For Your Progress

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Faith – Philippians 1:25 – For Your Progress – Growing As Disciples

Convinced of this, I know that I will remain, and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,   Philippians 1:25 (NIV)

Progress In Faith

You are looking at the wrong thing. I’m looking at the wrong thing? Yes, you are looking at the wrong thing. I’m not even sure what I’m looking at. What am I looking at? You are looking at the size of your problem. You are thinking about the impossibility of your situation. You are considering the difficultly of your trial. What’s wrong with that? That’s an odd question. Why is that? Well, how is focusing all your attention on your difficulties working out for you? Not well. Tell me more. I am being dragged down. I am discouraged. I am disheartened. I am depressed. I am weary and worn out. So, my question isn’t so odd after all, is it? No, it’s not. Is it my will that you are being dragged down by your difficulty? Do I want you to be discouraged, disheartened and depressed? No, I’m sure not. Is your service to me any good when you are weary and worn out? Definitely not. Will you make any progress in your faith when your eyes are focused on your trials in life? No, I doubt it.

What do you want me to do with my eyes? Where should I focus my attention? What should occupy my heart and mind? You know the answers to every one of these questions. So, I would like you to answer each of these questions for me. It will also do you good to hear yourself answering these questions. Your answers need to be fixed in your heart and mind so you will be able to make progress in your faith. I know that I should fix my heart and mind on you. Instead of looking at the size of my difficulties I should look at the size of my God. You have always been with me to help me in and through every difficulty. You have even been able to use every one of my trials to help me to make progress in my faith. So, I will keep my eyes focused on you. I will draw near to you. I will come to rely on you. I will allow you to work in and through me as I go through the trails of life. That will be very good.

How do you think I will work in and through you as you keep your heart and mind and life focused on me? I think as I progress in my faith, you will use me to help others progress in their faith. Yes, I will. The work that you are doing in my life will serve as an example and a witness and an encouragement to others to help them progress in their faith. Yes, it will. Will you allow me to do this kind of work in and through your life so that others will progress in their faith? Yes Lord, I will. That will be very good.

Lord, thank you that you have used every difficult and trying circumstance in my life to grow my faith in you. Nothing has gone to waste. As I grow and continue to make progress in my faith, help me to encourage and spur others on in their faith in you. Amen

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Bad Company

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Wisdom – 1 Corinthians 15:33 – Bad Company – Growing As Disciples

Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 1 Corinthians 15:33 (NIV) 

Your Company

Who are you allowing into your inner circle? Who have become your intimate friends? Who is speaking into your life? Who is giving you wise counsel? How are you becoming like those who are around you? Is there a reason that you are asking me these questions? I don’t want you to make huge mistakes. I don’t want you to become mislead. How so? You might think that you will be unchanged and untouched by people that surround your life. That would be incorrect. That would be a huge mistake. You will become like those people that you allow into your inner circle. Really? Yes, really.

Will you be happy if you become like your intimate friends? Are your intimate friends setting an example for you to follow? Do those in your inner circle want to love me with all their heart and mind and soul and strength? Do your close friends want to go where I guide them to do what I ask of them? Are you being lifted up, encouraged and spurred on in your faith by the people that surround you? Those are good questions. Those are tough questions. I certainly want to be that kind of friend to all those who are around me. I want to be an example that others can follow. I would like others to be able to imitate my life as I love and follow and serve you. That will be very good. I want to lift up, encourage and spur others on in their faith. If I haven’t done that, then I have accomplished nothing. If I haven’t done that then I have not been fulfilling your purposes and accomplishing your plans. That’s true.

Make no mistake about it, you will become like those who surround you. Don’t let others cause you to think and speak and acts in ways that are not pleasing to me. Don’t be led by others to go where you should not have gone. Do not be led by other to do what you should not have done. Keep this thought in you, bad company will corrupt good character. Just the opposite is also true, good company will build good character. Who do you want in your company? I want people that are fully devoted to you in my company. I want people that hunger and thirst for righteousness in my company. I want people who know and love you in my company. I want people who are following and serving you in my company. I want people who are trying to live a life that is fully pleasing to you in my company. These people will help you to know and do my will. These people will help you to bear fruit for my kingdom and bring glory to my name. Keep these people close to you. Yes Lord, I will. 

