In an earlier blog titled BEING A DISCIPLE MEANS BEING DISCIPLINED we discussed what the Bible has to say about discipline. It is clear that as followers of Jesus we should be a people marked by discipline. The question now is, what’s next? What steps should I take to become more disciplined? The goal of this post is to give you some practical, actionable steps to take in your journey to becoming more disciplined.

Jesus sits as King and Lord over all the earth. His humility and submission to the Father has granted us access to God and because of Jesus, we are called sons and daughters. When we understand who we are as citizens of the Kingdom, we celebrate what God has done in Jesus and we become like Jesus in humility.

70% of Americans would identify as some version of Christian and most countries would identify us as a “Christian nation.” Yet, if you were to ask 10 people on the street the simple question, “What is a Christian?” you may end with 10 very different responses.

There is a big difference between planting a church and planting a church-planting church. Around year three, new church plants must ask themselves this question: Will we play it safe and grow bigger, hoarding leaders and resources to ourselves while clinging to the comforts of addition? Or will we release control, send our very best people away and continually embrace the thrill of multiplication?

If you have the opportunity to raise support, or are invited to support the ministry of someone else, I challenge you to think beyond the transfer of funds and see the larger opportunity God has given you. It’s not a “necessary evil,” it’s a discipleship opportunity.

We long to see resurrection power fuel a movement to plant churches in college towns.