As your helping “Your One” on the journey of faith, spend time teaching them the importance of prayer and Bible study.
Do you remember how Jesus taught the disciples to pray? In the gospel of Luke, we are told that Jesus was praying “…and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.” (Luke 11:1 CSB) In the verses to follow he proceeded to teach them how to pray. Jesus modeled prayer for his disciples, and we need to do the same.
Just as Jesus taught the disciples about prayer, he taught them the truths of God’s Word. When you connect with the person you are discipling, make reference to the Scriptures and show the person how to study the Bible. Here are a few ways to do that:
Do a topical study together. Choose a topic and look for all the Scriptures that relate to that topic. This is a great way to introduce someone to the Bible and show them how it relates to everyday life.
Study a book of the Bible together. This will help you to point out what God was saying to the people then and how it still relates to us today.
Helping this person learn to pray and study the Bible will show them how God has spoken to people in the past and how he continues to do so today.
People are searching for answers to all of life’s challenges, so take time to connect them to God, by teaching them how to pray and study the Bible.
David Ludwig is the associate director of healthy churches with the Baptist Resource Network of Pennsylvania/ South Jersey and serves pastors and churches to assist them in becoming healthy, multiplying churches.
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