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3. Don’t try to “lesson plan” everything. Undoubtedly, you should have some basic goals and objectives for what you want you disciple to learn. However, don’t be fooled into thinking you can plan how they will learn it, when they will learn it, or in what order they will learn it. Much like in parenting, life situations dictate opportunities. Given enough time, ample opportunities will present themselves for the prepared disicplemaker to invest in his/her disciple.
Please don’t misunderstand. Didactic teaching and lecture are good. I fully believe that they have their place in Christian growth as long as they are not emphasized to the exclusion of modeling and mentoring. Lecture is good, but when you add hands on experience and observation, its gooder!
Scott Attebery is executive director of DiscipleGuide Church Resources, a department of the Baptist Missionary Association of America. You can read his blog at ScottAttebery.com.
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