Constant In Prayer

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Discipleship Study – Be – Romans 12:12 – Constant In Prayer – Growing As Disciples

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Romans 12:12 (ESV)

Constant

That is the word that I would like to describe my prayer life with you. What word is that? I would like to be constant in prayer with you. What do you mean by that? I want to live in a constant dialogue of prayer with you. I want to be talking to you constantly. I want to be listening to you constantly. That is a very good desire.

I know that you would like me to be joyful. I know that you would like me to rejoice in the hope that I have in you. Yes, that’s true. I think there is only one way for me to be joyful and rejoicing in the hope I have in you. How is that? If I want to be full of joy and rejoicing in you I will need to keep my heart and mind and life focused on you. This is a broken world. This world is filled with trials. I will face pain and suffering and difficulty in this life. This world will do its very best to discourage and defeat me. If I keep my heart and mind and life focused on the difficulties of this life I will not be filled with joy. I will not be able to rejoice in the hope I have in you. No, you will not. Only as I keep my heart and mind and life focused on you will I be joyful and rejoicing in the hope I have in you. That’s true. So, I need you to do a work in me. What kind of work do you want me to do in you?  I want you to help me to be constant in prayer. I want you to strengthen my ability to live and walk in a daily, moment by moment dialogue of prayer with you. I want to be able to hear your voice. I want you to hear my voice. I want to be able to pray prayers that you will hear and answer. I want to pray prayers that are according to your purposes. I want to pray prayers that are part of your plan. Only you can make me able to be constant in prayer. Only you can teach and train me to live and walk with you in a dialogue of prayer. Will you do this for me? Will you teach me to be constant in prayer? Yes, I will.

I know that you want me to be patient in tribulation. Yes, I do. I have not been patient. I am not a patient person. I have been especially impatient in tribulation. I’ve noticed. Do you have any idea how you might be able to be patient in tribulation? Yes, I do. As you teach me to be constant in prayer I will not only become joyful and rejoicing in the hope I have in you, I will also become patient in tribulation. As you teach me to be constant in prayer you will be accomplishing both these purposes in me. Yes, I will. I welcome you to begin your work in me now. That is very good.

Lord, I do want to live my life in a constant dialogue of prayer with you. I will draw near to you. I know you will draw near to me. Guide the thoughts of my mind and prayers of my heart. Help me to rejoice in hope and be patient in tribulation as I follow you. Amen

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Filled With The Spirit

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Be – Ephesians 5:15-18 – Filled With The Spirit – Growing As Disciples

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, Ephesians 5:15-18 (ESV) 

Look 

That is a very important word. What word? Look, I want you to look carefully how you walk through life. I understand the word look. I hear what you are saying to me. I’m just not sure what I am supposed to look at that will help me to walk carefully through life. I will ask you a few questions to help you to understand. I’m listening. How well have you walked through life when you have looked to yourself for wisdom and understanding? I can easily answer that question. When I have looked to myself for wisdom and understanding I have not walked carefully through life. I have made huge mistakes. I have taken gigantic missteps. I have gone completely the wrong direction. I have wasted a tremendous amount of time. My own weak understanding and faulty wisdom has led me to sin against you in my thoughts, words, and deeds. I have done what I should not have done. I have failed to do what I should have done. So, your own wisdom and understanding has not helped you to walk carefully through life or make the best use of your time. That’s right.

Are you ready for another question? Yes, I am. How has looking at the wisdom and understanding of the world helped you to look and walk carefully through life. Looking to the world for wisdom and understanding has been no better and probably far worse than looking to my own. Why is that? The world’s wisdom and understanding stands in direct opposition to you. Yes, it does. I would never be able to live the life you have called me to live if I looked for advice from the world. So, you have ruled out following the wisdom and understanding of the world. Yes, I have. That’s good. 

So far, you have ruled out following your own and the world’s wisdom and understanding. That’s right. What else does that leave? I will look to you to follow your wisdom and understanding. That’s good. Where will you find my wisdom and understanding? I will find your wisdom and understanding in your word. Yes, you will. I will meet with you in your word. I will listen carefully to everything you want to say to me. I will look to guidance and direction from you in your word. Who will help you to understand and apply my word to your life? Your Holy Spirit will help me to understand your word. Your Holy Spirit will apply your word to my life. Your Holy Spirit will help me to make the best use of my time by living the life that you have called me to live. That’s right. That’s what I want. That’s what I will do. That will be very good.

