Doing God's work, one step at a time

 When you were baptized, were you put to work right away or did someone take the time to disciple (teach/guide) you? I’ve heard repeatedly from folks that they weren’t really taught much after they were baptized. I’ve heard some say that they attended a class either before or afterwards. Here’s the thing. We’ve had an epidemic in the church for many years. It is an epidemic of a lack of discipleship. Even today with a push for discipleship, many of these things revolve around getting people to work. Don’t get me wrong, service and action are most definitely a part of the walk with Christ. However, Paul himself states in Galatians that he took 3 years to learn. 3 years. Now, Paul here is a special case. He didn’t learn from any man. The Spirit and Christ was his guide. Personally, I’ve had mentors in my life that were guides. Not necessarily teaching me but guiding me. And that’s the approach I personally take when discipling new believers. But the problem is that we have had the mo

 It is way too easy to get caught up in life and forget what this week did for the whole of humanity. We can get caught up in the hustle and bustle, just like at Christmas time, and get bogged down in a busy schedule and forget that the events of this week, roughly 2000 years ago, changed the world. Even today, Jesus is one of the most controversial people in history. People still debate whether He existed, if He actually died, was He who he said He was… Jesus himself even stated in Luke 12:51 that, “ 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.” That divide? It is between those that believe that Jesus is the Son of God, Lord and Savior, and those who don’t. To be honest, Jesus was the most well documented person in history. He existed. We have more eyewitness testimonies to His miracles than any other, plus they’re documents closer to the original events than any other as well. So, to quote the question that Jesus asked Peter in 3 of the 4 Gospels (Mt