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		<title>Satan and Disciple Making 3: The Rite of Passage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A satanic test of your disciple is a rite of passage for him into kingdom ministry.  Not only should you not be surprised by this rigorous test, but you should expect it and prepare your disciple for it.  Jesus was tested by Satan prior to his ministry and Peter was sifted by Satan ahead of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imitatingjesus.org/2010/07/satan-and-disciple-making-3-the-rite-of-passage/</link>
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		<title>Satan and Disciple Making 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are some things that are not explainable in the life of your disciple apart from a satanic influence.   Not only can you become frustrated or confused with your disciple’s behavior if you do not consider the possibility of Satan’s involvement but imagine the disillusionment of the disciple who has never been taught about Satan’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imitatingjesus.org/2010/07/satan-and-disciple-making-2/</link>
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		<title>Satan and Disciple Making 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mentoring and discipling are not the same things.  The terms are not interchangeable.  Although disciple making, like mentoring, takes place in this world, it also engages a just as real spiritual dimension.  Paul writes: “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imitatingjesus.org/2010/06/satan-and-disciple-making-part-1/</link>
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		<title>When Your Disciple Dramatically Fails 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The story of Peter’s denial and restoration is given a significant place in the biblical narrative.  It presents for us the forgiving nature of Jesus, even after being blatantly betrayed by a friend, and provides an example on how we are to relate to and forgive our own disciples.   We are even allowed to witness [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imitatingjesus.org/2010/06/when-your-disciple-dramatically-fails-part-4/</link>
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		<title>When Your Disciple Dramatically Fails 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no simple formula for making disciples.   The Modern Western approach would like for you to think that to mix the right ingredients, at the right time, will result in a disciple.  I am humored at publishers trying to simplify the disciple making process into a step-by-step curriculum.    Disciples are made as a result [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imitatingjesus.org/2010/06/when-your-disciple-dramatically-fails-part-3/</link>
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		<title>When Your Disciple Dramatically Fails 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Making disciples requires patience.  Not only is the process slow but your disciple will have setbacks along the way.  Often these failures do not occur until months or even years into the relationship.  I find encouragement in the fact that Peter failed even after spending three years with Jesus.  Here he had received life giving [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imitatingjesus.org/2010/06/when-your-disciple-dramatically-fails-part-2/</link>
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		<title>When Your Disciple Dramatically Fails 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You should not be surprised if or when your disciple dramatically fails.   An intense test of a disciple’s faith is part of the disciple making process and personal failure is an element of that trial.  Your proper response to his failure is important. In Peter’s case the test came on his last night with Jesus [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imitatingjesus.org/2010/06/when-your-disciple-dramatically-fails-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Generational Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lois Synder died this year, she was 96.  Mrs. Synder taught my 2nd grade Sunday school class and directed our Christmas pageant each year at the Christian Fellowship Church. I attended her memorial service with my mom and dad in the same auditorium where in 1952 Lois had decided to follow Jesus.  When the Synder [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imitatingjesus.org/2010/06/generational-love/</link>
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		<title>Measuring Results by Generations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Begin with the end in mind”[1], so says Stephen Covey.  The end objective determines not only how I do something but also how long I will do it.   To make a disciple of Jesus requires a loving relationship over an extended period of time.  Disciple making thinks in terms of the impact that my life [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imitatingjesus.org/2010/06/measuring-results-by-generations/</link>
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		<title>Sin and Your Disciple</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sin is the principal issue in your disciple’s life.  Man was designed to love and to be loved, sin prevents both.  It has estranged him from God and alienated him from others.  It has opened his life to the dark force of shame; a shame that prevents him from drawing near to God and prohibits [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://imitatingjesus.org/2010/05/sin-and-your-disciple/</link>
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