Lord, help me to walk carefully through life. Help me to live a wise life. I want to know and do your will. I will walk away from evil. I will make the very best use of the time you have given to me. Holy Spirit, empower me to live the life I have been called to live. Amen

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Founded On The Rock

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Freedom – Matthew 7:24-27 – Founded On The Rock – Growing As Disciples

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” Matthew 7:24-27 (ESV)  

Hear And Do

Do you want to build your life on a firm foundation? Do you want your life to be able to withstand the storms of life? Why are you asking me these questions? These are very important questions. Why is that? You can be certain that storms will come into your life. Storms came into my life. Storms will come into your life. Storms are inevitable. I would like you to be prepared for the storms of life. I would like you to be able to withstand the storms of life. Then we certainly want the same thing.

How can I withstand the storms of life? How can I build my life on a firm foundation? You will need to do two things regularly if you want to build your life on a firm foundation and withstand the storms of life. I’m listening. You have my full attention. That’s good. You are already on the right track. What do you mean by that? You must listen to my word. You must give my word your full attention. Take my word into your heart and mind and life. Let my word dwell in you richly. Think about my word day and night. Let my word be your meditation. Let my word change your heart. Let my word transform your mind. Let my word guide your life. Don’t let a day go by that you don’t meet with me in my word. Is there any day that you do not need to hear from me? Is there any time that you can live without my guidance and counsel? No, there is not any day that I don’t need to hear from you. I will listen to hear all that you want to say to me. That is very good.  This is the first part of what you must do if you want to build your life on a firm foundation and be able to withstand the storms of life. 

What else must I do if I want to build my life on a firm foundation and be able to withstand the storms of life? You must put my word into practice. It is not enough to hear my word. You must do what my word says. It will do you no good to only hear my word. Putting my word into practice will build a strong foundation for your life. Putting my word into practice will make you able to withstand the storms of life. Will you hear and do my word? Yes Lord, I will. That will be very good.

Lord, I want your word to be my firm foundation. I will make time every day to hear and put your word into practice. Use your word to guide me away from storms in life. Use your word to help me to withstand all storms in life and free me from worry about them. Amen

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The Gift Of God

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Freedom – Romans 6:23 – The Gift Of God – Growing As Disciples

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 (NIV)

New Life

You left your old life of sin. You have walked away from your old ways of thinking, speaking and acting. You have heard my call. You have come to me. You have turned your life over to me. That is exactly what I have done. You got my attention. You made me able to hear your voice. You drew me to yourself. You pulled me out of the muck and mire of my old life. You set me on a firm foundation. You took me off the path that was leading away from you. You set me on a new path of loving, following and serving you. You gave me a completely new life to live. Yes, I did. My life is in your hands. It is my desire and joy to live my life with and for you. That is very good.

I don’t know where you will lead me. I don’t know what you will ask of me. All I know is that you have given me a completely new life of salvation to live that starts now and will continue forever. Where I will go, what I will do and what will unfold are all a mystery and an exciting journey for me. I do know some things for certain. What’s that? You are good. You are kind. You are loving. You have a purpose and plan for my life. You will use me to bear fruit for your kingdom. You will use me to bring glory to your name. Your hand will be on me. You will be with me. You will help me on every step of my way as I walk this new life of salvation with you. Yes, I will.

I want to tell you a few things. What’s that? I love you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength. There is no place I would rather be than in your presence. There is nothing I would rather do than follow and serve you. I want to thank you for rescuing me from a life without you. I didn’t earn your favor. I did not merit your salvation. All that you have given to me has come to me as a gift. What a great and glorious gift you have given to me. I am thankful for the life of salvation that I have been given to live in you both now and forever. That is very good.

