Hi, and welcome to the Five Word Prayers Daily, a five day a week daily devotional where we share the word, prayers, in our heart.

I'm Lisa Whittle, and I welcome you to just five minutes with me, which I trust and pray will be five minutes well spent.

Happy Wednesday, friends. I hope this week is a good one for you. I'm personally glad it's halfway through, and goodness, can you believe we are already halfway through October?

We've had a great discussion, I think, this week on the daily, answering questions about church,

kind of getting down to it, I think, and today I want to dive into a question that is vital,

I believe, to not only our faith, but to the people around us, God is asking us to reach for Christ.

So let's go. There's a very popular

trend in Christianity right now. And although I'm not a bandwagon person at all, and I don't

generally like faith trends, I actually believe this is one that is very important and not really a bandwagon. I don't want to

call it that, but definitely something that's pretty popular. Jesus followers are talking a lot about

discipleship right now, so much so that it's become as of late a major emphasis. In fact,

you can call what I do on the five word prayers daily a form of discipleship. At least that's

what I pray for it to be. I want this venue to be a place you feel poured into, encouraged,

and yes, disciples in the Lord. It's something that I believe God has asked me to do in this show.

But here's what I've noticed about us as believers. Sometimes in our quest to run

after one thing, we forget about something else. It's reason number four million for why we need

the Lord to help us live out all the calls on our life. And discipleship is certainly important

to grow in Christ and become strong. Yes, that is certainly a biblical call and

expectation that we might in turn also make disciples to do the same. But there is another call in

our life we often forget, and that is to evangelize. And I have sometimes gotten this question about

this. Should we be discipling as a church or should we be evangelizing?

And this is a great question to ask. I believe that the answer is clearly both. Our call is to

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