Disciple-Maker's VisionSample

I like that Paul builds on yesterday's idea of one another with the next line that follows about effort. A Disciple-Maker’s community takes effort. It really does. Far enough down the road it will take big efforts like forgiveness, reconciliation, confrontation, mercy, and loving again. Early on it still takes effort, like finding someone new at your church and saying, “Hi, I haven’t met you before!” or a follow-up such as “Tell me more about you.” It takes effort in your group to value the extra prayerfulness and time it takes to text, talk, or hang out outside of a regular schedule. It takes effort to hold the heart of a Disciple-Maker you're paired with like it's your own.

Again, is a meaningful Disciple-Maker community something you discover and receive, or commit to and craft? It’s both. So gather a Disciple-Maker’s vision for your part in putting your effort into the latter.

It's certainly not a bigger and better effort on your part that God's plan for community is dependent on, but see if he'll show you today where some added effort on your part will make the Disciple-Make community what it will be.