Use Tools for Mentoring to Accommodate Individual Needs

How can discipleship goals be accomplished in a flexible manner, accommodating individual needs, teachable moments, and the direction of the Holy Spirit?

Investing in people with real-life concerns calls for a flexible, ready-to-use resource. People need to work through many issues in common, but rarely in a pre-designed order. Often a subject needs to be revisited several times as the Holy Spirit reveals different layers of need.

• The ready-to-use Bible studies prepare you for someone's teachable moment. [See Sample Screenshot]
• The modules can be studied in any order, according to the need or the leading of the Holy Spirit at the time. This provides a relevant, tailored fit for each individual or small group. You can partner with the unique work the Holy Spirit is doing in each person.  
• Each module is splintered into sections that can usually stand alone as studies; you don't have to study a whole module if only one section is relevant now.
• Use the detailed table of contents to quickly find the module or sub-topic you need. Tap the top left corner of your screen, and then tap the blue lines. [See Sample Screenshot] Tap "Table of Contents." [See Sample Screenshot] Click on the link and it takes you to the study. [See Sample Screenshot]
• You can disciple several people at a time, partnering with the Holy Spirit's unique work in each one, using the variety of studies already prepared for you.
• Complete the "Next Steps in Spiritual Growth" to help you choose which module to work through, by yourself and/or with a friend or small group. [See Sample Screenshot] Mark the items using the highlight feature or by printing a copy. [See Sample Screenshot]
• TFM works with people in different places of spiritual maturity, from new believers to leaders who have followed Jesus for many years.

Some examples of accommodating individual needs:

You may have planned to go over how to study the Bible with your friend. [See Sample Screenshot] However, when she arrives, she is struggling with how to confront her roommate about an issue. So, you find the module "Talking Christianly" and locate the section "Resolving Conflict." [See Sample Screenshot]

Or, several of your small group members arrive battered by the storms of life. You can change your planned study to "Receive God's Comfort" in the TFM module "Suffering." [See Sample Screenshot]

 

Use Tools for Mentoring...
To establish spiritual growth goals
To accommodate individual needs
To make Bible answers accessible
To reproduce disciple-makers
In a variety of settings
For new believers' first steps
Next Steps: Where to Start
Video Tutorials

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Next Steps Worksheet (86kb PDF)