“Discipleship is the process through which we strip away all that impedes the love and mercy and grace of Christ through us to the world.”
Leonard Sweet, “Viral: How Social Networking Is Poised to Ignite Revival”
Discipleship is not for the faint of heart. It requires us actively joining together with a small group of people and saying, “Hi, my name is John. I’m a sinner saved by grace, and I want that grace to flow through me to others. Help me.”
It is not about studying the Bible, though you do study the Bible.
It is not about times of fellowship, though you do have those times.
It is not about times of prayer, though you do pray.
Discipleship is about open, honest revelations of who we are. It is also about open, honest revelations of how people see us. It is not so that we lead a better, happier life. It is an intentional removing of everything that is not Christ.
Christ’s grace, mercy, and love can then flow through us to a world that is lost.
You can have a coffee club. You can have a prayer group. You can have a Bible study.
Or, you can have discipleship.
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