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Discipleship’s Nuts and Bolts

To help you start or be all the more effective in your one-to-one ministry, get a grip on the following 10 “nuts and bolts” of discipleship. Study the passage listed after each idea to help you grab hold of these practical principles.

  1. Major on being an encourager. As you listen to your friend, ask yourself how you can encourage him or her, offer practical support, and spur your friend on. Hebrews 10:24,25

  2. Realize that you are entering into a lifelong friendship. Your relationship will be foundational to all you hope to accomplish. Proverbs 17:17

  3. Make sure you are well prepared. Get organized before you spend time together. Review the passages and illustrations you plan to share. 2 Timothy 2:15

  4. Set the pace. You can’t take someone beyond where you yourself have gone. You can’t build solidly into someone else what is weak in your life. Philippians 4:9

  5. Modeling is the key to reproducing your life. Be transparent. Share your weaknesses and struggles as well as your strengths and victories. 1 Timothy 3:10, 11

  6. Repeat key principles. Make no apologies for going over familiar ground. The basics are basic—that’s why they’re called basics. Drive them home. Philippians 3:1

  7. Don’t “dump the truck” by telling your friend everything you know. Teach your disciple only what he or she needs to know at the present time. John 16:1-14

  8. Use illustrations. Try to draw a picture for all of the concepts you want to pass along. One picture really is worth a thousand words. Matthew 13:24,31,33,44,45,47

  9. Treat your disciple like an adult. Don’t talk down to him or her. Be a friend. 1 Peter 5:1-3

  10. Always focus on Christ. Relate all you do together to knowing Christ and making Him known. Point your friend to Jesus. Hebrews 12:2

Excerpted with permission from The Nuts and Bolts of One-to-One Discipling by Tom Yeakley, from Dawson Media, a ministry of The Navigators. If you would like to share this with a friend or your team, order 5-packs for $5 each at www.dawsonmedia.com or by calling 1 (888) 547-9635.



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