AMBASSADOR OVERVIEW • DISCIPLESHIP TWO • DISCIPLESHIP THREE

THE AMBASSADOR SERIES

DISCIPLESHIP ONE: Foundations

Audio Course

Volume One:
Foundations for Discovery

Discovering New Life
These lessons reveal what the Bible says about the foundational beliefs upon which Christians base their faith.

 God's Gift: This lesson confirms a person's salvation with Jesus Christ by showing what Christians believe and the origin of their faith. Repentance and conversion are discussed.
 
 Spiritual Growth: This lesson presents a clear understanding of communion, water baptism, Bible reading, journaling, praying, and giving.
 
 Developing Power: This lesson reveals who the Holy Spirit is and how He desires to baptize all Christ's followers in supernatural power. It gives a step-by-step suggested way to lead believers into the Holy Spirit baptism.
 
 Discovering Gifts: This gives an introduction as to why God gives gifts to His people so they can serve others. A theology of the person and work of the Holy Spirit is presented.
 
 The Church Family: This discusses the ministry and work of the people of God gathered for Kingdom business. The principles of love, acceptance, and forgiveness are revealed.
 
 The Mission of the Church: This defines the reasons for establishing a clear vision, calling, and mission for local churches worldwide. It shows the process that leadership can take to establish and stay true to the vision God gives them.

Discovering Your Mission
These six lessons teach Christians how to discover their spiritual gifts and talents to serve in the local church, reach out to the community, and to serve effectively in foreign missions. These lessons reveal how every believer in Jesus Christ has been empowered and commissioned to fulfill an assignment from God. A comprehensive Gift Assessment is included.

 Your Spiritual Inventory: A Gift Assessment given during this lesson reveals the primary gifts and talents God has placed in the lives of Christians. We learn how to become ministering servants as we give away His gifts to those in need.
 
 Releasing Service Gifts: The purpose of this lesson is to explore specific gifts that directly serve mankind: Administration, Craftsmanship, Intercession, Giving, Helps/Service, and Hospitality.
 
 Releasing Communication Gifts: This lesson explains how God communicates His strategies through gifts that reveal and speak to us today: Creativity, Tongues, Interpretation of Tongues, Discernment of Spirits, Words of Knowledge and Wisdom, Preaching, and Prophecy.
 
 Releasing Pastoral Gifts: This lesson instructs us about Counseling, Encouragement, Leadership, Mercy, Shepherding, and Teaching.
 
 Releasing Evangelistic Gifts: This lesson explains about the gifts best released outside the church walls: Apostle, Celibacy, Evangelist, Exorcism, Faith, Healing, Martyrdom, Miraculous Powers, Missionary, and Voluntary Poverty.
 
 Profile For Service: The purpose of this lesson is to create a spiritual composite of ourselves as God sees us. God has an assignment for every believer. It is revealed when we consider our passion, gifts, temperament, maturity, and availability for service.

Ministry Skill One: Leading People to Christ

The first ministry skill learned during Discipleship One is how to lead others to Christ through the use of personal testimonies. Student ministers participate in a series of hands-on practicum sessions where they deliver their story of how they came to know Christ. Then, they learn how to use it to lead their listeners into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Volume Two:
Disciplines of the Disciple

Bible Study
These four lessons are designed to motivate followers of Christ in the discipline of reading and meditating in the Word of God. It first reveals the history of how the Bible came into existence. Then it introduces the believer to five different ways of personal study that will bring revelation and understanding for years to come. This series is an excellent sequel to Discipleship One to build on the foundations of their faith.

 How We Got the Bible: This is a thoughtful explanation of how, when, and through whom the Bible came into existence. It places historical time frames to the origin of the books of the Bible and how they came together.
 
 Inductive Bible Study: This lesson presents the time tested, systematic, and practical approach for individuals to study God's Word without dependence on other resources.
 
 Topical and Character Studies: This lesson answers the questions of applying the truths of the Bible to our personal lives through a list of topics and examination of key personalities in both the Old and New Testaments. 
 
 Devotional Study and Journaling: This lesson gives practical insights, ideas, and the importance of spending quality time with God in personal devotions. Learning how to listen to God and journal what He says is vital to a meaningful and lasting relationship with Him.

Prayer
These four lessons teach Christians how to pray. The lessons are also designed to encourage all followers of Christ to expand their understanding of personal communion with a God who listens to and answers prayer. Many different approaches to prayer are discussed. Each approach emphasizes a different avenue of discipline for effective prayer.

 Petition and Supplication: This lesson prepares believers to communicate with God with specific and purposeful prayers for our personal needs, expecting Him to answer.
 
 Binding, Loosing, and the Prayer of Faith: This is an introduction to spiritual warfare that reveals our authority in Christ to release ourselves and others from spiritual bondage and into the abundant life with Jesus Christ.
 
 Intercession and Praise and Worship: This lesson expands our understanding of the importance of interceding for the needs of others. This lesson also introduces the believer to the necessity for unreserved worship and praise to the Lord of lords. 
 
 The Prayer of Agreement and Fasting: This lesson reveals how to pray in the power of agreement to assure answers to prayer by agreeing with heaven and one another. The discipline of fasting is also discussed, giving the benefits of fasting before doing ministry.

Character Development
The final four lessons of this series give the pastor or teacher a firm biblical approach for encouraging student ministers to become more like Jesus Christ. Developing our understanding of true righteousness, combined with showing forth the fruit of the Holy Spirit in our relationships, will result in a life filled with the authentic presence of God. These life-changing milestones lead into the true anointing.

 Righteousness: The importance of Christian character is defined and the awesome concept of living a righteous and holy life is discussed.
 
 Fruit of the Holy Spirit: The nine fruits of the Spirit are discussed and how we can judge ourselves in how much we are becoming like Christ using the fruit as our bench mark.
 
 Relationships: We can examine our progress as a Christian by how we treat others in our relationships and daily interaction with people.
 
 The Anointing: This final lesson draws a startling conclusion of how much a strong anointing is directly dependent on how we have developed in Christian character.

Ministry Skill Two: Leading Christians into the Holy Spirit Baptism

The second ministry skill learned during Discipleship One is how to lead believers into the Holy Spirit baptism. Student ministers first learn how to share how the Holy Spirit baptism has made a difference in their lives. They learn how to lead Christians into the power of the Holy Spirit baptism, including the release of a new spiritual language. This is all done in a series of hands-on practicum sessions.

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