The Call to Follow Christ - Member Book: 6 Disciplines for New & Growing Believers

by Claude V. King

The Call to Follow 6 Disciplines for New & Growing Believers is a foundational discipleship resource that will guide new and growing believers to understand and begin implementing six disciplines into their daily lives. One week is devoted to each of the six disciplines to ground new believers in habits that will last a lifetime. Study is great for small-group settings in homes, churches, or community centers. Leader Guide included. (6 sessions) The Call to Follow Christ is the first of the Growing Disciples Series developed by Claude King, co-author of Experiencing God. Subsequent studies help new and growing believers understand and put into action these 6 disciplines for a lifestyle of faithful and fruitful ife in Christ. The workbook

112 pages, Paperback

First published July 3, 2006

About the author

Hello, I’m Claude King and I serve as a discipleship and church health specialist at LifeWay Christian Resources. For over a quarter of a century, I’ve been involved in helping people and churches make disciples. Many godly men have profoundly influenced my own walk with the Lord including Avery Willis, Henry Blackaby, T. W. Hunt, Archie King (my dad) and a host of others.

I thoroughly enjoy getting to help people and churches in the process of making and growing disciples, but I’m limited in how much I can do in person. I’ve begun this blog in order to “download” some of the things I’ve learned and share some messages that have impacted people and groups through the years. I also want to share resources that may be tools you can use to help yourself and others do a better job of being fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.

In His Final Command, Jesus gave us a huge assignment: “make disciples of all peoples . . . and teach them to obey everything I’ve commanded.” As impossible as that is with our human abilities and resources, we can obey that command because Jesus promises to be with us. He enables and empowers our fulfillment of this Great Commission. Let’s follow Paul’s model and strive with all His energy that works through us to present everyone perfect and mature in Christ (Col. 1:28-29).

Claude V. King, Nashville, TN

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Reviews

[Jack Hansen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This devotional I read and studied over seven weeks with a men's ministry, The Herd, at my church. The Herd met to discuss each chapter and its significance every Wednesday evening. The rest of the week was spent devoting a portion of each day reading the chapters and suggested scriptures after praying to establish a connection with God. This practice helped me walk with the Holy Spirt on a daily basis. The outcome gave me a peace of mind that I could not achieve had I not prayed. The trials and tribulations still occurred but I tolerated and faced those moments without the resistance and friction that usually accompanied them.

I pulled another book off of my "unread" bookshelf as I was in the middle of this devotional reading and it turned out to be another devotional series, A Call to Christian Patriotism; only this book's subtitle was, A Weekly Devotional Essay Series. The daily and the weekly devotionals supported each other as I put action to the assignments that I created. My daily prayer focused my weekly Christian patriot application as I engaged in Gospel conversations with people spreading the Word which included America's foundation documents, The Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.

The Call to Follow Christ came with a CD, music by Damaris Carbaugh, to enhance the book's messages. Music expressed each lesson so beautifully with its lyrics and melody. The experience was one I enjoyed so much that I noticed my interests changed over the seven weeks toward supportive choices that maintained a practice yielding a more joyous life and fuller relationship with God.