So What's the Deal with Intentional Discipleship?

Over the weekend, I felt the Holy Spirit prompting me to do more justice to Intentional Discipleship (instead of jus the few cursory lines I have written so far), so here is a lay man's understanding of what it is all about...

1. I guess the starting point is that our Lord's salvation plan hinges on us KNOWING about His saving grace and ACCEPTING it into our lives.
2. The Great Commission from Jesus gives us a hint of how God intends to do that:
   "Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20
   The Lord intends to use Christians as His predominant means of spreading the good news of His saving grace and bringing fellow brothers and sisters to accept His saving grace. Yes, the Lord's salvation is dependent on the will and actions of Christians! Such is the beauty and love of our Lord that He INVOLVES us in His salvation for the world.
3. Hence there is a responsibility for Christians to (1) grow to become matured Christians, so that (2) we can do the "good works" God prepared for us to do as part of His awesome and perfect salvation plan for the world.
   "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God– not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. " Ephesians 2:8-10
   "It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ." Ephesians 4:11-13
4. So, salvation is a PROCESS and not just an INSTANCE of accepting Christ. It is a LIFETIME of the following 3 actions on a DAILY (Luke 9:23) basis.
   (a) Repentance & Acceptance of Christ as Lord
   (b) Making a fundermental change to live a Spirit led life (Galatians 5:16-18) , i.e. becoming a Disciple of Christ
   (c) Doing good works - i.e. service in church - among believers (Ministry) and service among non-believers (Evangelism)
5. And... finally, Intentional Discipleship is (as the name implies) a DELIBERATE process to grow into a true Disciple of Christ and to help others become Disciples of Christ, in accordance to the Lord's good, pleasing and perfect will. The actual process itself varies and there is much material on Intentional Discipleship on the Internet, but for me, the functional components are:
   (a) Putting God first in everything, everyday.
   “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." Luke 9:23
   “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." John 15:5
   (b) Learning to be a Disciple - being a living sacrifice. Building a RELATIONSHIP with God though the two pillars of studying His Word and prayer.
   "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God–this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is–his good, pleasing and perfect will." Romans 12:1-2
   (c) Service in church (ministry) and among non-believers (evanglism) - see Ephesians 4:11-13 ab0ve. Checking myself against the fruit of the Spirit.
   "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and selfcontrol. Against such things there is no law. " Galatians 5:22-23
   “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful." John 15:1-2