From Worship to Witness: Reclaiming True Discipleship

``I I don't need you to make converts. I don't need you to make a good member. I need you to make disciples. There is no fancy strategy. You don't have to spend thousands of dollars to send your leaders to a conference. The owner of the church said, if I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people unto me. [01:14:11] (31 seconds)  #MakeDisciplesNotMembers

spent three years with. What are you trying to say? In order for you to be disciple, to be Christ like, you got to spend more time than just Sunday morning two hours with Jesus. You can't just have a casual encounter with Jesus and expect you to be a disciple. You have to be intentional about the time that you spend with Jesus. That's what discipleship is. It's more than just a class or program. It's a lifelong journey of following Jesus, being changed by Jesus, and then helping others to experience the same. It's a relationship and not a checklist. [01:23:19] (56 seconds)  #IntentionalDiscipleship

So that means as you go, you ain't got to worry about what folks say to you because they don't have the authority. You don't have to worry if folks ignore you. They don't have the authority. You don't have to worry if they write you off. They don't have the authority. The last time I checked, Jesus said all authority is in my hands. [01:38:19] (33 seconds)  #AuthorityInChrist

My brothers and sisters, that's where we have oftentimes made the mistake when we come to worship. We come to think what God can do for us, what we what God can do for me. But but my brothers and sisters, worship is not here for your enjoyment. Worship is not done for your entertainment. Worship is so that you can be filled. And when the benediction is said, you can go and pour. [01:27:03] (31 seconds)  #WorshipToPourOut

What I really truly earnestly believe is my god given assignment is for us to look at the realities of where we are and what the word of god says. Because in the word of god, we have an answer. We have some there's nothing new under the sun. The same stuff that we are experiencing now is the same stuff that our ancestors experienced back then. [00:12:11] (26 seconds)  #TimelessScriptureTruths

Sound the alarm on everything that's trying to destroy the lives of the people that Jesus died for. Sound the alarm on unrighteousness. Sound the alarm on injustice. Sound the alarm on sexism. Sound the alarm on classism. Sound the alarm on racism. [00:14:59] (75 seconds)  #SoundTheAlarmForJustice

I don't know all of what you're dealing with. I I I don't know all of what you've come from. But this one thing I do know that if you call on the name of Jesus, he'll come to your rescue. He'll show up in your life and that which is contrary to his will has to go. [00:53:19] (34 seconds)  #CallOnJesusHeRescues

My brothers and sisters, doing what Jesus tells us to do does not require a perfect pass. It does not require you sometimes doubting. It all requires your obedience. Yes, sir. I I I may not be perfect, but I wanna do what the Lord says to I may not dot every I. I may not cross every t, but I wanna do what the Lord says do. As a matter of fact, my brothers and sisters, those who followed God did not have a perfect life. Uh-huh. But it was credited to their faith because they were obedient, because obedience will always supersede sacrifice. No matter how many songs you sing, no matter how many sermons you preach, obedience will always trump sacrifice. [01:35:59] (66 seconds)  #ObedienceOverPerfection

God did not call us to make members. God did not call us to find members. God did not call us to create Methodist, Baptist, Church of God in Christ, nondenominational, but God called and commissioned us to go and make disciples. [01:12:58] (25 seconds)  #CalledToMakeDisciples

We must return to the roots and the foundation of discipleship making as modeled by Jesus. His ministry was relational. Somebody say amen. Jesus invested in a small group of disciples, teaching them, living life with them, and equipping them to carry on the work of the kingdom. [01:18:38] (37 seconds)  #RelationalDiscipleship

Discipleship isn't just knowledge because you can know all the theology in the world and still not be a disciple of Jesus Christ. A disciple doesn't just learn about Jesus, but a disciple learns how to live like Jesus. [01:24:15] (24 seconds)  #LiveLikeJesusNotJustKnow

But I want to call the body of Christ back to its core mission. No matter how creative our purpose statements are within our ministry area, No matter how clever our slogans are, our assignment from the owner and the creator of who we are is still the same. Go into all the world and make disciples. [01:13:40] (32 seconds)  #GoMakeDisciples

We treat it as an option rather than a necessity. We get distracted by numbers, activities, and internal issues rather than the hard messy work of true transformation. [01:12:36] (21 seconds)  #DiscipleshipIsEssential

The focus must shift from mere attendance and programs to intentional life on life discipleship, transforming individuals into Christ likeness, and that will empower the church. [01:19:15] (18 seconds)  #LifeOnLifeDiscipleship

Y'all wanna know what those dynamics are? Discipline and change. Discipleship is discipline, and discipline requires self control. Discipline requires time management. Discipline requires sacrifice and commitment. Anything that God asked us to do that's gonna take us out of our comfort zone, we tell God, God, can you give me something else? [01:15:14] (34 seconds)  #DiscipleshipNeedsDiscipline

You're not making disciples because you are doing bible study. Discipleship is not a distribution of information. And yet sometimes I see that people think that they are being discipled because they are being taught scriptures. That's a part of discipleship, but that's not the totality of discipleship. [01:20:19] (31 seconds)  #DiscipleshipBeyondBibleStudy

My brothers and sisters, we have to learn how to reproduce ourselves, but slow your roll. Some of y'all don't need to. Because in order for you to do what God has commissioned, in order for you to go and make disciples, you must first be a disciple. You must first be a disciple. [01:21:34] (31 seconds)  #BeADiscipleFirst

Discipleship is actually when you impart who you are onto someone else. Discipleship is being an example to someone else. You know that you are properly discipled when as you are becoming more Christ like, who you hanging around is also becoming y'all ain't come on in here, is becoming Christ like. [01:20:51] (25 seconds)  #ImpartChristlikeness