
Batter Up! - Get in the Game
Discipleship
New Season
Our Core Values
Going Deeper
How? Jesus is our example
Matthew 28:19-20 (NIV)
““Therefore go and make
It starts with us - changing the way with think about Discipleship
New VDS
James 1:22-25 (NIV)
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.”
People who do the stuff
The game
How is God calling you to get into the game this year?
1. Getting in the game: Training
1 Corinthians 9:25 (NIV)
“Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict
3 Elements of good training
A. Coaching
God provides people to equip and mentor
Ephesians 4:11-13 (NIV)
“So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to
The on-deck circle
Who has been a mentor to you?
B. Teaching
Acts 2:42 (NIV)
“They devoted themselves to the apostles’
4 Bases, 4 Quarterly Classes
Called to be lifelong learners
C. Self-Discipline
Personal responsibility
As we grow we learn to feed ourselves
Hebrews 5:13-14 (NIV)
“Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have
Spiritual disciplines
First Base
choose the option that works for you!
2. Getting into the game: Practice
How do we get good at something?
No shortcuts
Get better at a game the more you
Matthew 7:24
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into
Doing the activity over and over
Even if you’re not good at it yet!
How do you get from one base to the next?
One
Don’t just walk, run!
1 Corinthians 9:24 (NIV)
“Do you not know that in a race all the runners
Action steps to take in between classes
Not doing it alone
Hebrews 12:1 (NIV)
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.”
Go for it! With mentors cheering us on
3. Getting into the game: Perseverance
The game isn’t over for you
Stay in the game!
Hebrews 12:1 (NIV)
“And let us run with
Getting distracted, discouraged, disoriented
Galatians 5:7 (NIV)
“You were running a
Who cut in on you, who tagged you out?
When is the game over?
2 Timothy 4:7 (NIV)
“I have fought the good fight, I have
Around the bases again!
You’re still in the game
Action Step: Get in the game
Training – Take the classes, “Connect” on Saturday February 26, “Grow” on Saturday April 30
Practice – Connect with a mentor, spiritual formation
Persevere – Stay in the game