Why Christians Need Mentors

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About This Episode With great power comes great responsibility, and as believers, it's our responsibility to take care of the body. In this episode, Aaron and Jennifer Smith talk about why Christians need mentors and why every believer can be one. They share the mentors who poured into them when they were younger, and why mentoring doesn't require a degree or a dramatic testimony, only availability, honesty, and quality time that builds trust. Connecting mentorship to the Great Commission's call to make disciples, they encourage you to invite others into what you're already doing, like the woman in Malawi who taught Jennifer to pluck a chicken, while protecting your first ministries to your spouse and children.

About Aaron & Jennifer Smith Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.

In This Episode Great power, great responsibility — why mentorship belongs to every believer Their mentors — the youth pastor and home-group leaders who shaped them No special testimony required — availability and honesty are enough Building trust — repeated quality time before deeper questions arise The Great Commission — making disciples of Jesus Invite people in — mentoring through what you're already doing Generational legacy — pouring into the younger generation Finding margin — mentoring without sacrificing your spouse and kids

Scripture Referenced The Great Commission — go and make disciples

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