Parents are to raise their children in the Lord.  Older men train younger men.  Older women are instructed to teach the younger women.  I have heard my wife talk about how her Mom taught her to be a good mother.  Then how she and  her Mom taught our daughter how to be a good Mom, and now my wife and daughter are equipping our granddaughter to be a mother someday.

But how do you equip someone?  It seems a good place to start would be to see how Jesus equipped his followers. 

1. Show them how.  Peter says Jesus left us an example that we should follow in his steps (I Peter 2:21).  See how Jesus treated people.  Do what he did.
2. Teach Scripture.  Paul tells Timothy that Scripture is useful for training us in righteousness (I Timothy 3:16).  Read, study, and memorize Scripture.
3. Tell stories.  Jesus did his teaching by using parables/stories.  Matthew 13:34. So tell stories from Scripture, your life, your family, your friends and those in your faith community.

Watch me. Listen to what God says. Learn how others live. 

This is you equip disciple, children, young men and women, ministry leaders, and new Christians.

Make disciples.

Parents are to raise their children in the Lord.  Older men train younger men.  Older women are instructed to teach the younger women.  I have heard my wife talk about how her Mom taught her to be a good mother.  Then how she and  her Mom taught our daughter how to be a good Mom, and now my wife and daughter are equipping our granddaughter to be a mother someday.

But how do you equip someone?  It seems a good place to start would be to see how Jesus equipped his followers. 

1. Show them how.  Peter says Jesus left us an example that we should follow in his steps (I Peter 2:21).  See how Jesus treated people.  Do what he did.
2. Teach Scripture.  Paul tells Timothy that Scripture is useful for training us in righteousness (I Timothy 3:16).  Read, study, and memorize Scripture.
3. Tell stories.  Jesus did his teaching by using parables/stories.  Matthew 13:34. So tell stories from Scripture, your life, your family, your friends and those in your faith community.

Watch me. Listen to what God says. Learn how others live. 

This is you equip disciple, children, young men and women, ministry leaders, and new Christians.

Make disciples.

– Steve Ridgell, Herald of Truth Ministries