Do you know why churches are losing ground today? I can tell you why! I can tell you why churches are not growing but rather losing members. It's simple math! It's addition vs. multiplication.

Most churches concentrate on bringing in new members, getting the numbers up. They neglect the more important matter of discipleship, which is helping men and women to spiritually mature. Teaching these people to be more like Christ in their every thought and deed.

If you were to lead one person to Christ every day for 30 years you would end up with approximately 11,000 people who were Heaven bound because of your efforts. That's a pretty good number when you think about it. Of course when you really think about it how many of us lead someone to Christ each and every day?

Take this scenario. You lead one person to Christ and then disciple that person for the next year. In other words you help him/her to spiritually mature in their walk and teach them to lead others to Christ as well. At the end of one year there would be two of you. Doesn't sound like much but keep reading.

Now each of you win one person to Christ and take them through the discipleship process. At the end of the next year there would be four of you. Then you all do it again and at the end of the third year there would be sixteen, at the end of four years there would 256 new disciples and the process goes on and on. Do you get the picture? At the end of that same 30 years the number of disciples would be well over 4,000,000,000. WOW! Is that staggering or what?

Some of you are probably saying that you don't have what it takes to disciple someone. That's just not true. From a human perspective you could be right but from God's perspective nothing is impossible. In Isaiah 66:2 it says: "This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word." Are you humble? Do you love God's Word? Then you have what it takes to become a discipler.

Think about your life. Think about the life of the people around you. Can you think of anything more important than knowing and walking with God? Take a moment and speak with God concerning this. Make discipleship a priority in your life.