A Word to the Wise
Discipleship isn’t just about teaching someone to live like Jesus—it’s also about helping them lead like Jesus.
Too often, we overcomplicate leadership development. But when you strip it down, it's simpler than we think—and far more powerful when we make it personal.
Here are three practical ways to put it into practice starting today:
1. Ask more, tell less. Instead of always giving answers, start asking better questions. Jesus rarely just “told” His disciples what to do—He asked questions that made them think.
2. Invest in the few to impact the many. Jesus spent most of His time with 12 people. He knew that multiplying leaders happens best through deep relationships, not big events.
3. Teach people to see decisions as discipleship. Every decision a leader makes is a chance to grow in wisdom, faith, and character. Helping someone make better decisions is one of the best ways to disciple them.
Discipling leaders isn’t about filling their heads—it’s about forming their hearts.
Mac Lake, 3.17.25, Leadership Development Isn’t Complicated – It’s Discipleship
Discipleship isn’t just about teaching someone to live like Jesus—it’s also about helping them lead like Jesus.
Too often, we overcomplicate leadership development. But when you strip it down, it's simpler than we think—and far more powerful when we make it personal.
Here are three practical ways to put it into practice starting today:
1. Ask more, tell less. Instead of always giving answers, start asking better questions. Jesus rarely just “told” His disciples what to do—He asked questions that made them think.
2. Invest in the few to impact the many. Jesus spent most of His time with 12 people. He knew that multiplying leaders happens best through deep relationships, not big events.
3. Teach people to see decisions as discipleship. Every decision a leader makes is a chance to grow in wisdom, faith, and character. Helping someone make better decisions is one of the best ways to disciple them.
Discipling leaders isn’t about filling their heads—it’s about forming their hearts.
Mac Lake, 3.17.25, Leadership Development Isn’t Complicated – It’s Discipleship
Here are Four Things to Know this Week:
1. SBCAL Retreat Inspires, Connects Leader From Around the Country (The Baptist Paper)
2. DOJ Closes Investigation of SBC (Baptist Press)
3. Bring Your Career Overseas Through IMB (Kentucky Today)
4. 8 Signs That You May Be an Idolater (Chuck Lawless)
Thank you for reading this blog. I hope it is a help to you.
To the praise of His glory,
Ray
1. SBCAL Retreat Inspires, Connects Leader From Around the Country (The Baptist Paper)
2. DOJ Closes Investigation of SBC (Baptist Press)
3. Bring Your Career Overseas Through IMB (Kentucky Today)
4. 8 Signs That You May Be an Idolater (Chuck Lawless)
Thank you for reading this blog. I hope it is a help to you.
To the praise of His glory,
Ray
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