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Why Everybody Needs A Mentor
In the church world, mentoring or mentorship is a topic that is not discussed very often. However, Jesus Himself created a mentoring culture that was against the norm of society as He was training and developing the disciples for their future assignments in ministry.
In the Message Bible, John 15:13, Jesus says, “This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. You are my friends when you do the things I command you. I’m no longer calling you servants because servants don’t understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I’ve named you friends because I’ve let you in on everything I’ve heard from the Father.”
In the last few hours prior to the crucifixion, Jesus is further solidifying a mentoring culture for His disciples where their love should be of the nature that they would be willing to die for one another.
People who are willing to do this, do not fight with each other as they had done earlier that evening, asking Jesus who’s the greatest (Matthew 18:1-5). Jesus adds that the greatest example of love for a man is to die for his friends.
The mentoring culture that Jesus established with the disciples includes His desire for them noted in John 17:21 where Jesus says, “My prayer for all of them is that they will be of one heart and mind, just as you and I are, Father—that, just as you are in me and I am in you…”
After washing the disciple's feet in John chapter 13, Jesus says in the 15th verse of the Common English Version, “I have set the example, and you should do for each other exactly what I have done for you.” Mentoring is about learning and we never stop learning in God's classroom of ministry.
Setting the example was a means or method that Jesus used to encourage the disciples to learn His heart and mind for ministry. For us as the people of God, as leaders in our respective places of service in the Kingdom, everybody needs a mentor in order to learn how to love and to live like Jesus.
Invite a friend, family member or co-worker to join us as we discuss principles and precepts from God's word in today's podcast, "Why Everybody Needs A Mentor."
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By Dr. Gregory L. Cruell
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In the church world, mentoring or mentorship is a topic that is not discussed very often. However, Jesus Himself created a mentoring culture that was against the norm of society as He was training and developing the disciples for their future assignments in ministry.
In the Message Bible, John 15:13, Jesus says, “This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. You are my friends when you do the things I command you. I’m no longer calling you servants because servants don’t understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I’ve named you friends because I’ve let you in on everything I’ve heard from the Father.”
In the last few hours prior to the crucifixion, Jesus is further solidifying a mentoring culture for His disciples where their love should be of the nature that they would be willing to die for one another.
People who are willing to do this, do not fight with each other as they had done earlier that evening, asking Jesus who’s the greatest (Matthew 18:1-5). Jesus adds that the greatest example of love for a man is to die for his friends.
The mentoring culture that Jesus established with the disciples includes His desire for them noted in John 17:21 where Jesus says, “My prayer for all of them is that they will be of one heart and mind, just as you and I are, Father—that, just as you are in me and I am in you…”
After washing the disciple's feet in John chapter 13, Jesus says in the 15th verse of the Common English Version, “I have set the example, and you should do for each other exactly what I have done for you.” Mentoring is about learning and we never stop learning in God's classroom of ministry.
Setting the example was a means or method that Jesus used to encourage the disciples to learn His heart and mind for ministry. For us as the people of God, as leaders in our respective places of service in the Kingdom, everybody needs a mentor in order to learn how to love and to live like Jesus.
Invite a friend, family member or co-worker to join us as we discuss principles and precepts from God's word in today's podcast, "Why Everybody Needs A Mentor."