Do this with Jesus. Do this like Jesus. Do this together.
When two or more people agree to walk together in discipleship, this resource will help them look up together (keeping their eyes fixed on Jesus), look in together (being honest about personal struggles and growth areas), and look out together (staying purposeful about the whole world experiencing the grace of Jesus).
As you do life together, make a habit of asking key questions, studying important scriptures, and engaging in discipleship activities. As you walk together in discipleship, share this resource and encourage one another to multiply discipleship, so that more people in our city and world can encounter Jesus.
Key Questions to ask:
- How are you personally spending time with God?
- What are you thankful for?
- What is something you are praying for and when are you praying for it?
- What is God teaching you right now?
- How did you notice or recognize God’s presence in your life during the past week?
Key Scriptures to study:
Activities to do:
- Get baptized (if you’ve never done that)
- Spend time with God together (read the Word, worship and pray)
- Take Communion together
- Practice fasting together
- Thank God out loud for 15 minutes
- Share testimonies of what God has done lately
- Participate in Sunday gatherings together
- Look at the Names of God together and talk about them
- Attend an Encounter Night together
Key Questions to ask:
- Which fruits of God’s presence within you are you currently experiencing? (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, self-control)
- What sins do you need to confess today?
- Are there specific areas of your life where you feel stuck or hopeless?
- Who do you need to forgive?
- Are there areas in your life where you are not obeying God?
- How are you looking like Jesus?
- How are you not looking like Jesus?
- Consider the five senses of your body: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.
- What is coming into you and what is coming out? Consider what you are thinking and what you are doing.
Key Scriptures to study:
Activities to do:
- Go through a list of Jesus’ commands and talk about them
- Steps to Freedom
- Healing prayer for specific areas of your life
- Build fences and boundaries together and make a plan to pursue the path of holiness
- Read over Identity in Christ scriptures together
- Go over Wesley’s Discipleship Questions
- Participate in “Healing and Wholeness”
Key Questions to ask:
- Who are you praying for to be saved?
- Who are you sharing the gospel with? And how did it go?
- How are you serving others? (this week, month, year)
- How is your generous giving extending God’s kingdom?
- What does your outreach (local and global) look like right now?
- How are you personally using your gifts and resources to make church gatherings awesome?
Key Scriptures to study:
Activities to do:
- Go on an outreach together
- Pray for specific people who you know need to trust in Jesus
- Pray for people groups who have never heard about Jesus or the gospel
- Practice sharing your testimony with each other
- Go on a mission trip together
- Serve at church together
- Serve through Jubilee Reach
When is the best time to use this resource? Before a discipleship meeting, take a moment to pray about how to intentionally look up, look in, and look out together. This guide has a number of ideas which you can choose from, or you can always come up with your own. Aim to have one or two items picked for each category; this could be questions to ask, scripture to look at, or an activity to do. The guide is not meant to be followed in a strict sequence, but to inspire meaningful and intentional conversations and activities that help each of us become more like Jesus.
Before a discipleship meeting, take a moment to pray about how to intentionally look up, look in, and look out together. This guide has a number of ideas which you can choose from, or you can always come up with your own. Aim to have one or two items picked for each category; this could be questions to ask, scripture to look at, or an activity to do. The guide is not meant to be followed in a strict sequence, but to inspire meaningful and intentional conversations and activities that help each of us become more like Jesus.
Example Case 1
You and someone from your house church decide to intentionally walk together in discipleship. When you meet up, you’ll already have an idea for how you will look up, look in, and look out together.Look Up – You begin by asking, “What’s something you’re praying for, and when are you praying for it?” After each of you share, you read Exodus 34 together and discuss what it teaches about God. Look In – Next, you ask, “How are you looking like Jesus right now, and how are you not looking like Jesus?” Each of you answers honestly. Then you add, “Is there anyone you need to forgive?” and take time to reflect on that together and pray for each other. Look Out – Finally, you go on an outreach by praying for people along Bellevue Square. As you go, you talk about the purpose of outreach and how to do it well. At the end, you celebrate what God has done in your time together and set a date for your next discipleship meeting.
Example Case 2
A group of four men from the same house church meet for discipleship with an emphasis on accountability.Look Up – They begin by asking, “How did you notice or recognize God’s presence in your life during the past week? How did you intentionally turn your attention to him during the week?” Each guy shares and actively listens. Look In – Next, they ask, “What sins do you need to confess today? How can we help to support you in not sinning that way next week?” Everyone answers honestly, and they pray for each other. Look Out – Finally, they ask, “Who are you sharing the gospel with this week? And how did it go last week?” Giving each person the opportunity to share and get accountability for the outreach they committed to.
Example Case 3
You meet with a friend who is not following Jesus but is curious about what it means to be a Christian. You begin by praying a simple prayer together, asking God to be a part of the meeting and to reveal himself.Look Up – You read Psalms 103 and discuss what this says about God. Look In – You read all of Matthew 5-7 and talk together about what it means. Look Out – You read 2 Peter 3:9 together and talk about how God wants all people to know the good news. You ask “Is there anyone in your life that would want to hear about what we discovered today?”