What makes authentic disciples is not visions, ecstasies, biblical mastery of chapter and verse, or spectacular success in the ministry, but a capacity for faithfulness. Buffeted by the fickle winds of failure, battered by their own unruly emotions, and bruised by rejection and ridicule, authentic disciples may have stumbled and frequently fallen, endured lapses and relapses, gotten handcuffed to the fleshpots and wandered into a far county. Yet, they kept coming back to Jesus.
Brennan ManningTag: failure prodigal faithfulness disciple discipleship
You will know as much of God, and only as much of God, as you are willing to put into practice.
Eric LiddellTag: obedience discipline discipleship
Any religious person who says he does not really need human friends because God is his Friend is calling God a liar because He's the One Who says we also need human friends.
Mark DriscollTag: friendship discipleship
Jesus did not command us to "develop" leaders. He commanded us to make "disciples". The world "develops" leaders, the Church "disciples" them. The two are not the same.
John Paul WarrenTag: church leadership discipleship voice-of-the-nations
Many pastors have been reduced to secular "mentors" and "coaches" in exchange for authentic disciplers of men.
John Paul WarrenTag: mentors discipleship john-paul-warren leadershio
It takes a while for revelry to turn to reverence, and much repetition of truth to eventual turn young zeal into habitual channels for good.
Elisabeth ElliotTag: maturity training discipleship
Let not him who accepts light in an instant despise him who gropes months in shadows.
Elisabeth ElliotTag: salvation discipleship
One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is surrender to the will of God (per se) adequate to fullness of power in Christ. Maturity is the accomplishment of years, and I can only surrender to the will of God as I know what that will is.
Elisabeth ElliotTag: salvation sanctification discipleship
Failure means nothing now, only that it taught me life.
Elisabeth ElliotTag: failure discipleship
So many people come to church with a genuine desire to hear what we have to say, yet they are always going back home with the uncomfortable feeling that we are making it too difficult for them to come to Jesus.
Dietrich BonhoefferTag: preaching discipleship
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