The Way · For the one who said yes

You Received Jesus.What’s Next?

It boils down to this: be His disciple. Abide, love, serve — and repeat.

The rhythm of a disciple

Abide · Love · Serve · Repeat.

Four times Jesus says “my disciple,” and each time He tells us what one looks like. The fourth asks you to keep going.

  1. 01 · AbideLive in His Word. You will know the truth, and it will set you free.John 8:31–32
  2. 02 · LoveLove one another as He loved you. All will know you are His disciples.John 13:34–35
  3. 03 · ServeServe with a right heart and bear fruit. The Father is glorified.John 15:8
  4. 04 · RepeatStay all in. Keep your focus on the three, all the way home.Luke 14:27, 33

The Babe stage

Develop an Appetite.

I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

John1 John 2:12 · KJV

New life has begun. This stage is about forming the habits of abiding, loving, serving and repeating.

Abide · Every day

Meditate on John 8:31–32

Read it aloud, again and again, every day this week. God’s Word is where He meets with you, and your hunger grows as you feed on it.

Love · This week

Get to Know Other Disciples

Find out who the disciples around you are and spend time with them. Jesus’ new commandment is to love one another as He loved us.

Serve · Every day

Learn the Heart of a Servant

Notice the needs of the people right around you, and meet one each day. Serving matters.

Repeat · Every day

Count the Cost and Stay All In

Read Luke 14:27–33 aloud this week. Each day, choose again to abide, love and serve.

Growth here looks like

Four Marks of New Life.

When these have become habits, you begin building structure — doctrine, relationships and ministry.

Abide

Hunger

A growing hunger for God’s Word, fed every day.

Love

Belonging

Valuing the other disciples around you.

Serve

Service

Serving the needs closest to you.

Planted

Church

Being planted in a local church, and baptized in water.

A word about the church

Disciple Heart is neither a local church nor an online church. Ask God to guide you to a local church where His Word is believed and taught unashamedly — your home away from home.

Is there anything worth everything?

“Whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.”

Jesus · Luke 14:27, 33 · NKJV