Step 8: Find A Spiritual Partner

Proverbs 11:14   â€œWhere there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.”
Proverbs 12:15  “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.”
Proverbs 13:20   â€œWhoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.”
Proverbs 27:17 - “Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another."
  • What do these proverbs teach us you need to become wise?
  • Why do you need other people to grow in your faith?
  • What do we need to be sharpened and grow in our faith?
Step 1: Find a someone you can trust of the same gender
  • Proverbs 11:13  “Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.”
    • You need someone who can keep their mouth shut and not expose your secrets
    • You should expect confidentiality in any discipleship relationship
  • Someone who respects your boundaries
    • You need to be able to say “No” and have them respect it
    • You need someone who won’t be offended if you don’t take their advice
    • If they don’t respect your boundaries, you need someone else to be in a discipleship relationship with
  • Someone you respect
    • It can be someone who is more, the same, or less spiritually mature than you
    • You don’t have to determine who is the “Discipler” and who is being “Discipled”
    • A healthy discipleship relationship is where you learn from Scripture and from each other
Step 2: Meet Together
  • Life
    • Just talk about what is going on in your life and get to know each other
    • This helps you to pray for each other
    • In the first meetings, you spend most of your time doing this
    • Most of the discipleship happens naturally when you just talk
  • Bible
    • Buy an ESV Scripture Journal of any book of the Bible that you agree on and read and take notes on one chapter per time and discuss what you learned
    • You don’t have to be a Bible expert and aren’t doing this to impress each other
    • Just share what you learned and talk about it and you will grow together
  • Prayer
    • Take time at the end to pray for specific things in each other’s lives
    • Ask about how things are going that you prayed for in the past
    • This is the major way you get close to each other
Takeaway: Living Hope Partners seek to be in at least one discipleship relationship