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The Power of Disciple Making
By Larry Neville

 

When Julio Garcia passed away at 38, his body was still strong enough to donate six of his organs. Later, his wife met five of the recipients. She said something powerful that day: “Julio had a big heart, but he didn’t have life after death. Still, he lives on through these people.”

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That story captures the very essence of disciple-making. True discipleship is when your life and ministry live on—not in buildings or titles—but in people. It multiplies who you are in others, and it carries on long after you’re gone.

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This is what PC Global Network is all about.
 

We are not a movement of celebrities or superstars. We are a disciple-making movement. And that, friend, is where the real power lies.

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Key Point #1: Discipleship Is God's Plan for World Impact

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Let’s go back to 1 Kings 19:15 – 20 (NKJV). God tells Elijah:
 

“...Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place… So he departed from there, and found Elisha... Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him.”

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Elijah was powerful. He called down fire from heaven and stood boldly for God. But one man can only do so much. God’s plan was never about a one-man show. It was about spiritual reproduction—passing the mantle.

This is precisely what Paul describes in 2 Timothy 2:2 (NKJV):

 

“And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”

 

Disciple-making allows you to reproduce your spirit, your heart, and your calling in someone else, and they carry it to places you will never go.

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Key Point #2: Discipleship Expands Your Reach

 

Look again at 1 Kings 19:17 (NLT):

 

“Anyone who escapes from Hazael will be killed by Jehu, and those who escape Jehu will be killed by Elisha!”

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Elijah wasn’t going to be in those places. But what God had put in Elijah would be there—through the lives of others. This is how the will of God continues to be accomplished in places we’ve never been.

 

You may never preach in Africa, plant a church in Asia, or reach a young man in Eastern Europe—but the ones you disciple might.

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Key Point #3: Discipleship Must Be the Heart of the Church

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This isn’t about running the slickest programs or building the biggest churches. It’s about pouring your life into someone until they can carry the Gospel themselves.

 

Paul said in 1 Thessalonians 2:8 (NKJV):

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“We were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.”

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That’s discipleship. Not just teaching the Bible. Not just preaching and giving your life.

 

If we turn away from this, if our focus becomes money, buildings, or numbers—we miss our calling. We stop being a movement and become just another organization.

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Key Point #4: Discipleship Requires Personal Surrender

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1 Kings 19:20–21 (NKJV) shows Elisha’s response:

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“Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you… So Elisha… took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them… Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.”

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Disciple making requires letting go of comfort, safety, and sometimes even family expectations. Elisha had to burn his plows and cook his oxen. He was saying: “I’m not going back.”

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No one drifts into being a disciple. It’s a decision. And it always costs something.

 

Key Point #5: Discipleship Multiplies Ministry

 

Read 2 Kings 2:14–15 (TNIV):

 

“Then he took the cloak that had fallen from him and struck the water with it… it divided… and he crossed over. The company of the prophets… said, ‘The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha.’”

 

When you make disciples, you are planting future leaders who will carry your spirit and the mission of God to new cities and generations.

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Talking Points for Personal Challenge

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Take a moment to reflect on the following:

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• Who are you discipling right now? Are you intentionally pouring into someone else’s life?

• Are you reproducing or just performing? Don’t get lost in ministry activity. Make sure you’re producing ministry multiplication.

• Are you stuck in the “I alone am left” mindset? Don’t let discouragement pull you away from the mission.

• What “plow” do you need to burn? What’s keeping you from fully stepping into your calling to make disciples?

• Do you have a vision for others? Is there someone around you who needs a mantle cast on their life?

 

Let’s be honest: disciple-making is hard. It’s messy. It’s slow. But it’s the only way the Kingdom grows the way Jesus intended. Jesus didn’t build an empire. He built people.

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And he told us to do the same.

 

Let’s stay faithful to the call to multiply ourselves in others until the whole world is filled with the knowledge of the Lord.

 

– Larry Neville
Senior Leader, PC Global Network
www.pcglobalnetwork.com