It’s not about training or healing but more about abiding, receiving and being transformed by lifestyle
My discipleship is not staying with learning, agreeing, reinforcing, certifying, and demonstrating. It must advance more with an abiding, transforming inner-being, reflecting, fruit-bearing of lifestyle. According to Paul, we’re not a diploma about Christ but the aroma of Christ, bearing Christlikeness in and out of our life. My assessment and evaluation of the discipleship journey are way different from that of the worldly system. In our journey, I am not being impressed by your gifts or productivity but by your faithful abiding and fruit-bearing (Galatians 5, fruit of the Holy Spirit), being recognized not by resume but by people’s testimony about you. My core family who has been with me for decades not raised for the stage or pulpit but all of them have been growing in Christ and quietly sharing his love, helping others with patience, meekness, and humble heart.
Sounds cool? But it’s not working well in this human-doing and performance-based world that is corrupt and broken. We are not that holy, divine, great, or excellent, either. As ordinary people with our own sinful nature, struggles, some gifts, and the image of God, we do life together not to impress the world but to impart the heart of Jesus to people’s deep-down inner-being that needs constant healing, encouragement, and empowerment. And this way of following Jesus starts from looking into my own deep inner-being, engaging with our Abba Father, Savior Jesus, and the Holy Spirit as well as loving one another genuinely in our community. I will start separate cohorts and discipleship programs next year but I want to remind you this, here again, it’s not about training or healing but more about abiding, receiving, and being transformed by lifestyle. In that sense, the discipleship journey already started from the first time you met me and it’s continually processing and progressing to bear Christlikeness. You know the 6 B of TFC —> Being called, Being with, Being loved, Being, Belonging and Becoming… let’s go TFC yah~~
Love you all 💛🤗