How to Make Disciples follows Doug’s journey from struggling to make a few disciples to having five generations of self-sustaining, self-replicating disciples of God. Packed with real stories, insights, and illustrations, How to Make Disciples provides a simple, proven, step-by-step process for making disciples.
WEEK three – CARD ONE
Your focus
WEEK three – CARD two
Your focus
WEEK three – CARD three
your focus
WEEK three – CARD four
your focus
WEEK three – CARD five
coach them
ask
Did everyone show up?
Did everyone participate?
How do you feel it went?
Was there much cross-talk?
We you able to keep to keep control and guide individuals?
Encourage them to embrace the fact that SD Groups are different and to be patient as folks get with the plan.
WEEK three – CARD six
coach them
ask
Did anyone seem put off by your guidance?
Did they get the idea?
What questions do you have?
Introduce the SNAP Method.
WEEK three – CARD seven
snap prayer time method
The SNAP Method gives disciples a simple way to think about what D-Group prayer time is all about and how to talk to God personally. As if Jesus walked in the room and said, “What can I do for you?”Â
S – SPECIFIC
If they pray, “God help me financially,” you may guide saying, “What exactly do you need? Fifty dollars? Wisdom on budget planning.” Disciples need to learn to ask God for exactly what they need.Â
N – NECESSARY
If they pray, “God give me a boat,” it might be interesting to ask, “Hey Bob, do you need a boat?”
A – ANSWERABLE
If Mary prays, “God save my husband,” you probably need to stop and say, “Mary, can God save your husband or does he have to choose God on his own? What can you ask God for that he can do in this situation?”
P – PERSONAL
Guide them to ask for what they need. Not what their aunt or boss needs.
WEEK three – CARD eight
coach them
ask
It is safe to assume that most, if not all, groups DID NOT cover all the chapters. This is to be expected. It takes time for the disciples and the leader to get in the groove.
Use the tips on card nine, “Keeping Bible Review on Track,” to help them keep efficient.
Share “When and How to Catch Up” on card ten.
WEEK three – CARD nine
keeping bible review on track
It takes a few weeks to get Bible review efficient. Here are some startup tips.
WEEK three – CARD ten
when and how to catch up
If you get behind in Bible review and have to leave some chapters undone, here are a few ideas and tips to decide if and how you should catch up.
Always Finish the Current Week First
It can feel hopeless never moving forward. So if you left a few chapters undone last week, ignore them until you finish this week. If you don’t finish this week, don’t even mention last week.
Always Cast Hope
We want to finish review so everyone gets everything they can get. But remember that the truths they highlighted (and everything else they read) is in them. God can and will use it to transform them. If you can’t finish, be positive. Maybe say, “I know we are still getting this down (or we had a tough week), don’t worry about it. When we get time, we will get back to those chapters. We will get this down.”
Use the Quick Fire Method
When you are doing pretty well getting each week done, chop ten minutes out of extra-Biblical review and say, “We missed X chapters last week. Let’s see how many highlights we can flush in the next ten minutes. Ready? Go!”
WEEK two – CARD eleven
coach them
talk
Quick Smart Start is a sixteen week workbook answering the top sixteen questions that disciples have asked during Discipleship One.
Share the “how to use” the workbook instructions found on card twelve.
WEEK two – CARD twelve
Using quick, smart start
share
Quick, Smart Start is the introduction of reading beyond the Bible. The workbook is highly praised and wildly successful at helping jumpstart value for the disciples. Here is how the SD Team uses it.
WEEK two – CARD thirteen
coach
ask
WEEK two – CARD ONE
Your focus
WEEK two – CARD two
Your focus
WEEK two – CARD three
your focus
WEEK two – CARD four
your focus
WEEK two – CARD five
coach them
ask
Were they excited?
Did they talk?
Was anyone a challenge?
Did they get the plan?
How did you feel?
Were you able to answer their questions?
WEEK two – CARD six
coach them
ask
Did anyone repetively interrupt?
Was anyone super silent?
Did anyone try to co-lead?
What questions do you have?
Did you use the Six Hats illustration yet?
WEEK two – CARD seven
six hats detail
Six Thinking Hats is a great book by DeBono on leading groups. Read Six Thinking Hats and how I use it in my first or second meeting before you coach this week. Lead and encourage d-group leaders to share the handout and a brief summary ending with the blue hat. Here are some tips.Â
WEEK two – CARD eight
coach them
ask
Remind them that creating thought vacuums for the Holy Spirit to speak is the goal. Remind them to only speak if they must.
Share the Power of a Question.
WEEK two – CARD nine
coach them
ask
Remind them that everyone is in individual discipleship even in a group.
Remind them that their job is protect individual discipleship by not letting anyone interrupt anyone’s moment with the Holy Spirit.
WEEK two – CARD ten
coach them
talk
WEEK two – CARD eleven
highlight focus detail
share
Year one is all about getting truth in them and helping them see the why. It is exegetical learning focused on what the Bible actually says. And it is focused on cool truths and things that apply – not on shekels. Here are some tips.Â
WEEK two – CARD twelve
second meeting agenda
Remind
The second meeting has a unique agenda because leaders need to explain how the meeting works to include Six Hats and no cross-talk.
PRAYER
5 minutes total
“What one thing do you need?”
SIX HATS – CROSS TALK
20-30 minutes
BIBLE REVIEW
55minutes
WEEK two – CARD thirteen
coach
ask
WEEK ONE – CARD ONE
CONCEPT
WEEK ONE – CARD TWO
CONCEPT
WEEK ONE – CARD three
TASKS
WEEK ONE – CARD four
TASK 1 – The Big Picture
tell
WEEK ONE – CARD five
task 2 – the agenda
ask
WEEK ONE – CARD six
TASK 2 – The agenda
share
WEEK ONE – CARD seven
TASK 3 – agenda words
ask
Don’t overwhelm.
Keep it simple.
Share how easy it is.
We have a whole year.
It’s gonna be a blast!
WEEK ONE – CARD eight
TASK 3 – agenda words
ask
Weekly Meetings
Read Daily (tell them why)
Be on time.
Five minutes of prayer.
Fifty-minutes covering Bible reading.
Thirty minutes of extra stuff.
WEEK ONE – CARD nine
TASK 4 – meeting place
ask
Is it air conditioned?
Will you have coffee? (trick)
What kind of seating?
Will you have tables?
Noise levels?
Is it comfortable to you?
WEEK ONE – CARD ten
TASK 5 – the assessment
ask
Ask, “What do you want to know about me?” Have sample quetions ready to stoke the fire.
Go around and ask, “Introvert or extrovert?”
Ask favorite food or color and why?
WEEK ONE – CARD eleven
concept and wrap up
tell
Don’t tell how it works.
Don’t talk discipleship.
Just make disciples.
Fake it if you have to.