Lord, I was receiving deathly wages for my sinful life. Thank you for drawing me to you and helping me to turn away from life of sin. Thank you for your forgiveness and cleansing of all my sin. Thank you for giving me a new life to live in you now and forever. Amen

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Look Lustfully

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Character – Job 31:1 – Look Lustfully – Growing As Disciples

“I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl. Job 31:1 (NIV)

Commitment

Do you want to live a life that is pleasing to me? Do you want to live the life that I have called you to live? Yes, I want to live a life that is pleasing to you. Yes, I want to live the life that you have called me to live. How can I live a life that is pleasing to you? How can I live the life that you have called me to live? Those are very good questions. You have heard my call. You have heard me calling you to come to me. Yes, I have heard your call. Yes, I have come to you. What did you need to do to respond to my call? What did you need to do to come to me? I needed to turn away from my old life to respond to your call and come to you. That’s right. You left your old life behind. You turned away from your sin. You said that you were going to follow me as your Savior and Lord. Yes, I did. I meant it. That is what I have done. Yes, you have left your old life of sin behind. Do you think leaving your old life of sin behind you is a one-time decision? I’m not sure. If leaving my old life of sin behind me is a one-time decision then it needs to be reaffirmed continually. What do you mean by that? I need to reaffirm moment by moment and day by day that I have left my old life of sin behind to love, follow and serve you as my Savior and Lord. That’s right.

Have you had any difficulty leaving your old life of sin behind you? Yes, I have had difficulty continually leaving my old life of sin behind me. I have made a commitment to not let anything into my life that will feed and sustain sin growing in me. That is very good. How has that worked out for you? It hasn’t been enough. Why is that? I cannot live the life that you have called me to live without your help. No, you cannot. How do you think I will make you able to live a life that is pleasing to me? You will change my heart. You will transform my mind. How will I do that? You will use your word to change my heart and transform my mind. Yes, I will. With a changed heart and transformed mind it will be my desire to do what is pleasing to you. Yes, it will. That is what you will do. That is the desire of my heart and my mind. That is very good.

Lord, I’m making a commitment before you right now. I will leave my old life of sin behind. I will allow you to use your word to change my heart and transform my mind. I will live the life that you have called me to live. I will go and do whatever you ask of me. Amen 

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If It Is The Lord’s Will

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – God’s Will – James 4:13-17 – If It Is The Lord’s Will – Growing As Disciples

Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins. James 4:13-17 (NIV)  

A Mist

Your life is like a mist that is here today and gone tomorrow. Your life is like the blink of an eye. Your life is like a snap of the fingers. Before you know it your life on this earth will be gone. Do you want to make the best use of your life? Do you want to wisely use the time that you have been given? I know that my time on this earth is racing by. I can’t tell you how many times I have said that something that happened years ago seems like yesterday. I ask where has time gone. You have no need to convince me on this point. So, I don’t want to waste the time that I have been given. Yes, I want to make the best use of my time and my life. How can I make the best and wisest use of my time? That is a very good question.

At the end of your life what will you be glad that you have gone and done? When you come to live forever in heaven with me what will you want to show me? What fruit will your life have born for my kingdom? What glory will you have brought to my name? At the end of my life I will be glad that I have gone and done your will. When I come to live forever in heaven with you I want to show you the fruit I have born for your kingdom. I will want you to see how I have brought glory to your name. That will be very good. If you want to bear fruit for my kingdom and bring glory to my name what will you stop doing and what will you start doing? I will stop making my own elaborate plans for my life. I will start and keep on asking you what is your will and what are your plans for my life. I will make it my priority to know and do your will. I will go where you guide me. I will do all that you ask of me. How will you be able to know and do my will? I will live in a close and intimate relationship with you. I will meet with you in your word. I will allow you to speak into my life. I will listen carefully to all that you say to me. I will live my life in constant dialogue of prayer with you. That will be very good. Then you will be able to know and do my will. Then you will make the best and wisest use of your time in this life as you follow and serve me.

