Today I want to talk to you about the profile of a

disciple. Are you a disciple or a consumer? Consumerism is a culture

trait of today's society. "How was my experience?" Consumers evaluate,

review, they do not participate. They are focused on self and self's

needs. God did not call us to be consumers; He called us to be

disciples. We are not consumers of Christianity, we are disciples of

Christ. Church is not a retail outlet, a local restaurant chain, but it

is the family of God, not a place you go, but a home you return to.

Disciples are soldiers who are given authority, ability, assignment to

advance the Kingdom of God. Jesus' first quest upon hitting the ministry

was praying all night and recruiting disciples. His first order of

business was to train and empower disciples. He spoke about the

qualifications and requirements, to deny self, to carry your cross, to

be willing to be rejected, persecuted, even by family for the sake of

the love of Christ and the mission given at the Great Commission. He

left His disciples to grow the early church, empowered by the outpouring

of the Holy Spirit. He did not say to go into all the world and make

believers, He said to go into all the world and make disciples. Harvest

is plenty but the laborers are few? Pray!