Thursday's in the Truth: Personal Disciple-Making Plan

I have never been a big fan of New Year’s Resolutions.  I don’t know why, but I just never took the time to do them and when I did, it usually lasted all of about 2 days.  This year, however, was different.  I had just finished reading a book called Follow Me by David Platt (if you want to rock your world, read it, it will challenge you).  Anyways, at the end of the book, there is a Personal Disciple-Making Plan that you are encouraged to fill out.  I just so happened sit down and spend some time doing this right before the first of the year.  It challenges certain areas of your life and how you are going to make this year different. 

So, I encourage you to take the challenge.  Grab a cup of coffee or soda, and sit down with a journal and really spend some time thinking about each of these areas.  Make a plan for 2015.  How is this year going to be different?  What are you going to do this year to be a disciple?  What are you going to do this year to grow and move.

Personal Disciple-Making Plan:

1.  How will I fill my mind with truth?

            a.  How will I read God’s Word?

            b.  How will I memorize God’s Word?

            c.  How will I learn God’s Word from others?

2.  How will I fuel my affections for God?

            a.  How will I worship?

            b.  How will I pray?

            c.  How will I fast?

            d.  How will I give?

3.  How will I share God’s love as a witness in the world?

            a.  Who?

            b. How?

            c.  When?

4.  How will I show God’s love as a member of a church?

            a.  Where?

            b.  What?

5.  How will I spread God’s glory among all peoples?

            a.  How will I pray for the nations?

            b.  How will I give to the nations?

            c.  How will I go to the nations?

6.  How will I make disciple makers among a few people?

            a.  How will I bring them in?

            b.  How will I teach them to obey?

            c.  How will I model obedience?

            d.  How will I send them out?

Don’t let this list overwhelm you.  Once you go through it, you will find some of the areas overlap, and some of the things you list you are already doing.  Some of the things I was challenged on and am committed to doing in 2015 are memorizing 24 verse over the course of the year, praying daily for a dear friend who is a missionary in Africa, and sponsoring a girl from Africa.  I also had a few things on my list that I am already doing such as pouring into someone and have someone pouring into me (discipleship/mentoring relationships).

So what is on your list?