Thee Fraternity LIVE - Creating a Family Discipleship Plan pt 1
What is Family Discipleship?
We can define "discipleship" as making followers Jesus.
So a definition of family discipleship might be, creating intentional time built into the rhythms of the family’s life for the purpose of thinking about, talking about and living out the gospel.
As men - husbands and fathers - what is our role in family discipleship? Who's primarily responsible for discipling our kids?
- Their pastor or youth group leader(s)?
- Their teacher (if they attend a Christian school)
- Their peer group?
Or, are we as fathers primarily responsible for discipling our kids? And if so, what does it look like for us to create a family discipleship plan? As always, we need to look to God's word for clarity and wisdom:
- “Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4 NIV
- “These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.” Deuteronomy 6:6-9 NIV
- Charles Spurgeon asked the question, “ How can we hope to see the kingdom of our Lord advance when his own disciples do not teach his gospel to their own sons and daughters?”
As fathers, we can be sure that we are leading our family spiritually. The question is: are we leading them towards Christ through righteous obedience, or away from Christ through disobedience and apathy?
Make no mistake: this is NOT an easy calling. But it is a worthwhile calling; and one we can perform faithfully by God's grace!
In this part 1 episode we talk about family discipleship, the challenges and merits, and tangible ways we can start to implement a plan to ensure consistency.
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