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I'm Dalton, a member of the Paul Trip Ministries team.

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This week, Paul provides four essential elements of biblical discipleship

to help equip you to be a better disciple maker in your life.

Here's this week's Wednesday's work.

Thank you. Here's this week's Wednesday's work. Have you ever witnessed the sin, weakness, foolishness, or failure of another brother or

sister in Christ?

Are you near someone within the body of Christ who is experiencing suffering? If you have any

relationship with fellow believers, the answer will be yes. Remember the theme of this recent string

of Wednesday devotionals. The central mission of God's kingdom on earth is spiritual life transformation,

and God chooses to use people who are themselves in need of transformation

as instruments of the same transformation in the lives of others. So whether a brother or sister

is exposed in their sin or a struggling friend comes to you in humble transparency for help,

or you recognize the suffering of a fellow believer and their need for comfort, your goal

should be that God

would use you to produce a harvest of good fruit in that relationship. For the next several

months, we will examine four essential elements of ministry relationships and biblical discipleship.

They can be summarized in four words. Love, no, speak, do. These four words do not represent a four-step process.

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