Everyday Disciple's video: Teaching Your Family to Live Out Your Faith in Everyday Life

Ask Caesar How Do I Get Started Teaching My Own Family to Live Out Our Faith in Everyday Life With Others? in this episode of Ask Caesar, I answer the question: “How do I get started teaching my own family to live out our faith in normal, everyday life with others? What are the very first “baby steps” I should take?” Thanks for asking Frank, this is super important because regardless of where we are at in our faith journey... family age and stage of life, or if we are working and leading others vocationally, truly being and making disciples and living out our faith in everyday life with others starts right in our own home. I teach and train people all over this country, and around the world, to live and make disciples in exactly the ways you are asking. In other words, they want to live out their faith authentically in everyday life. And regardless of the context; city, suburban, rural, European or elsewhere, I have found that the starting points are exactly the same. Discipleship and everyday missional living starts in the mirror and it starts in the home. Before we can effectively lead others to know and follow Jesus in real, tangible ways in everyday life, this must become a reality in our own lives and homes. From all that we’ve learned, here are the 7 most basic, yet crucial steps that we all need to take and begin to master: 1. Learn to articulate a much bigger gospel–one that touches every area of your life today, and is truly good news. So often our understanding and articulation of the gospel – the good news about Jesus’ life, death and resurrection – seems to have more to do with our afterlife than this life. Is this how we communicate the Good News to our spouse, kids and neighbors too? People need to understand how Jesus, and being a follower of his, will affect their marriages, parenting, finances, identity, their spending habits etc. Can you tell them? 2. Start making your own family dinners more meaningful and an attractive door into community for others. This may seem super simple, but your family meal times are the best opportunity you have for discipling your kids, each other, and eventually, those God has called you to make disciples among. Any meal of the day can be special, and maybe for you it’s not always going to be dinnertime that everyone can get together, but I want to encourage you to pick one to three meals/nights per week that you put on your calendar and EVERYONE knows that those are “sacred” times. Not to be missed. Predictable patterns are key! Family dinner times can intentionally bring fun, learning and the Kingdom of God to bear in a tangible way. It also serves as a training ground and a model for how you and your family will live in community with others. 3. Find natural places in your city or neighborhood that are a perfect fit for you to make new friends and build relationships. Frequenting a café, favorite restaurant, pub or park gives you new opportunities to meet people that live near you, have similar interests and may be open to relationships. Where do people go to have a good time, and make or be with friends, in your neighborhood? As go there and ask good questions, listen and live generously, people will be attracted to you and interested in your life and family. Ask God to guide you and give you divine insight in all of this as you “pick your place”. 4. Identify which new friends and acquaintances are "leaning in" to relationship and a possible faith journey with you. There are people that God has divinely appointed for you, your family and friends to disciple and do life with. These “people of peace” seem easy to make friends with. Look for those who are open to you, interested in you, like you and want to be around you. Often these special people look to serve you very early in the relationship. You are not looking to gather a crowd. Who’s your “one”? For more information and free resources on how to do this with your family and friends, go to: http://caesarkalinowski.com