Welcome to Paul Tripp's Wednesday's Word podcast.

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

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Tripp app. This week, as we continue our series on discipleship, Paul wants to take a closer look at the

word love in the love, no, speak, do ministry model provided last week. I would

encourage you to go back and listen to last week's episode if you haven't already. Here's this week's

Wednesday's word. We're about to embark on an extended series examining four aspects of a healthy, intentional, personal ministry relationship with a brother or sister in Christ.

I put personal ministry in quotes because we could use interchangeable terms.

You might prefer discipleship, mentoring,

accountability, or even simply friendship. Whatever vocabulary you prefer, the goal remains the same.

God plans to use people in need of change, you as an instrument of change in the life of someone

else in need of change. The four aspects are love, no, speak, do.

It's important to remember that these will all be ongoing simultaneously.

There is some logic to the order, but it's not as if you start at love,

graduate from that phase, and then move on to the next,

never to return to love again.

The words of 1st Corinthians 13.8 couldn't be more true in the

love, no, speak, do, ministry model. Quote, love never ends, end quote. So let's dive into love.

When I was a seminary professor, I taught a biblical counseling course that students needed to take

before graduating from the pastoral track.

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