1. Welcome! NSD Vibrant Disciples Mentoring New Disciples

2. Disciples: Following Jesus

3. Reaching FORWARD! As a part of the Seventh-day Adventist movement, and recognizing our prophetic role in history, a disciple of Jesus Christ is one who is growing in an authentic relationship with God and others. I will commit to:

4. Following God through daily spiritual practices

5. Opening myself to God by participating in regular corporate worship

6. Returning time, talents, and resources to God

7. Willingly serve my local church and community in the context of my spiritual gifts

8. Anticipating spiritual growth in others by being in genuine relationships

9. Reproducing the discipleship journey in others by the power of the Holy Spirit

10. Mentoring New Disciples

11. John 15:5,6 “ If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. ” Mentoring New Disciples

12. John 15:7-11 “This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” Mentoring New Disciples

13. “The effort to bless others will react in blessings upon ourselves. This was the purpose of God in giving us a part to act in the plan of redemption. He has granted men the privilege of becoming partakers of the divine nature and, in their turn, of diffusing blessings to their fellow men. This is the highest honor, the greatest joy, that it is possible for God to bestow upon men. Those who thus become participants in labors of love are brought nearest to their Creator” Steps to Christ, p. 79 Mentoring New Disciples

14. John 15:12, 13 “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.” Mentoring New Disciples

15. “Christ is sitting for His portrait in every disciple.” Desire of Ages p 827 Mentoring New Disciples

16. Picture a journey versus a trip

17. Mentoring = a form of teaching that includes walking alongside a person you are teaching and inviting him or her to learn from your example. Mentoring New Disciples

18. John 15:14, 15 “I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.” Mentoring New Disciples

19. “The sinner unites his weakness to Christ’s strength, his emptiness to Christ’s fullness, his frailty to Christ’s enduring might. Then he has the mind of Christ” Desire of Ages p 675 Mentoring New Disciples

20. Tuned so we resonate at the same frequency Mentoring New Disciples

21. John 15:16 “I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit” Mentoring New Disciples

22. John 15:8 = 16 8“This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” 16“I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit” Mentoring New Disciples

23. Matthew 4:19 “Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men. ” Mentoring New Disciples

24. Reproducing the discipleship journey in others by the power of the Holy Spirit

25. Let’s spend some time planning to mentor a new disciple. Spend 10 minutes doing the first section on the Mentoring Activity page. Spend the next 10 minutes sharing and praying at your table. Mentoring New Disciples

26. Take My Life Take my life and let it be, Consecrated, Lord, to Thee, Take my hands, and let them move. At the impulse of Thy love, At the impulse of Thy love.

27. Take My Life Take my feet and let it be, Swift and beautiful for Thee; Take my voice and let me sing Always, only, for my King, Always, only, for my King.

28. Take My Life Take my lips, and let them be Filled with messages from Thee; Take my silver and my gold, Not a mite would I withhold, Not a mite would I withhold.

29. Take My Life Take my will and make it Thine; It shall be no longer mine; Take my heart it is Thine own! It shall be Thy royal throne, It shall be Thy royal throne.

30. Take My Life Take my love, my Lord, I pour At Thy feet its treasure store; Take myself and I will be, Ever, only, all for Thee, Ever, only, all for Thee.

31. Reproducing the discipleship journey in others by the power of the Holy Spirit

32. Disciples: Following Jesus

33. Reaching FORWARD! Following God through daily spiritual practices Opening myself to God by participating in regular corporate worship Returning time, talents, and resources to God Willingly serve my local church and community in the context of my spiritual gifts Anticipating spiritual growth in others by being in genuine relationships Reproducing the discipleship journey in others through the power of the Holy Spirit Developing in my life of faith as evidenced by the fruits of the Spirit