About

This framework is intended to help sincere believers deepen their knowledge of Christ at their own pace to experience Him personally. It is beneficial for both believers and church elders.  

For believer's:

• Examine - Our assessments are crafted to challenge individuals to self-examine through the Word of God. 

• Experience  - We have curated classical sermons from YouTube by sincere and reverent servants of God who have revealed the truth as it is, organized under five main topics to help believers experience the power of God through the Gospel of Jesus Christ: 

• Repentance,

• Oneness, 

• Righteousness, 

• Holiness & 

• Witness

• Effect - We aim to collect life testimonies from well-known disciples whom we have come across, categorized into four main topics to influence the community:

• Family and Cultural Roots 

• The Shattering of their Identity - Broken

• The Draining of their Passions  - Emptied

• Their Spiritual Growth  - Raised

For Church Elders (Life Group or Small Group Leaders / Deacons or Pastors):

• Examine - Rather than being content with the number of attendees, we, as faithful and diligent servants of God, should regularly assess the spiritual state of our congregation and take the necessary steps to ensure our work endures on the Day of Judgment.

• Experience - Rather than being satisfied with just intellectual understanding of the Bible, we should encourage our congregation to experience more of God's grace through His power in every aspect of their lives. In these end times, many church attendees might be misled by new revelations, prophecies, and the prosperity gospel. 

• Effect - We aim to connect and unify through the Holy Spirit, working together with a single common goal: to glorify God.

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5 Different Ministries to Edify the Body of Christ: Ephesians 4: 11

11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the [e]edifying of the body of Christ,  

As a Teacher, How can we edify the body of Christ, without challenging with right questions as Jesus did?

Practical Difficulty:

As a passionate follower of Christ, Life Group Leader, Small Group Leader, Church Deacon, Elder, or Pastor, we may have a strong burden for our congregation. However, we sometimes hold back from challenging or asking tough questions for several reasons:

• Building Trust and Accountability: Establishing trust and accountability takes time and effort.

• Avoiding Unnecessary Conflict: We may prefer to be accommodating rather than fully authentic to prevent conflict.

• Uncertain Reactions: We may be unsure how believers will respond due to their spiritual or emotional state.

• Preventing Offense: We wish to avoid causing offense that could lead members to leave the Church, Life Group, or Small Group.

• Avoiding Judgment: We might be hesitant to address issues to prevent being perceived as judgmental ourselves.

• Balancing Truth with Grace: Sharing the truth with grace is challenging, as even simple Bible verses can sometimes offend people.

Humble Suggestion to break the Ice/Silence: 

       Just share this link to "Examine" by themselves, Pray earnestly for them. May the Lord Holy Spirit (who is an Wonderful Counsellor) do the work in them through the Word of God & Questionnaires in the assessment. Most of the questions are framed to think deep on scriptures and Its not focused on objective aspects of faith but on experiential faith. Here is a step-by-step by  Roadmap to guide.

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• Self Examine - Charles Spurgeon 

• Self Examine - Paul Washer

The Heart Cry of our Lord: Ezekiel: 34:1-30

34 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock? 3 You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock. 4 You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally. 5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals. 6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.

7 “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock, 9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 10 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.

11 “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. 12 As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. 13 I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land. 14 I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign Lord. 16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.

17 “‘As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats. 18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? 19 Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away, 22 I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another. 23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd. 24 I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I the Lord have spoken.

25 “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety. 26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.[a] I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. 27 The trees will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them. 28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid. 29 I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations. 30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord. 31 You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

The Ministry of Reconciliation: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin[b] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Motive of this Teaching Ministry: I Thessalonica: 2:3-14

3 For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you. 4 On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts. 5 You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed—God is our witness. 6 We were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority. 7 Instead, we were like young children[a] among you.

Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, 8 so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well. 9 Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you. 

10 You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed. 

11 For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, 12  

• encouraging, 

• comforting and 

• urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.

13 And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe. 

If you are an 

• Life Group / Small Group Leader 

• Church Deacon or Elder  

• Pastor 

who have this burden about your congregation or fellowship, please connect with us we are happy to work with you.

For Individuals:

At your own convenience, but Its better when you find a moment, we encourage you to set aside some time in a peaceful, quiet space where you can be alone with your thoughts and connect with God. This will allow you to focus fully and engage deeply in the experience. 

For Group:

Step1: Share the assessment link during 

• Small Life Group Gatherings

• Prayer Meetings

• Bible Study Evenings

• Counselling / Mentoring

• Discipleship Meetings

• Bible Conferences

Step2: Ask each one to attend individually & ask them not to share their overall score with others.

Step3: Finally as a group discuss each of the questions.

Note: Please reach to us if any questions / concerns

Each assessment has 3 parts in it.

1. Bible Reading ~ Ask everyone to read individually & meditate about it, It may take 10 to 15 mins

2. Sermon Video to Watch ~ Play the Video for the Group, It depends on the sermon, it varies from 30 mins to 1 hour.

3. Questions to think deep & examine - Ask everyone to answer individually & meditate about it, It may take 30 to 45 mins

Once everybody done, Have group discussions to go over the questions for 30 mins. 

To finish everything this will take on an average 2 to 2.5 hrs.

For Individuals:

As many times you like to do! It help's you

• To find your Areas of Improvements (Lack of Knowledge).

• To find you Areas of Interests.

• To avoid deceptions & presumptions.

For Group:

Not very often!, At least once / twice a year will give you a better understanding of your group. It help's you

• To find the areas to focus on Teaching / Preaching.

• To avoid deceptions & presumptions.

Lamentations‬ ‭3‬:‭40‬-‭41‬

Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the Lord. Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

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2 Corinthians‬ ‭13‬:‭5‬

Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?

As we read in above verses the intention of each of the assessment is to 

• Help the believers to discover and 

• Challenge their level of understanding in Christ by themselves & help them to grow in the knowledge of Christ.

Who can take this: All assessments intended only for committed & sincere believers with 

• Poor in spirit & 

• Wise

who has the desire to learn and grow in the knowledge of Christ.

Who are poor in spirit:

• Those who live in Humility (Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭3‬ ‭AMP‬‬ Blessed [spiritually prosperous, happy, to be admired] are the poor in spirit [those devoid of spiritual arrogance, those who regard themselves as insignificant], for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [both now and forever].)

• Those who Thirst for God (John‬ ‭7‬:‭37‬-‭38 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.)

Who are Wise Believers:

• Those Who Judge themselves (‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭10‬:‭15‬ I speak as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say)

• Those Who Obey what they hear (Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭24‬, ‭26‬ Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:)

These assessments are not focused on Apologetics, Please do not challenge these assessments with following groups, they may feel overwhelmed.

• New Believers (Recent Converts)

• Youth Groups

• Unbelievers

It's time to go over the topics listed under Experience again and again and Challenge yourself.

May the Good Lord Holy Spirit (Comforter and Wonderful Counsellor) will guide you on the next steps.

If you're still interested in starting a conversation with us to explore areas of spiritual growth, feel free to reach out at disciples.connects@gmail.com. A member of our team will respond promptly to guide you on your journey.