Walking Together · KAIROS∙ME

Walking Together

The Discipleship Growth Series

From “I am loved” to “I can walk with the next person.”

Begin with Lesson 1Known and LovedOne lesson at a time — about fifteen minutes each.

This is a road walked from one end to the other — and then deeper. Volume I is the core path, from “you are known and loved” to “become a companion”; each volume after it sinks the roots further, module by module: the gospel, the Word, daily life, home, church, mission, multiplication. Every lesson is one complete reading — a passage of Scripture, a truth seen clearly, a real story, an honest response, and one small step to take this week. Read it alone in the quiet, with a companion, or with a group; if you stop along the way, the road simply waits for you to come back.

126 lessons8 volumes · 18 units~15 min per lessonread alone or together

Read it alone

Seven movements, one quiet quarter-hour — respond in the private journal as you go.

Ask a companion to walk with you

Same book, two readers — talk through the three reflect questions in ⑥ together.

Lead a small group through it

No leader manual needed — the reflect questions are the discussion; walk the action first yourself.

Not sure where to start?A 60-second quiz finds your starting point
Volume I · The Core Path

Unit 1 · God & Me

Who You Are, Who I Am6 lessons
  1. Lesson 1Known and LovedBefore you ever knew God, God already knew you.~12 min
  2. Lesson 2What's Wrong with the WorldSin is not an item on a checklist. It is a broken relationship.~13 min
  3. Lesson 3What Happened at the CrossGod did not lower the standard. He paid the price himself.~12 min
  4. Lesson 4The Empty Tomb Changed EverythingThe resurrection is an event in history, and it is also your future.~12 min
  5. Lesson 5Am I Really Saved?Assurance does not rest on how you feel. It rests on what he promised.~12 min
  6. Lesson 6The Spirit Lives in MeYou are not living the new life on your own strength.~12 min

  7. Milestone 1 · The Three-Minute Gospel

    In three minutes, tell the gospel to someone walking this road with you, and say what it means for you yourself.

Unit 2 · The Word & Me

Learning to Hear God Speak6 lessons
  1. Lesson 7Why Trust This BookWhy sixty-six scrolls are taken as the word of one God.~12 min
  2. Lesson 8One Story, Two ActsFrom Genesis to Revelation, a single thread.~12 min
  3. Lesson 9How to Actually Read ItContext, genre, original meaning, application — four steps.~13 min
  4. Lesson 10Let the Word Live in YouMeditation and memory: from having read it to having it move in.~12 min
  5. Lesson 11When the Bible Cuts Against How I FeelObedience is not burying what you feel. It is carrying it into the light.~13 min
  6. Lesson 12From Reading to HearingHow God speaks today, and how to tell the difference.~13 min

  7. Milestone 2 · Read a Whole Gospel

    Read one Gospel all the way through on your own, and write down five notes that are genuinely yours.

Unit 3 · Daily Life

Walking with Him Every Day6 lessons
  1. Lesson 13Prayer Is Not a PerformanceTalking with the Father matters more than talking well.~12 min
  2. Lesson 14Confession and RepentanceA daily cleansing, not a daily condemnation.~12 min
  3. Lesson 15When Temptation ComesThe road temptation travels, and the door out.~12 min
  4. Lesson 16Faith in the DarkIn the dark God does not always explain — but he is never absent.~12 min
  5. Lesson 17Time, Money and DesireA disciple's everyday economics.~12 min
  6. Lesson 18Rest and RhythmA life that isn't consumed is a life that was commanded to stop.~12 min

  7. Milestone 3 · A Sustainable Rhythm

    Keep one sustainable rhythm of prayer and Bible reading for four weeks running, and write down at least one restart after an interruption.

Unit 4 · One Another

From Being Walked With to Walking With Others6 lessons
  1. Lesson 19Why We Need the ChurchA Christian is not a lone ranger. A Christian is a limb.~12 min
  2. Lesson 20Forgiveness and RepairThe cross, inside a relationship.~13 min
  3. Lesson 21Faith at HomeMarriage, children, honouring parents — the hardest and most honest mission field there is.~14 min
  4. Lesson 22The Workplace Is the Mission FieldYour work matters to God.~12 min
  5. Lesson 23Tell Your StoryYour testimony: three parts, three minutes.~12 min
  6. Lesson 24Become a CompanionWalking with the next person is where this road ends — and where it starts.~12 min

  7. Milestone 4 · Become a Companion (Graduation)

    Invite one person who is a step behind you, and begin walking with them all the way through Unit One.

