Discipleship Training Course

DTC- DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING COURSE
who is inconsistent. It brings a sense of mistrust and unreliability. It
makes people feel unsafe, and leads to a sense of insecurity. This is
an area that need lots of attention as it affects almost every area
and relationship in your life. It is also based upon practising what
you preach. It is to stick to the rules, values and standards that you
set for yourself, or household.
Protocol – Do you understand the structure and relating to
leadership? Do you follow it or slip past the ranks to the top to suite
your own needs? Simply push through the crowds to make your
voice known, or place your own stamp or demand on people,
leaders? In essence it is respecting the position, the office that one
carries, the structure and flow of a meeting or gathering. It is
being sensitive to know when to share, or not too, when to suggest
(not demand) an idea or thought. To respect leadership by
dealing with things appropriately and timely. For e.g. If you want to
do something, to run it past your leadership before just doing it. It is
polite to ask if you can do it, and it is rude to just inform that you
are going to do it. If you have an issue with someone in your
congregation or leadership to deal with it between you and them
in private. Not to run to everyone around you first. Or to shout it
from the rooftops in a meeting or gathering.
Treating people of the opposite sex – Do you respect the
boundaries of a person of the opposite sex? It is so important for
both men and woman to increase their levels of sensitivity and
respect for one another. Our conduct in this regard is a testimony
of the level of respect that I have for the image of God in each
person. It sets an example to the world of how one should treat the
opposite sex. For e.g. steer away from any suggestive
conversations, or remarks. Men, set strict boundaries for your eyes.
Ladies, always consider your dress code as this shows the levels of
respect for yourself and for men.
Being personal – When you relate to people do you always cover
your life with the masks of ―im fine‖, ―im gr8, how are you?‖ ‖never
been better‖. Being impersonal or ―plastic‖ brings a distasteful
experience in the hearts of others, something one is not even
conscious of. And more often than not, will keep your relationship
very shallow, and on a superficial level. And those relationships
rarely bare good fruit. You don‘t have to wear your emotions on
your sleeve, but be encouraged to be REAL. It‘s in vulnerability
that life is formed and depth established.
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