I have lots of conversations with people from areas other than Tennessee (aka, God’s Country).
If they’re from further south, they think Tennessee weather is cold.
If they’re from the north, they laugh when we Tennesseans say, “It’s cold outside!”
A 50 degree day in the middle of July in Tennessee is freezing…in January, that same temperature would make for a beautiful day.
Cold…hot…it’s all relative, to a degree (pun intended).
One of the most important aspects of small group life at Grace Community Church is discipleship. I often say to group leaders that making disciples is the #1 priority of their group. Everything else falls under this. If your group ends up bringing 50 new people in, meet 5 times/week, and blaze through 100 curriculums/month, but don’t help those in the group become more faithful disciples of Jesus, the group is a failure.
But I quickly follow that up with the fact that discipleship is relative.
Before you write me off as a post-modern, left-wing, “what’s right for you isn’t necessarily right for me,” spiritual person, hear me out…
A step of faith for me looks different for a step of faith for you. It looks different for the guy who’s just checking out Christianity. It looks different for the guy who’s grown up in Church but is far from God. It looks even different for the student who’s been saved for 6 months and is working through different issues at school. It looks even different for the wife whose husband is deploying (to see what we’re doing to help these women out, check this out HERE).
I’m not sure we can boil “discipleship” down to 4 easy steps. It’s never easy…and it’s not going to be the same 4 steps for everybody.
Taking a step of faith, similar to your perception of “hot” and “cold,” is a matter of where you find yourself in life.
Has your small group helped you take steps of faith?