Volume II · The Gospel, Deeper

Unit 5 · Roots of the Gospel

What You Actually Believe6 lessons
  1. Lesson 25Repent and BelieveThe gospel's first call — turn around, and trust.~12 min
  2. Lesson 26Baptism and a New IdentityA death and a resurrection you can watch.~13 min
  3. Lesson 27Why Would God JudgeA love with no judgment in it cannot hold up a just world.~13 min
  4. Lesson 28Is Hell RealThe one who speaks most about hell in the Bible is the one who least wants anyone to go there.~14 min
  5. Lesson 29Christ Alone — What About Other ReligionsThe most exclusive claim comes from the most open arms.~13 min
  6. Lesson 30Do Science and Faith ConflictTwo books, one author.~13 min

  7. Milestone 5 · Answer Your Hardest Question

    Find the one question that has stuck you hardest, once or still, and tell a companion in your own words the answer this unit has given you.

Unit 6 · The Gospel Outward

How to Give It Away6 lessons
  1. Lesson 31Suffering and a Good GodThe cross is not a way around the problem of suffering; it is God's own answer.~12 min
  2. Lesson 32Isn't the Church Full of HypocritesJesus hates religious hypocrisy more than any critic does.~12 min
  3. Lesson 33The Gospel as ConversationYou already know the three-minute version — now learn the conversation version.~12 min
  4. Lesson 34Walking Someone to JesusNobody is argued in; people are brought.~12 min
  5. Lesson 35The First Three Months — Walking With a New BelieverThe ninety days when a new life is most fragile and most hungry.~12 min
  6. Lesson 36When They StumbleRestoring a person looks more like the gospel than winning one.~13 min

  7. Milestone 6 · Walk With a New Believer (Graduation)

    You are currently walking a new believer through Volume 1 of Walking Together, or you have already walked someone into praying to Christ for the first time.

Volume III · The Word

Unit 7 · Reading Every Genre

One Book, Seven Voices8 lessons
  1. Lesson 37Old Testament Narrative: How a Story Makes Its PointThe Bible's most common way of teaching is not a sermon. It is a story.~13 min
  2. Lesson 38The Law: Ancient Statutes and Me TodayHow does someone who no longer offers sacrifices read Leviticus?~13 min
  3. Lesson 39The Psalms: Borrowed PrayersA hundred and fifty of them, to say the thing you cannot say.~13 min
  4. Lesson 40Wisdom Literature: A Proverb Is Not a CheckA proverb is how things usually go, not a promise - tell the two apart and you spare yourself a great deal of disappointment.~13 min
  5. Lesson 41The Prophets: Not a Crystal BallA prophet's main work is not forecasting the future. It is dragging a people back to the covenant.~13 min
  6. Lesson 42The Gospels and the Parables: Stories with a BarbFour biographies, one focus; a parable does not just make a point - it gets under the skin.~13 min
  7. Lesson 43The Letters: Reading Someone Else's MailYou are reading someone else's mail - so start with who it was for, and why.~13 min
  8. Lesson 44Revelation: A Painted Scroll, Not a CipherA book of comfort written to a suffering church, not an end-times puzzle.~14 min

  9. Milestone 7 · Handle an Unfamiliar Passage

    Using the four-step method from lesson 9, work through a passage on your own from a genre you have never read before, then tell one companion what it originally meant and how it applies.

Unit 8 · From Reading to Leading

Help Others See What You See6 lessons
  1. Lesson 45You Can Lead a Bible StudyLeading a study does not take a theology degree. It takes the honesty of someone who has walked the road once already.~12 min
  2. Lesson 46Preparing: Reading a Passage Until It ShinesBefore you help anyone see it, see it yourself - a forty-minute map for preparing.~12 min
  3. Lesson 47Questions Are the KeyA good question does not test people. A good question lets the text speak for itself.~12 min
  4. Lesson 48Leading a Discussion WellYour job is not to finish talking. It is to get everyone else talking.~12 min
  5. Lesson 49When You Are StumpedThe most powerful sentence a leader can say is, "I don't know. Let's go and find out together."~12 min
  6. Lesson 50Hand This Book OnThe end point of a Bible study is the next person who leads one.~12 min

  7. Milestone 8 · Lead a Bible Study (Graduation)

    Prepare a 40-minute Bible study and actually lead it once - a small group or one-to-one - and ask one companion to sit in and give you feedback.