Lord, I don’t want to live out my plans for my life. I want to live out the plans you have for my life. I want to know and do your will. I want to go where you guide me. I want to do all that you ask of me. Help me make the best use of the time I have been given. Amen

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You Are

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – If – Matthew 4:1-4 – You Are – Growing As Disciples

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'” Matthew 4:1-4 (NIV) 

On A Diet

What is your diet? What will feed and sustain you? What will feed your hunger and satisfy your thirst? There are a confusing number of different diet choices. It’s really hard to know what is a healthy or unhealthy diet. One day one diet is deemed as being a healthy choice. The next day or month or year that same diet is deemed to be very unhealthy. I have tried so many different diets. I’ve wanted to loose weight. I’ve wanted to gain muscle. I’ve wanted to lose fat. I’ve wanted to gain energy. I have no idea what diet will really sustain me. I’m not sure what diet will really feed my hunger and satisfy my thirst. There is one diet that is not usually being talked about. What diet is that?

How are you dieting on my word? I have never thought that the word “diet” and your word as something that goes together. When I think of dieting I’m usually thinking of eating less. When I think of dieting I’m usually thinking of something that I would put into my mouth. You can feed on my word. Yes, I know. You can feast on my word. You can never become too full of my word. There is nothing in my word that will ever be unhealthy for you. My word will feed and sustain you.

What will happen to you if you eat an unhealthy diet? If I eat an unhealthy diet I will get sick and become unhealthy. That is for sure. What will happen to you if you feast on a healthy diet of my word? Your word will feed my hunger. Your word will satisfy my thirst. Your word will mold and shape my life. Your word will guide and direct my path. Your word will change my heart. Your word will transform my mind. Your word will strengthen me and make me able to stand against evil that is in the world. Yes, it will. Your word will feed righteous and starve sinful desires within me. That’s right. Will you feast on a healthy diet of my word? Yes Lord, I will feast on a healthy diet of your word. That will be very good.

Lord, I will live on every word that comes from you. I will make it my daily practice to feast on your word. Thank you that you are changing my heart and transforming my mind by your word. Your word is making me able to stand against evil as I follow you. Amen

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Opened Their MInds

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Discipleship Study – The Mind – Luke 24:45-49 – Opened Their Minds – Growing As Disciples

Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.” Luke 24:45-49 (NIV) 

Stay 

That is a hard word for you to hear and obey. What word? The word, stay. You have a hard time staying in one place. You want to be on the move. You are restless. You are impatient. You like to keep busy. You know me. Yes, I know you. The question I want to ask you is, “Do you want to know me?” Yes, I want to know you. It is the desire of my heart to know you. It is the goal of my life to know you. I don’t want to know you just a little bit either. I want to know you intimately. I want to know your will and walk in your ways. I want to go and do whatever is pleasing to you. I want to live a life that accomplishes your purposes and fulfills your plans. That is very good. 

You will never know me intimately if you don’t learn to stay in my presence. You will never be able to go and do what I ask of you, if you do not wait for my instructions. Haven’t you raced off, in a hundred different directions, thinking that you were going to go and do my will? Yes, I have done that many times, probably far more than a hundred. You don’t want to know the actual number of times you haven’t waited for my instructions. Let me just say that your waiting to listen to my instructions is a rare event. Forgive me, for not waiting for your instructions. You are forgiven. But, there is far more than waiting for my instructions, that you have missed out on. What else have I missed out on? You have not waited to be clothed with my power to do what I have asked of you. It is not enough to know what I want you to do. You must also rely on my power to do what I have given you to do for me. How many times have you attempted to accomplish my purposes and fulfill my plans with your own strength? Far too often, I’m sure. That’s right. 

Will you stay and wait for my instructions? Will you rely on me to cloth you with my power to do what I ask of you? Yes Lord, I will wait for your instructions. I will rely on your power to help me to go and do your will. That will be very good. Then you will be a bold witness for me in the world. Then you will accomplish my purposes and fulfill my plans. I will speak through your life. I will use you to bear fruit for my kingdom and bring glory to my name.

