D-GROUPS (Discipleship Groups)

D-GROUPS (Discipleship Groups)

This Sunday night we’re taking the youth ministry to the next level by kicking off D-GroupsD-Groups is a weekly discipleship group where our High Schoolers will be circling up and reading the scriptures aloud, then openly discussing what they’ve read. I will have pointed questions prepared to help steer them in the right direction, but I am so excited to see where God steers them through their conversation. This is not a night where they’re coming to hear an adult give a Bible lesson; they are coming to read and discuss the scriptures amongst their peers.

The purpose of D-Groups is to give these youth a weekly space to dig deeper in the scriptures to learn what the Bible says, find their voice in sharing what it says, and learn how to apply it to their life. I know digging into scripture will bring them closer to Jesus and that fact alone gets me excited! We still have youth group on Wednesday night, but now we get to sprinkle this additional opportunity into the mix. We’re growing!
Growing is important in every aspect of life. Things that don’t grow die. Children need to grow. Plants need to grow. Christians need to grow. Growth requires change, and too many people do not look any different after they come to Christ then they did before. Everything about us needs to be covered in Jesus: our attitude, our relationships, our political views, the words we say, what we watch and what we listen to, how we handle adversity and disappointment, everything needs to be shaped by Jesus.

Ephesians 4: 21-24, “when you heard about Christ and were taught in Him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”

You got baptized, THAT’S AMAZING, now what? Your journey isn’t over, it has begun. The Bible says that our attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus. It tells us to imitate Him. Too many people want Jesus’ salvation but not Jesus’ lifestyle. Jesus didn’t call people to just “get saved”, He called people to pick up their cross and follow Him. This is why I’m so excited for D-Groups. Youth will be challenged to grow in their relationship with Christ. To become imitators, not just believers, of their Savior.