2009 October 06 Have you ever had the opportunity to influence those around you in a significant way? The term "mentor" can be very intimidating, yet mentoring is simply being willing to get involved and influence someone else's life. As you consider mentoring, Jesus is one of the best examples because his relationship with his disciples was a mentoring relationship. Mentoring consists of four basic concepts:
Understanding these concepts can help you appreciate this unique relationship and become an effective mentor.
Mentoring requires that you to be willing to get involved in the life of another person to give them support, encouragement, and true friendship. If you will invest yourself in the life of a girl in your world and allow God to lead, you will find that God takes care of the details. "Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching." Hebrews 10:23-25 (NIV)
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