PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY
Mentoring is never about us. It’s not our skills or our success in getting others to “perform” to our expectations. It’s about pointing others towards God Almighty for all the issues and in all the areas of their lives and allowing the Holy Spirit to work in their lives. As...
TIPS is an acronym for mentors who are Transparent…
No one is perfect and neither are mentors. As role models, however, mentors should uphold certain qualities. Because of the impact we can have on other people’s lives, it is wise to uphold a few practical and godly conditions for mentoring. 1 Timothy 3: 2-4, 7 Now the overseer is...
We all need someone to walk alongside us in our Christian faith who will help us grow closer to God. It is especially helpful if we are mentored by good Christian role models who are spiritually mature and sound in their understanding of God’s word and His character. How do we...
Jesus spent a lot of time listening to people. He …
Our role as spiritual mentors is to facilitate our…
Mentoring someone takes some measure of wisdom and…
Establishing a set of ground rules for your mentor…
God’s first commandment is to love Him. Hence, our ultimate goal in mentoring a believer is to show him or her how to love God and not just to elicit some behavioural changes. We may set goals that are behavioural in nature, but our ultimate aim to for them to...
The Bible promises us that when we hope in the Lor…