PursueGOD.org - What Does (Biblical) Mentoring Look Like?

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[mymentorjane]

I so appreciate that you're making the point that effective mentoring is purposeful. It's not a meandering conversation without an overall goal and direction. The mentor doesn't take over but rather asks a few specific questions, listens well, and encourages the other person to think and explore.

[km_reallife]

OMW! Thank you! This is SUCH informative & helpful insight and guidance on the issue of mentoring! Blessings!!

[awasungstella]

Wow! Thank you for the clarifying me more on mentoring!

[thesetruths]

Peace to you and yours pilgrims! I'm looking for information about how the Church could and should prepare young men to make/maintain adult life relationships and marry (if they want to marry). There are so many boys without fathers in one way or another, and they seem to be fed to the world like disposable heroes. And it appears our culture can have men around, but these important issues are being neglected even with them present in communities.

30 years ago I was a born-again Christian young man with no relationship mentoring. I didn't ask questions, and I guess my parents assumed I had it figured out, but I did not. And no one was around to ask in person because I was off in a fresh military career, many miles away. All of my work people were not living for God, and just winging life as well. I was in church and Bible groups but their focus was never relationship focused. I got married too soon/too carelessly and it crashed, and I got burned badly. I picked a woman poorly and it was an unnecessary disaster. It was all preventable, yet there were no precautions being taught to me as an active man in the Church. I felt like I was sucker-punched.

Now, as a father of two relatively young sons I am searching how to teach them to seek and receive mentorship, and I want to know how to pass guidance to other young men as well. There is not a lot of focused Christian material on this, and I don't find a lot of discussion or discipleship help on it whatsoever. Yet, our "churched" marriages are falling apart as much, or more, as the world's lost folks. Why is this so difficult to teach and help young churched believers with? Where are the focused Christian efforts at raising and guiding good young men and women to date/marry wisely? It sure seems like this is a super-weak link in the Church. What do you think? Is it?

It seems like organizational suicide to raise believers with little to no relationship guidance from a very early age and expect them to make a good Bride to Christ, doesn't it? They are the future of the Church. They should be better prepared, else they are very likely to crash/burn their families and run from God in the process. I've seen this happen to many friends.

If you know of any good teaching portions please share with me.

LORD, please send me to the existing guidance and experts if I'm overlooking them.

Thanks so much!

[geniabrown]

Hello!! and thank you, as I was talking, praying I should say, I ask God, Lord how do I do this...then I found you! I thought what! that was quick!! that's it, I can do that...thanks.

[romanmarkunas]

This is not mentoring in Biblical sense, these are tools for teaching. Discipleship implies doing together

[ileardgz]

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[maiberlinhernandez]

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[sergiocabrera]

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[isaacyeboah]

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