Discussion Questions
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Which part of the PRAY acrostic is easiest for you? Which is the most challenging? Identify practical ways you can incorporate at least one of these best practices into your ministry.
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Relational! As a human it can be difficult to wait and be patient. We want, want, want and take, take , take and we rarely sit still and wait!!! Relationships work both ways, but our human nature is to beg and take from the Lord and not wait on Him. We often seek His gifts not Him, we seek what He can do for us in our time of squander instead of waiting on Him. It becomes a 1 sided relationship, more of me trying to get what I want and think I need, instead of waiting on Him.
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Being relational is the easiest for me and I would say that availability is the most challenging and something I need to work and pray on.
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Prayer is easiest for me. I’m always in touch with God. The most challenging is being relational. I come from a diverse culture yet I’m very much a man of where I’m from. Nevertheless, I believe i can still relate to most people. I think between prayer and being relational, introducing myself through my culture both with God and in life, I can get very far at touching the lives of others.
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The easiest part of the PRAY acrostic for me is prayer. When talking with someone, I find it very easy to pray with them. My challenge is the Y because I need to yield to the Holy Spirit to move in that person ‘s life in order for conviction to take place. I have zero control. Today, I work on listening first then speaking.
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The easiset part of PRAY for me is relational. I have been a coach my whole life and find it easy to be around young athletes and interested in their lives. The most challenging is ‘yield’. It is easy for me to get caught up in a numbers situation or a business model of results instead of leaving it to the Holy Spirit. I will incorporate a better attitude of being available — not having something planned at all times but just being available for someone to talk with when the need arises. I will do a better job of getting off of my schedule and onto their schedle.
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Explain, in your own words, the importance of discipleship.
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Discipleship is important because of the lasting influence on the new believer. We are commanded to help them learn and live the eternal truths. They in turn, will help the ones that they disciple. It has always been hard for new believers to expand their faith and put their new beliefs into their everyday living – it may be even harder today in some instances.
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As disciples of Christ, we are called to proclaim the Truth. Discipleship is important because it is not only obedience, it is vital for the ultimate completion of the great commission – when the “knowledge of the Lord will cover the earth like the waters cover the sea.”
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A significant aspect of Christian discipleship is the call to make disciples of others. The Great Commission given by Jesus instructs believers to “go and make disciples of all nations.” Discipleship, therefore, involves a cycle of learning, growing, and passing on what has been learned to others. This multiplication of disciples ensures the spread of the Christian faith and the continuation of the discipleship process across generations.
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04012023 ‘DISCIPLESHIP’ to my way of thinking is showing another person; that in the LONG-Run –GOD’s Way of enriching us is better for Us than what the SECULAR world selfishly often attempts to ‘Push down Our Throats.’ It is a way of Manifesting to one NOT overly familiar with ANY form of Theology the “Golden Rule” ( Do Unto Others as You would have them do to you); as well as one whom (Hopefully) with Wisdom can bring forth to One NOT of a Spiritual background how cultures, organizations have purportedly changed for the Better; when compared to How the People of the Old testament lived before the Historical Christ came on the scene. S.E. Suburb, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Discipleship is important in showing, encouraging and developing new believers in to mature Christians who then can do the same for other young believers.