My Only Hope

My Only Hope

I will praise You forever for what You have done, in Your name I will hope, for Your name is good! Psalm 52:9 Father in Heaven, thank You for knowing what’s best for my life. Thank you for the grace you bestow on my life to ensure Your will comes to...
4 Essentials for Real Discipleship

4 Essentials for Real Discipleship

  Before reading this post, take a moment to reacquaint yourself with the last chapter of John’s Gospel, giving particular attention to the post-meal discussion between Jesus and Peter.   The task of the disciple maker is to make disciples who will...
Defining Discipleship

Defining Discipleship

Who is discipling you, and who are you discipling? Do you have specific names you can attach to those questions, or are you content with the idea that your discipleship responsibility starts and stops with your own kids and perhaps, at times, extends beyond your own...
Mark Makers

Mark Makers

In my last post, I mentioned the fact that I lacked “intentional discipleship” while I was growing up. I do not mean for that statement to sound like my home church growing up was full of hypocrites or that my parents didn’t care about my faith as I grew older. My...
Get Up And Walk

Get Up And Walk

When I was growing up, it seemed like the term discipleship was a simplistic “catch all” phrase for anything to do with “church stuff.” Unfortunately, the absence of intentional discipleship in my life set me up for failure later on when I joined the military after...