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The Battle Plan for Discipleship: Equipping the Next Generation

Discover the importance of intentional discipleship and leadership, learn from little green soldiers, and explore a rescue plan rooted in Deuteronomy 6. Find out how to prepare children for life's battles from birth and create a backward planning model for impactful discipleship.

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The Battle Plan for Discipleship: Equipping the Next Generation

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  1. The Battle Plan for Discipleship

  2. Did you know leadershipand discipleshipare two siblings from the same family?

  3. What do little green soldiers teach us? Even a child can get an “army” ready for battle.

  4. Planning for discipleship is planning for X or backward planningforintentional discipleship.

  5. The Rescue Plan We all have an X, the place where we are going to die. No one knows where.

  6. If you knew the X, what would you do between now and then? • What should the backward planning model look like?

  7. Has the American church gone “deeper into the cave” by repetitively doing what we’ve always done?

  8. Sadly, one hour a week is nothing when it comes to teaching our kids to passionatelyadoptand pursuethe heart ofJesus Christ.

  9. God the Father has a rescue plan, and He shared it in Deuteronomy 6. Discipleship in the home is very important.

  10. Characteristics of a Healthy Church They don’t look for something new, but refine discipleship.

  11. Scripture does not define discipleship as an event.... but as a way of life. Discipleship is learning to be like Christ, resulting in disciple makers.

  12. Biblical Foundation

  13. Genesis 1:28 “Be fruitful and multiply” meant sharing His image with the next generation not just populating the earth.

  14. Deuteronomy 6:4-6 • Teach God’s commands • Share the love of Scripture • Pass down the love of God

  15. Joshua 24:15 As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

  16. Principles for Discipleship

  17. #1: Each child is different. #2: Training never stops. #3: You should be training but also equipping others.

  18. #4: Prepare the next generation to fight life’s battles and defend their faith. #5: Prepare children for their X from the moment of birth.

  19. Timothy didn’t become an incredible ministry leader without preparation. Timothy had an X, and his family and Paul helped him prepare to face it.

  20. It is time to develop a battle plan for discipleship.

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