How to Use Daily in the Word

Congratulations in starting Daily in the Word—your personal journey in biblical discipleship.

Look in Daily in the Word

Then look at the table of contents in Daily in the Word called “The Disciple’s Path to Maturity.” You can see where we are going. Now look at the “Bringing Discipleship to Life” page to see what the icons and symbols mean that you find in the lessons. Read through this. Next, look at “The Destinations of our Journey.” Seeing these characteristics come true in our lives is the real purpose for Daily in the Word.

Procedures

Daily in the Word gets its best results by meeting one on one; men meet with men and women with women. And the church leadership decides who meets with whom. Close family members and best friends should only meet together with their pastor’s approval.

Meet together at least once every week and if there are times you can’t, schedule “catch-up” meetings. Many use the internet or telephone to stay connected when they have to be apart. Never have long periods of time where you don’t meet together. It’s very important to keep your conversations confidential unless something is of a legal, life threatening or very serious nature. It’s important that the disciple only work on the lessons with their discipler and not in advance. If you’re a disciple, ask questions at any time. The discipler may need to prepare an answer for your question or tell you that the answer is coming in a future lesson. Daily in the Word is designed for you to grow in God’s Word together.

Lesson One

Understand that Lesson One is designed to lead people to Christ or to teach a disciple a complete study on Salvation. You can begin Daily in the Word with a believer or non-believer.

A Typical Discipleship Meeting

In meeting together, first, take time to talk to each other. There are times you will not even open the lessons but always encourage one another with the Word of God. Then you normally exchange your Daily in the Word and other assignments to see how each of you is doing (you’ll see these assignments in each lesson.) And the discipler reviews and signs that they were completed.

Then the discipler prays before starting the lesson. Review what you have learned before starting new subjects. In using Daily in the Word, the discipler reads any introductions and summaries and the disciple reads the Bible verses. Sometimes the discipler will read verses he wants to emphasize. The discipler reads the comments giving the answers for the blanks and the disciple writes the answers in their lesson.

The discipler prepares for the lesson by knowing the context of the Bible verses and the meaning of key words in the verses you will study. You will see an “icon” on the left side of many pages. This is an indication that there are some additional thoughts we want the discipler to know about in that section. You can find the information on the website. There are guiding instructions built into the lessons. As you come to them, just follow the instructions. Do not skip any section, page, or assignment.

At the end of each section, do what’s asked in the Reflect and Transfer. The Reflect and Transfer is designed to review and internalize the important teachings. Answer each question. You may need to prepare an answer for the Water Cooler Scenarios and discuss it at your next meeting. If you need some ideas, go to the website. Also, use the My Notes pages and My Journal pages to record your questions, notes, observations, and to record what God is doing in you through Daily in the Word. You can download more any time.

The discipler reviews what you have learned when it is time to end. Then schedule your next meeting and record your meeting in your records (see your church leaders for their record keeping method.) The discipler should close with prayer. If you need more training, visit the website; new items are added regularly. Thank you.
Congratulations again and may God multiply disciple-makers through you.