Volume IV · The Inner Life

Unit 9 · The Lamp in the Inner Room

Trim Your Own Wick First8 lessons
  1. Lesson 51Solitude and SilenceJesus' power came out of the place where nobody could interrupt him.~12 min
  2. Lesson 52Fasting — Going Hungry for GodFasting is not a hunger strike staged for God; it is letting your body say, "I want you more."~12 min
  3. Lesson 53The Practice of GratitudeGratitude is not something you say once you feel it; it is counting until the feeling comes back.~12 min
  4. Lesson 54The Spiritual DesertNo tears and no fire — the desert is also a stretch of the road.~12 min
  5. Lesson 55Bringing Your Emotions to GodEmotions are not the enemy. They are messengers carrying mail.~12 min
  6. Lesson 56The Comparison TrapWhat is that to you? You follow me.~12 min
  7. Lesson 57Pride and HumilityPride's best disguise is spirituality.~12 min
  8. Lesson 58The Examined DayAn unexamined day is a day where grace gets dropped.~12 min

  9. Milestone 9 · Two Weeks of One Practice

    Choose one practice from this unit (solitude, fasting, gratitude or the examen), keep it going for two weeks straight, and write down one moment in it where God touched you.

Unit 10 · Through the Valley Together

Alongside, Without Overstepping8 lessons
  1. Lesson 59The Ministry of ListeningThe first move in walking with someone is not speaking. It is handing over your ears.~12 min
  2. Lesson 60Discerning the SeasonThe same true sentence, set down in the wrong season, turns into a stone.~12 min
  3. Lesson 61Walking Through Their DesertWhat God gave Elijah at the bottom was a cake of bread and a night's sleep.~12 min
  4. Lesson 62Carrying Them in PrayerThere is a way of walking with someone in which the knees travel further than the feet.~12 min
  5. Lesson 63Spiritual FriendshipJonathan's ministry: he strengthened his friend's hand in God.~13 min
  6. Lesson 64Loving Within LimitsCarry one another's heavy loads, leave each person their own pack — love is not substitution.~13 min
  7. Lesson 65Oil for Your Own LampThe only difference between the ten virgins was the oil in their own lamps.~12 min
  8. Lesson 66The Long WalkWalking with someone is not a sprint. It is a marathon run with your eyes on Jesus.~12 min

  9. Milestone 10 · Four Weeks in the Valley (Graduation)

    Walk with someone who is in a low place for four weeks — listening, interceding, staying present according to their season, and not rushing to fix them; and explain to your pastor or a companion the boundaries you are holding.

Volume V · Home & Work

Unit 11 · Inside the Front Door

The Hardest, Truest Harvest Field8 lessons
  1. Lesson 67Let Your Family SeeWitness at home goes behavior first, words second — and the words go gently.~12 min
  2. Lesson 68An Altar in the Living RoomFamily prayer does not have to be grand — one table is an altar.~12 min
  3. Lesson 69A Marriage Made of CovenantMarriage is a covenant, not a contract — a contract protects interests; a covenant entrusts a life.~12 min
  4. Lesson 70Parenting by GracePass your faith on to your children, not your anxiety.~12 min
  5. Lesson 71Honoring Parents — In Their Lifetime, and AfterHonoring parents cannot be hollowed out by a rule — care for them while they live, remember them once they are gone.~13 min
  6. Lesson 72Whole, and SingleBeing single is not a waiting room — Jesus was single, and so was Paul.~13 min
  7. Lesson 73When Home HurtsHome can wound; God is still at work in the deepest family wounds.~12 min
  8. Lesson 74Shepherding a HouseholdYou are the shepherd of this household — from a person who is pastored to a person who pastors.~12 min

  9. Milestone 11 · An Altar at Home

    Let your family know about your faith naturally (if they do not already know), and lead a short family prayer once a week for two weeks running; if your family are not yet believers, do this instead — pray a blessing over each of them by name every day, and after two weeks review it with a companion.

