Guests: Holly Hamilton, Sandy Leydig, and Joel Gordon
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Raising Spiritual Champions: Nurturing Your Child’s Heart, Mind, and Soul
By George Barna
Section ONE - The Importance of Children
Section TWO - The Four Principles of a Disciple
Section THREE - Families and Churches in Partnership
Section Two - The Four Practices of a Disciple
- Making a life-defining commitment to be a disciple of Jesus
- Accepting the biblical principles and commands that lead to becoming a disciple
- Adopting the lifestyle of a disciple - obedience through application of beliefs
- Inviting personal accountability and stability - through assessing what matters, reinforcing growth, and celebrating disciplehood
Chapter 4 - Disciple-Making Practice #1
- Being a genuine disciple starts with obedience.
- Why obey His teachings? Because He has provided them so that we may flourish in life.
- Obedience therefore demands knowledge of Scripture
- A different way of describing a disciple is someone who thinks like Jesus, which enables them to act like Jesus, producing someone who therefore lives like Jesus.
- Spiritual Commitments:
- Serving Christ
- Building a solid relationship
- Investing personal resources
- Implementing a solid plan
- Using proven practices
Chapter 5 - Disciple-Making Practice #2
- Biblically speaking, discipling a child is meant to be done by the child’s parents
- How WORLDVIEW develops
- Experimental process
- Imitating their parents
- List of DIFFERENT/COMPETING worldviews…
- 94% of adults have a syncretistic worldview - a blending of views from two or more of the comprehensive worldview systems
Chapter 6 - Disciple-Making Practice #3
- An equally important undertaking is to promote the fledgling disciple fully, and passionately integrating those beliefs into a Christlike lifestyle.
- The expansive impact of those attributes is an example of why discipling someone is not a quick process.
- Spiritual fruit begins with evidence of personal transformation
Chapter 7 - Disciple-Making Practice #4
- Accountability system
- Find a spiritual mentor
- Must be taught the importance of consistent SELF-EVALUATION
- Introduce young followers to the still, small voice of the Lord…
- Measurement tools
- Worldview Assessments Spiritual Gifts
- Personal Strengths Personality Attributes
- Spiritual Growth and Maturity
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