If you're making disciples, you’re on a mission from Jesus. But that doesn’t mean your relationships with people you're mentoring go out the window.
Talking Points:
- Discipleship is relationship, but there is also a mission and goal when you are making disciples. Sometimes the mission can get in the way of the relationship and vice versa. Matthew 28:18-20
- Was Jesus only about relationship? Was he only about mission? If mission is part of relationship and relationship is part of mission, he is about both.
- Discipleship has to start with relationship. We must care about people and they must know we care.
Discussion Questions:
- Initial reactions to this topic? What jumped out at you?
- Share about some relational snags you’ve dealt with as a mentor/disciple-maker.
- Read Matthew 28:18-20. What would you say is the greatest tension between mission and relationship as a mentor/disciple-maker? How can you demonstrate both love and care for someone while also hoping to turn them into a disciple-maker themselves?
- “Discipleship has to start with relationship.” Give some examples of how this looks practically.
- Is there a step you need to take based on today’s topic?
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