Lord, thank you for opening my mind to understand the Scriptures. Thank you for helping me to turn away from my old life and receive forgiveness and cleansing of all my sin. Use my life and give me your power to be a bold witness for you in the world. Amen

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Able To Give Instruction

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Be – Titus 1:9 – Able To Give Instruction – Growing As Disciples

He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it. Titus 1:9 (ESV)

Hold On

Those are two words that I want you to deeply consider. What words? Hold on, how are you holding on to my word? What would it look like for you to hold on to my word? What would, holding on, to my word require of you? Would you be holding on to my word if you only passively listened to it? Would you be holding on to my word if you never let it penetrate your heart and mind? Would you be holding on to my word if you never let it guide your life? Would you be holding on to my word if you never put it into practice? Will looking into my word once a week be enough for you to get a grip on my word so that you can hold on tightly to it? What would you do with my word, if your life depended on it? What would you do with my word, if it were more valuable than silver or gold? What would you do with my word, if it is the tool with which I want to change your heart, transform your mind and guide your life? What would you do with my word, if I told you that it was your defense against false teaching and worldly ideas? What would you do with my word, if there was no other way for you to begin to think my thoughts and know and do my will? What would you do with my word, if I told you that you will come to know me only as well as you come to know my word? Those are all very good questions. I am sure that none of them are hypothetical. No, they are not. I will come to meet with you in your word. I will listen carefully to everything you want to say to me. I will allow your word to change my heart, transform my mind and guide my life. I will meet with you every day in your word. I will hunger and thirst for your word. I will let your Holy Spirit take your word to use it to fight in me, with me, and for me. I will allow your word to strengthen me so that I can stand against temptation. I allow your word to form my thinking so that I can recognize and refute false teaching and worldly ideas. I will pray that you will teach and train me with your word so that I can encourage and teach others all that I have learned by holding on to your word and putting it into practice. That will be very good.

Lord, I will hold on tightly to your word. Daily, I will meditate on your word. I will allow your word to change my heart, transform my mind, and guide my life. Use me to teach others your word. Help me to refute false teaching and worldly ideas with your word. Amen

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Our Charge

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – God’s Will – 1 Timothy 1:5 – Our Charge – Growing As Disciples

The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 1 Timothy 1:5 (ESV)

Aim

What is your aim in life? What is the charge that guides and directs your life? That is an interesting question. It sounds almost like a trick question. Maybe, trick question, is not the word I am looking for. I suppose that you don’t ask trick questions. I do not. Is it a question that is testing what is in my heart and on my mind? Yes, it is.  Are you asking me about what motivates my life? Yes, I am. I don’t want to have my own aim or charge that guides and directs my life. I don’t want my own desires to motivate my life. What do you mean by that? At one time my life went a thousand different directions based on my temporary and transient motives and desires. I wandered from one thing to another. My life had a constant feeling of aimlessness. I had no real purpose, passion and pursuit in life. I went wherever I wanted to go. I did whatever I wanted to do. My life lacked focus. It was filled full of activity that accomplished very little of real importance. That’s not good. No, it’s not good.

Do you have a question to ask me? Do you have a statement that you would like to make? Yes, I have a question to ask you. I want to know what your aim and charge is for my life? I think your answer to that question is far more important than how I might answer it. Are you sure? No, I’m not sure. Let’s come back to that question later. You did ask me a question. You already know what my aim and charge is for your life. Yes, I do. Your aim and charge for my life is to love you and others. That’s right. How do you feel about that aim and charge for your life? I am excited and challenged to pursue that aim and charge in life. So, you have taken a hold of that aim and charge in life and made it your very own? Yes, I have. Then wouldn’t you say that your aim and charge in life is very important? Yes, I would. Wouldn’t you also say that you now have an aim and charge in life that gives you real purpose and passion and focus, and is the pursuit of your life? Yes, I would. That is very good.

You mentioned aimlessness and wandering. Yes, I did. What will keep you focused on the aim and charge of loving me and others? If I keep my eyes on you, my life will be focused. If I follow you, I will live the life that you have called me to live. If I keep on going and doing whatever you ask of me, I will continue to love you and others. My heart will be pure, my conscience will be good, and my faith will remain strong as I live my life with and for you. I will fulfill the aim and charge of my life. Yes, you will.

Lord, the aim and charge of my life is to love you and others. Keep me on track. Help me to never wander away from this aim and charge. Help me to have a pure heart, good conscience and sincere faith as I keep on loving, following and serving you. Amen

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