Ruth and her husband have just finished taking a small group of new Christians through the "10 Commands of Christ" Discovery Bible Study.

She said that the final week was special. Everyone prayed out loud, and every single one of them said they wanted to be baptised.

One lady told the group how she'd changed. She used to be shy and nervous.

Now she's free, joyful, and confident. Ruth said you could see the change in her face over those weeks, as well as in her life.

Another lady in the group is already sharing Jesus with her work colleagues, and with someone she met at the dog park.

That same week, Ruth's husband started a brand new six-week DBS group at their church, this one on "Our Identity in Christ." People are already buzzing about it.

And Ruth herself started the Disciple-Making Training with thirteen people.

Some are already passionate about sharing Jesus. Others don't know where to start yet, but they're eager to learn.

Three groups, all running at once, all at different stages.

Most of us think of discipleship as one thing at a time. First you grow, then eventually you're ready to help someone else. Can take years - surely?

Ruth's week looks nothing like that. A group finishes, and before it's even finished, another one starts.

A training to raise up leaders starts alongside both of them.

Nobody waited until they'd "arrived" before being given the next thing. The lady who used to be shy is now sharing her faith at the dog park.

People in the new "Identity in Christ" group are buzzing before they've even finished it. Some of Ruth's thirteen don't know where to start, and she's starting with them anyway.

We can treat growing and making disciples as two separate stages, first you grow, then eventually you're ready to disciple someone else.

Ruth's week shows us they're the same movement. People grow by being handed something to do before they feel ready for it.

This is a massive change for our mindsets!

Where have you been waiting until you "know enough" before starting to disciple someone else? What would it look like to start this week instead?

I used to think I needed years more experience before I could lead someone through anything like a DBS.

But nobody in that group needed Ruth to be a finished product. They just needed her to go first.

Let's go make disciples.

Simon