3 mistakes I made in discipleship
“Discipleship” – that’s a word that you will and ought to hear in Church often. We challenge our church members to be in discipleship relationships that will grow them and we challenge them to disciple others as well. The word is used in the Lord’s command at the time of His ascension when Jesus said “go and make disciples… ” Disciple making is in the very fabric and DNA of what it means to be a Christian. I was introduced to this truth very early on in my Christian life. In the days of my youth fellowship discipleship was a heavily used word and I thank God for those that took the time to disciple me. But I wanted to share with you three mistakes that I made when I attempted to disciple others. These are things I learned from and changed. A. Mistaking discipleship for counselling Listening, counselling, giving advice and the likes are all a large part of disciple making. But they are never the bed rock of discipleship. I found that often the tim...