{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Dr. Mike Jones","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.teachingministryofdrmike.org\/wp","author_name":"smitty34","author_url":"https:\/\/www.teachingministryofdrmike.org\/wp\/author\/smitty34\/","title":"Discipleship Guide - Applying God's Word - Dr. Mike Jones","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"TcmEbl6LK1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachingministryofdrmike.org\/wp\/shop\/discipleship-guide-applying-gods-word\/\">Discipleship Guide &#8211; Applying God&#8217;s Word<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teachingministryofdrmike.org\/wp\/shop\/discipleship-guide-applying-gods-word\/embed\/#?secret=TcmEbl6LK1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Discipleship Guide &#8211; Applying God&#8217;s Word&#8221; &#8212; Dr. Mike Jones\" data-secret=\"TcmEbl6LK1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.teachingministryofdrmike.org\/wp\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.teachingministryofdrmike.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Discipleship-Guide-Book-cover-Image-Final.jpg","thumbnail_width":735,"thumbnail_height":1106,"description":"This study guide on CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP: APPLYING GOD\u2019S WORD is designed to bring the believer into a full understanding of the purpose and mission of being a true disciple of Christ.  Therefore, a Christian disciple is a person who accepts and takes great joy in helping to spread the gospel (good news) of Jesus Christ. It is also the process by which believers grow in the Lord Jesus Christ and are equipped by the Holy Spirit, who resides in our hearts, to overcome the pressures and trials of this present life and become more and more Christlike.  Overall, this process requires believers to respond to the unction of the Holy Spirit and to examine our thoughts, words and deeds and compare them with what is written in the Word of God. This requires that we be in the Word daily\u2014studying it, praying over it, and obeying it, so that we can give an answer to those outside of God\u2019s ark of safety, that ask us what reason of hope we have in this life. Christian growth should be in the following areas: Putting Jesus first in all things (Mark 8:34\u201038); Following Jesus' teachings (John 8:31\u201032); and, Fruitfulness (John 15:5\u20108)."}