followers learning things. In the gospels, He was always teaching, speaking in parables, and using examples. Here’s part of a story that Jesus used to teach the people. “Study this story of the farmer planting seed. When anyone hears news of the kingdom and doesn’t take it in, it just remains on the surface, and so the Evil One comes along and plucks it right out of that person’s heart. This is the seed the farmer scatters on the road…The seed cast on good earth is the person who hears and takes in the News, and then produces a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.”” – Matthew 13:18, 23 Jesus used this story to teach […]
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This gospel presentation for kids uses a piece of string to illustrate that sin entangles us and that we need Jesus to free us.
**This is a FREE resource. If you would like a free copy, please send a message** The Bridge Illustration is a great tool to teach others how to share the Gospel. Use this worksheet to teach and equip your discipleship team. This is a 5 page packet, including bible verse cards for verse memorization.
In a hurry? Want to save this post? Click to Download This Post as a PDF When it comes to the resurrection of Jesus Christ, most people stand in 2
As you may remember, I like to take time to meditate on and build up to Easter with my family. But we don’t stop there. It just seemed to be a natural progression to continue on and celebrate the Ascension (that occured 40 days after the Resurrection) and then Pentecost (10 days after Jesus ascended)… […]
Who is the Holy Spirit? Why should we care? Use this exciting Pentecost object lesson to teach children about the Holy Spirit and what happened when the disciples began to live a spirit-filled life.
I think we have a lot of halfhearted people filling the pews of churches today. They are lukewarm Christians.
Don't lose sight of the biggest battle we need to fight. A battle for, not against our kids. Intentionally battle for your kids in prayer now!
Being broken by someone's words or actions can last a very long time. Learn how to see if you are holding onto bits of hurt you thought you gave over to God.
In this article we will explore and answer the question, Have you ever wondered what the meaning of salt of the earth is? This salt of the earth bible lesson will help you understand and
Learn how to disciple others in a healthy and effective way with Discipling Others: Your Guide on How to Do It Well. This 6-week guide is perfect for Christian small groups or Christian individuals looking to improve their discipleship skills. This discipleship workbook is the essential tool to help you develop discipleship skills, enabling experienced and new believers to grow in their faith. It provides you with the knowledge, skills, and practice to effectively guide and nurture those around you, whether they do not believe in God, are new to the faith, or are seasoned believers. Deepen your relationships, connections and ability to spread the light of Jesus throughout the world with this discipleship manual.