Unit 12 · The Monday Disciple

Carrying the Lamp to the Desk8 lessons
  1. Lesson 75The Gray AreasThe toast, the gift, the doctored number — he who walks blamelessly walks surely.~13 min
  2. Lesson 76The Grind, and RestBetter a handful with quietness than two handfuls of chasing after wind.~12 min
  3. Lesson 77Colleagues, Not ProjectsWitness is not measured in scripts but in years of being a certain kind of person.~12 min
  4. Lesson 78Under AuthorityWhen the boss is unjust — Daniel opened his windows and prayed as usual.~13 min
  5. Lesson 79When the Authority Is YoursWhoever wants to be first shall be servant of all — authority is a trust, not a trophy.~12 min
  6. Lesson 80Open the DoorA table willing to set out bowls and chopsticks is the bridge between home and work.~12 min
  7. Lesson 81A Group at the TablePriscilla and Aquila's workshop — a workplace has room for a table with a Bible on it.~12 min
  8. Lesson 82One Life, Not TwoThe you of Sunday and the you of Monday are the same person.~12 min

  9. Milestone 12 · Two Harvest Fields (Graduation)

    Establish a settled family prayer at home, and start one table gathering at work or among your neighbors (a lunchtime Bible reading or an evening study over dinner at home), inviting at least one colleague or neighbor; then explain to your pastor or a companion the honesty and the boundaries you have kept inside it.

Volume VI · Church & Service

Unit 13 · The Body of Christ

You Belong to Something Larger7 lessons
  1. Lesson 83Committed - From Guest to FamilyThe church is not a place you browse. It is a body you grow into.~12 min
  2. Lesson 84Wrap the Towel Around YouServing does not begin with a gifts test. It begins with a towel.~12 min
  3. Lesson 85Four Portraits of the ChurchBody, household, temple, bride - before you decide what the church is, look at what God painted.~13 min
  4. Lesson 86Two Signs - Baptism and the Lord's SupperOne sign to come in by, one sign to come home to.~13 min
  5. Lesson 87Unity, Not UniformityPeople who differ with you on this are still your brothers and sisters.~13 min
  6. Lesson 88Discipline and RestorationDiscipline does not end in expulsion. It ends in restoration.~12 min
  7. Lesson 89Money and the House of GodGiving is not a membership fee. It is the outlet of gratitude.~12 min

  8. Milestone 13 · Commit and Step In

    Formally commit to one local church (join the membership roll, or tell a pastor face to face that you are committing yourself), and begin one specific place of service - do it for four weeks, then review it with a pastor or a companion.

Unit 14 · Each Part Working

Every Joint Supplying, Joined to the Head7 lessons
  1. Lesson 90The Art of Working TogetherEach one repairs the length of wall across from his own house, and the wall joins up.~12 min
  2. Lesson 91Gifts, Each to Its Own WorkFinding your gift is not done in a mirror. It is done on the field.~12 min
  3. Lesson 92From Helper to StewardA helper waits to be told. A steward gives account to the Lord.~12 min
  4. Lesson 93Bumps Along the Coworking RoadTwo great men of God parted ways, and the gospel did not stop.~13 min
  5. Lesson 94Raise Up a SecondThe measure of a ministry's success: when you are not there, it still is.~13 min
  6. Lesson 95Unworthy Servants, Beloved ChildrenService does not produce identity - identity comes before service.~12 min
  7. Lesson 96Pass the Towel OnGraduation is not stepping up onto a stage. It is bending down.~12 min

  8. Milestone 14 · Ownership and Succession (Graduation)

    Formally take responsibility for one ministry in your church (however small, it counts), and deliberately invite a \"second\" to do it alongside you for three months; tell a pastor your plan for training a successor.

Volume VII · Mission

Unit 15 · His Heart for the Nations

From Your Doorstep to the Ends of the Earth7 lessons
  1. Lesson 97The God Who SendsMission is not one of the church's projects. It is what God has been doing since Genesis.~12 min
  2. Lesson 98Praying for a PeopleThe first feet in mission are a pair of bent knees.~12 min
  3. Lesson 99The Nations Next DoorGod has moved the ends of the earth into your city.~12 min
  4. Lesson 100The Long Game at HomeGrief over your own flesh and blood can be simmered down into decades of tenderness.~12 min
  5. Lesson 101The Gospel Across CulturesThe gospel does not change; the packaging comes off first — to whatever kind of person, become that kind of person.~12 min
  6. Lesson 102The Sojourners' GospelPeople who drift understand the gospel best — it was a letter to sojourners in the first place.~12 min
  7. Lesson 103When Faith CostsWhen the fiery trial comes, do not be astonished.~12 min

  8. Milestone 15 · Adopt a People

    Choose one unreached people, or one unbelieving group close at hand (your housing block, your trade, the people from your home province), and pray for them once a day for four straight weeks while you learn their basic situation. Invite one companion to keep the four weeks with you.

