INTENTIONAL DISCIPLESHIP ID 2010

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In 2009, God spoke to us already that from the years 2009-2015, it is going to be seven years of harvest. This is why we treated 2009 as a year of preparation. We prepared our lives, our leadership and our base camp. We wanted to be ready when God brings in the harvest. Then in September, 2009, as I was praying to God, God sent a very clear signal in my heart that we are going to spend the whole year of 2010 investing in intentionally becoming disciples and making disciples. We call it ID2010.

Let me tell you about the first part. It is about intentionally becoming a disciple. We want to become a disciple. Jesus made a clear distinction between those who were in the crowd and those who were disciples. Jesus loved the crowd, but Jesus wants us to progress from being part of the crowd to becoming a disciple. To become a disciple, there are three things I would like to share with you.

Pastor Jeffrey Chong Video Message

Disciples have strong spiritual habits

The first thing is that disciples have good, strong spiritual habits. It is important to have strong spiritual habits. All of us desire more of God. For some, it may only remain a dream. For others, they can make this dream become a reality. What is the difference? The difference is in the actions. Our actions are controlled by our habits. With the right habits, we are able to draw nearer to God. With the right habits, we are able to encounter God in a fresh way.

[Hope Singapore Combined church service]

Disciples possess godly attitudes

Secondly, disciples also possess godly attitudes. We need to have the right attitudes. When I look at Matthew 5-7, it talks about godly attitudes. In these chapters, Jesus targeted the fact that some people were more concerned about external behaviour. For example, Jesus said that some of you say do not commit adultery, but I say to you, that when you look at the opposite sex with lust, you commit adultery. Essentially, Jesus went straight to the attitude of our hearts.

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Disciples take personal responsibility of spiritual life

Thirdly, disciples must also take personal responsibility for their spiritual life. We cannot abdicate our personal responsibilities and push it towards our pastors, leaders, mentors or shepherds. Sure the leaders will do their very best to help us, but first and foremost, we take personal responsibility to nurture our spiritual life and make sure that it grows.

Next, it is not just about becoming a disciple. It is also about being a disciple-maker. A true disciple makes disciples. Jesus spoke to his disciples in Matthew 28 to go and make disciples of every nation. A true believer is a disciple and a true disciple will go about making disciples. So this whole core value about becoming a disciple and becoming a disciple-maker is not for a few elect; it is for everyone who bears the name of Christ and for those who call themselves Christians. So we want to be intentional, to be able to teach and model for the people under our care. We want to help the people come to know God. We want to help the people, to teach them the right spirit, correct the wrong, affirm the right we want to help them understand God better and to love God deeper.

[Hope Singapore Easter Service]

ID 2010: Becoming a disciple & disciple-maker

So in 2010, we want to do these two things: becoming a disciple and becoming a disciple-maker. We want to do it with great intentionality. I have deliberately added intentionality because I believe with all of my heart that discipleship will not take place unless and until there is great intentionality. In fact, nothing great has ever happened without great intentionality. So once again, I want to welcome you to ID2010. For a full understanding and full explanation of this ID2010, log in to our website and download the sermon entitled ID2010; listen to it.

May God bless you very richly. Let us all become disciples and disciple-makers. Praise God!

Pastor Jeffrey Chong
Hope Church, Singapore Website

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