{"id":3031,"date":"2019-11-07T16:25:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T16:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/?p=3031"},"modified":"2019-11-07T16:28:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T16:28:16","slug":"from-membership-to-mission-life-to-life-discipleship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/from-membership-to-mission-life-to-life-discipleship\/","title":{"rendered":"From Membership to Mission – Life to Life Discipleship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
PART OF\u00a0GOD\u2019S\u00a0PLAN TO\u00a0RECONCILE THE\u00a0WORLD TO\u00a0HIMSELF\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I have had the wonderful honor and privilege of discipling many women over the past 20 years. If I were to capture the great joy this has been for me, it would be to echo this verse in Ephesians: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God\u2019s presence. <\/em> (Ephesians 3: 12 NLT) <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n For me there is no greater blessing than to witness someone discover that they can boldly and confidently come into God\u2019s presence. Discipleship is simply about helping someone meet with Jesus, primarily through prayer and scripture, and discover the depth of His love for them and His desire for them to become intimate with Him. They move slowly from being dependent upon me to help them know and be known by Jesus to being mature followers, able to recognize their shepherd\u2019s voice, expressing a love that responds in obedience, and a passion for sharing in the Mission of Christ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n My own story of maturing faith, began as my mentor who happened to be a pastor, helped me understand what I had professed to believe in but didn\u2019t know how to live into. For many of us, we have the mechanics of the faith down (the head part) but flounder when it comes to the heart part. Grace has not made its way into our hearts and we feel distant from the God who loves us. My sister-in-law\u2019s story illustrates my point.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n