We're all to go and bring people to the knowledge of the Savior and begin the process of nurturing and developing.

We're all to pick up those that the Lord brings across our path who need to be disciples.

And there might be all different kinds of relationships involved in it.

I've always said that

discipling is nothing more than building a true friendship with a spiritual

center. Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson.

When you're facing an important career decision or wondering how to apply biblical

principles to your life or considering how God would have you discipline your child, where

do you turn for help? Whom do you rely on for practical wisdom in how to apply

scripture to your everyday life? And is anyone depending on you for answers? Do you have opportunities to give biblical

encouragement to other people? The Lord expects his people to pass along biblical

truth to one another, in the family certainly, and even through other relationships.

Simply put, it's called discipleship.

Today on Grace to you, John MacArthur looks at the importance of discipleship in your life and in your church as

John continues his study the anatomy of a church. My life is the church in many ways.

I don't have a nine to five job. It never ends. You never stop doing

what you do when you minister in the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ and as a

believer you don't either. Life for me is the Church of Jesus Christ. Every

waking moment of my life, thoughts in my mind have to do with his kingdom and his work and his people

and his word.

It's a total saturation. I've been called to unique calling and I

understand that and with gratitude express my appreciation to God. And while there is tremendous joy and

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