A disciple of Christ

October 1st, 2023
 Training Camp is officially over. Wow, that is crazy to say. It was an experience I waited months for, but I never dreamed how wonderful it would actually be and how much deeper I would grow in my relationship with Christ.
 Training Camp taught me many important things, the first of which is how essential it is to be discipled well before we disciple others. We can not pour into others around us if we have nothing to give.
 The second thing is how crucial it is to be able to live in a healthy community of other believers and to have fellowship regularly.  Although I grew up in church, I felt like the importance of fellowship with the body of Christ was not something deeply rooted in me. Fellowship, until these past couple of years, was something that I believed was only something for Sunday morning and then I put it back on its little shelf until the next Sunday. I am so thankful for this season that the Lord is really teaching me the importance of being willing to be vulnerable and asking for accountability from other believers.
 Thirdly, I have had opportunities in my daily life back home to share the Gospel with others around me, but I was so joyful by the fact that I got to be taught more about the importance of evangelism and how it’s not this awkward thing Christians have to be afraid of. It’s as simple as going up to someone and asking how their day is going. Simple gestures of kindness can be seeds planted by the Holy Spirit into people’s lives. We don’t always get to see the fruit of that seed, but the Holy Spirit can use you in great ways to further the kingdom of God, so never be afraid to take that first step!
 Last of all, I am delighting in the fact that I get to be able to steward my relationship with the Lord better and to continue learning more about the importance of spiritual disciplines in my life and the lives of those around me. I am glad that I don’t just simply get to try and discipline myself into a better spiritual life, but that the Lord gets to train me daily on how to be a better disciple of Him. I am deeply thankful to learn more and more about how praying without ceasing has literally changed my view of this world and I am excited to be able to grow deeper in the knowledge of His Word!                   To actually be living what it means to be trained and sent out is crazy to me! I am so grateful that the Lord led me to the World Race and I am so excited for what these next 7 and a half months hold for X Squad!

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And this we will do if God permits.
-Hebrews 6:1-3
  Blessings in Christ,
           Grace Yoder