Mark Chester Response

I enjoyed Mark Chester. I like that he compared Discipleship to kind of like a weight loss or self-help because is done in so many ways. I actually kind of found it funny that that's how he compared it.

Another thing he mentioned was about the media. We don't realize how much people are actually saved through watching television or through watching things online. Because the media is so big in our day and age, we need to figure out a way that we can anoint through the media.

In Romans twelve it talks about how God has put a gift in each person. When God created each of us he gave each of us certain gifts. We have to take into consideration that when we want to learn from someone else we learn but being someone is completely different. You want to learn from people, not be them. God has given us the gift of learning so we need to put our minds to it, and be open to learn.

Mark said, "Victory doesn't rest in our techniques, it rests in the Lord." I really like this quote and here's why. We don't gain victory through our techniques, it's by the Lord that we gain our victories. See, Jesus is the only one who is actually able to give us the victories. God is the only one that can change hearts, we can't do that and Jesus has all the victories already, it's not with my techniques that we get the victories.

One thing that not just Mark said, but many of our other speakers have said, is that discipleship is all about relationship. When you have relationship personally with somebody it builds something even more with people. When you are able to be real with people it shows them that they can trust you, i also think it allows them to be more open and honest with you and willing to listen to what it is that we have to say. When we build relationships with people we are able to show them that that's the kind of relationship that Jesus wants with them as well.