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    First Steps: An Excerpt from Follow: Learning to Follow Jesus
    First Steps: An Excerpt from Follow: Learning to Follow Jesus
    First Steps: An Excerpt from Follow: Learning to Follow Jesus
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    First Steps: An Excerpt from Follow: Learning to Follow Jesus

    By Daniel McNaughton and Bryan Koch

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    First Steps, an excerpt of Follow: Learning to Follow Jesus, will help you develop the seven essential attributes of a disciple of Jesus Christ. By reading the Scripture passages, answering the questions, applying the attributes to your life, and sharing your journey with a spiritual coach, you will learn how to become a fully devoted follower of Jesus.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateMar 28, 2014
    ISBN9781937107314
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      First Steps - Daniel McNaughton

      First Steps

      an excerpt from

      Follow

      Learning to Follow Jesus

      by

      Daniel McNaughton

      and

      Bryan Koch

      www.learningtofollow.net

      Morning Joy Media

      Spring City, Pennsylvania

      Copyright © 2010, 2011 by Daniel McNaughton, Bryan Koch

      Excerpted by permission from Follow: Learning to Follow Jesus by Daniel McNaughton and Bryan Koch.

      All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other—except for brief quotations in reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the author.

      Published by Morning Joy Media.

      Visit www.morningjoymedia.com for more information on bulk discounts and special promotions, or e-mail your questions to info@morningjoymedia.com.

      Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.

      Cover Design: Staci Focht

      Interior Design: Debbie Capeci

      Author Photos: Dan Desrosiers and Dave Zerbe Studio

      Cataloging-In-Publication Data

      Subject Headings:

      1. Discipling (Christianity) 2. Spiritual formation. 3. Christian life.

      ISBN 978-1-937107-31-4 (ebook)

      Contents

      Getting Started

      An Overview of the Attributes

      Attribute One: Learn to Be With Jesus

      Attribute Two: Learn to Listen

      Attribute Three: Learn to Heal

      Attribute Four: Learn to Influence

      Attribute Five: Learn to Love

      Attribute Six: Learn to Pray

      Attribute Seven: Learn to Manage

      Attributes Overview: Decisions

      Notes

      Getting Started

      Congratulations on your decision to become a follower of Jesus! You may or may not realize it yet, but following Jesus is the most important decision you will ever make in your life. It will affect every future decision you will make on this earth, and it will affect where you spend eternity. You have made a great decision! This book is designed to help you develop in your walk with Christ so you can know and honor God the rest of your life and for eternity.

      Since it is such an important decision, it is worthwhile to take a few minutes to review what it means to become a follower of Jesus. John 1:12 describes becoming part of God’s family as a two-part decision: "Yet to all

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