Effective Mentorship

Relationships Made Simple
Effective Mentorship

I. Intro

A. Proverbs 27:17 (NLT) As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

B. A mentor is someone whose can become your .

II. Marks of Biblical Mentorship

A. John 1:14 (NIV) The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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a. II Corinthians 5:14-15 (NIV) ¹⁴For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. ¹⁵And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

b. I Thessalonians 5:5-11 (NLT) ⁵For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night. ⁶So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded. ⁷Night is the time when people sleep and drinkers get drunk. ⁸But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation. ⁹For God chose to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not to pour out his anger on us. ¹⁰Christ died for us so that, whether we are dead or alive when he returns, we can live with him forever. ¹¹So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.

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a. Proverbs 27:6 (NLT) Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.

b. Philippians 4:8 (NLT) And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

III. How to Get Started

A. Find a person “ahead” of you in a particular area

B. Make a “low-cost” request of

C. Make a “low-cost” request of

D. the relationship

IV. Conclusion

“Hand up, hand down”