Unit 16 · The Sent Ones

As the Father Sent Me, So I Send You7 lessons
  1. Lesson 104Your Sending PlaceSending does not begin at an airport. It begins where you are going tomorrow.~12 min
  2. Lesson 105Planning an OutreachLove needs a plan; a harvest needs a team.~12 min
  3. Lesson 106Partnering with a MissionaryThe ones who stay are not an audience. They are fellow workers at the home end.~12 min
  4. Lesson 107The Wisdom of Short-Term MissionsA short-term trip serves the field, not the photo album.~12 min
  5. Lesson 108Those Who Sow in TearsUnless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone.~12 min
  6. Lesson 109The Unfinished MapPaul's eyes went past Rome and rested on Spain.~12 min
  7. Lesson 110Go, Make Disciples of All NationsGraduation lesson: the two ends of the Great Commission are authority and presence.~12 min

  8. Milestone 16 · Going and Sending (Graduation)

    Within three months, plan and lead one outreach (community service, an evangelistic meal, a park event — any of these), or formally adopt and support one missionary (regular intercession, giving, and a greeting once a quarter). Explain your plan to your pastor, and invite at least one companion to take part.

Volume VIII · Multiply

Unit 17 · The Craft of Companionship

From Companioned to Companion8 lessons
  1. Lesson 111Willing to Be Walked WithEven Paul needed a Barnabas.~13 min
  2. Lesson 112Walk One Unit TogetherHow can I, unless someone explains it to me?~12 min
  3. Lesson 113Ask the Way Jesus AskedThe first thing God ever said to a human being was a question.~13 min
  4. Lesson 114Truth That BuildsLove and honesty are two halves of one sentence.~12 min
  5. Lesson 115The Pace of the FlockDrive them hard one day, and all the flocks will die.~12 min
  6. Lesson 116Never Despise the Small DaysWho despises the day of small things?~12 min
  7. Lesson 117Spiritual ParentsTen thousand tutors, not many fathers — there is a kind of companionship that hurts like childbirth.~13 min
  8. Lesson 118When He Passes YouHe must increase, I must decrease — being surpassed is the companion's coronation.~12 min

  9. Milestone 17 · Walk One Unit Together

    Invite someone a step behind you (a new believer, a seeker, or someone just starting this book) and walk one unit of it with them: one lesson a week, talking through the three questions in ⑥, asking each other about progress from ⑦; when the unit is done, debrief once with a pastor or a fellow companion.

Unit 18 · Life Begets Life

A Road That Becomes a Ring — Until He Comes8 lessons
  1. Lesson 119The Fourth GenerationThe chain breaks at the third generation — unless you are thinking about the fourth from today.~12 min
  2. Lesson 120Simple Enough to Pass OnSpirituality that cannot be passed on is usually spirituality that got too complicated.~12 min
  3. Lesson 121When the Table Is Full, Set AnotherThe day one table can no longer seat everyone is the day to give birth to a second.~13 min
  4. Lesson 122Guard What Was EntrustedThe farther it travels, the more carefully it must be kept pure — scale is never worth truth.~12 min
  5. Lesson 123The Broken ChainDemas left Paul, disciples left Jesus — the Lord tasted the pain of a broken chain first.~12 min
  6. Lesson 124Finish Your RaceMany start the race; few finish it — ending well is the last skill of all.~12 min
  7. Lesson 125The People Are the CrownWhat is our joy, our crown? Isn't it even you?~12 min
  8. Lesson 126The Road Goes OnGraduation: he began the good work, and he will complete it himself — until that day.~13 min

  9. Milestone 18 · The Fourth Generation (Series Graduation)

    Formally walk with one companion through this road from lesson 1, and within a year help him begin walking with his own next person; then pray by name for the \"fourth generation\" — the one you will most likely never meet in this life.

Stopped for a while? That is all right. The rhythm of grace is: come back any time, and continue from where you left off.

Unless a historical source is cited, personal stories in these lessons are composites of real experiences, retold with details changed.