The church that Bob and I attend, Berea Baptist, (located next to our house in Berea, Ohio,) started a Discipleship Ministry about one year ago. It started with a handful of people, and it now has forty plus waiting to be or being discipled. It is thrilling, to say the least! Most exciting is how this is going to grow individuals which will result in spiritual growth of our church body!
What is a blessing for me is to see the growth in the lady I am discipling. It is not that I am doing any great in-depth teaching; I am just following the lesson plan and most of all the Bible. What is exciting is that she is excited about being in the WORD and growing and growing! This is what she said, “The more I am in the WORD between the Ladies’ Bible Study and Discipleship, the more I want to be in the WORD and grow to know my LORD better!” It can’t get any better than that!!! Training others is what Jesus taught us by example. (Psalms 1:2-3) But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. (NKJV)
The added bonus, of course, is that bonding of sisterhood that results from meeting around the WORD and sharing thoughts of lives bound in Love because of Calvary!
Loving my Lord,
Donna Bennett
