Quotes about Discipleship

Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.

St. Paul did not baptize uninstructed converts apart from a system of mutual responsibility which ensured their instruction.

Jesus never taught His disciples how to preach, only how to pray. He did not speak much of what was needed to preach well, but much of praying well. To know how to speak to God is more than knowing how to speak to man. Not power with men, but power with God is the first thing. Jesus loves to teach us how to pray.

Jesus never taught His disciples how to preach, only how to pray.

He chiefly used when speaking of the relations of the disciples to Himself was: Follow me.

Jesus never taught His disciples how to preach, only how to pray. He did not speak much of what was needed to preach well, but much of praying well.

Jesus did not teach His disciples how to preach but how to pray. To know how to speak to God is more vital than knowing how to speak to men. It is power with God not man that is of supreme

We offer ourselves as learners; we would indeed be taught of Thee. 'Lord, teach us to pray.

Jesus never taught His disciples how to preach, only how to pray.

Opus Dei's authority extends only to the personal spiritual formation of its members.

Believers are also trained in obedience by means of the cross. For thus they are taught to live according to God's will rather than their own. If everything went according to their own plans, they would never know what it means to follow God.

Anyone who has discovered Christ must lead others to him. A great joy cannot be kept to oneself. It has to be passed on.