Lord, I know that I am surrounded by darkness. I know that this world is filled with evil of every kind. I know you don’t want me to sit, stand or walk with the evil in this world. Help me to distance myself from bad company that will seek to corrupt my character. Amen

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Sharpens Another

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Wisdom – Proverbs 27:17 – Sharpens Another – Growing As Disciples

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17 (NIV) 

Sharped

Do you want to be sharpened as one of my followers? I’m not sure what that means. Do you want to be as effective as you can be as one of my followers? Do you want to be used to the utmost to accomplish my highest purpose for your life? I certainly do not want to fall short. I definitely don’t want to miss the mark. I want to accomplish your purposes. I want to fulfill all your plans. I don’t want any gift, talent or ability that you have given me to go undiscovered or unused. I don’t want to leave anything in reserve. I don’t want to make any retreats. I want to have no regrets. That is very good. 

How will you sharpen me for your use? That is a very good question. I will sharpen you in an almost innumerable variety of ways. You couldn’t begin to imagine how and what I will use to sharpen you as one of my followers. There is one way that I will use to sharpen you that I want to talk about with you now. How is that? I will use others to sharpen you. I will use your brothers and sisters in faith to sharpen you. Not only that, I will use you to sharpen your brothers and sisters in the faith as well. Others will help you to bear fruit for my kingdom and bring glory to my name. You will help others to bear fruit for my kingdom and bring glory to my name. I like that. This is what I want. This is the desire of my heart. That is very good.

If you want to sharpen others and be sharpened by them there is one thing you must do and one thing you must not do. What must I do? You must live in close relationship with the brothers and sisters in faith that I bring into your life. You cannot remain distant to your brothers and sister in the faith if you hope to sharpen others and be sharpened by them. Do you understand? Yes, I do. Will you live in close relationship with your brothers and sisters in the faith? Yes, I will. That will be very good. What must I not do? You must not be stubborn and proud and resistant to my working in and though you. If you hope to be sharpened and sharpen others you must humbly allow my work to be done in and through you. It will take humility to be willing to be sharpened by others. It will take humility to be willing to sharpen the lives of others. Will you let go of all stubbornness, pride and resistance? Will you humbly allow me to work in and through you? Yes Lord, I will. That will be very good. 

Lord, I want to be sharpened as one of your followers. I want to be able to help sharpen others as they follow you. I will allow you to sharpen me through the work of your followers. Use me also in other’s lives so they too can be sharpened as they follow you. Amen

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Overlooks An Offense

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Wisdom – Proverbs 19:11 – Overlooks An Offense – Growing As Disciples

A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense. Proverbs 19:11 (NIV)

Overlooks An Offense

Well, I haven’t done this, that is for sure. What haven’t you done? I haven’t overlooked an offense. I haven’t let something go when someone has harmed or hurt me. I have kept a record of every wrong that has been committed against me. That is a problem. This is no small issue. You might say that this is a very big deal. How so? You tell me, I am sure that you know by now. Yes, I do. Holding on to hurts only hurts me. If I don’t let go of a hurt it will only continue to wound me. I will never move on. I will never be healed. I will never be made whole. That’s true. What else? If I don’t let go of hurts or overlook offenses I will not be able to be a bright and shining witness in the world for you. Why is that? It is the way of the world to hold onto offenses to hold on to hurts and never overlook offenses. That kind of behavior is nothing like the example you have set for me. How so? You overlooked offenses. You did not hold on to hurts. You were always ready, willing and able to forgive others not long after they hurt you but even while they were hurting you. Yes, I did. Do you want to be like me? Yes, I do. I want to be able to love like you loved. I want to be able to live like you lived. I want to be able to forgive like you forgave. That is very good. That is very important. Why is that so important? You know the answer to that question as well. Let me hear your answer. If I want to be forgiven of my sins, then I must forgive others who sin against me. I must be one who overlooks every offense that has been committed against me. That’s right.

I tell you one thing. What’s that? I need your help. I need your wisdom. I need your patience. I don’t have the wisdom and power and strength in me to wisely and patiently overlook every offense. I desperately need your help. Is that your prayer? Yes, that is my prayer. Do you believe that I will hear and answer this prayer of yours? Yes, I believe. I have no doubt in my mind. Yes, I will hear and answer this prayer of yours. I will make you able to wisely and patiently overlook every offense so you will be a bold and bright witness for me in the world. Thank you, Lord! 

Lord, I have been unwise and impatient. I have not usually overlooked an offense. I have kept a record of wrongs committed against me. Forgive me just as I will forgive others. Use me as your witness in the world as I overlook offenses committed against me. Amen

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Set Your Mind

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Spiritual Warfare – Daniel 10:12-14 – Set Your Mind – Growing As Disciples

Then he continued, “Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia. Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the future, for the vision concerns a time yet to come.” Daniel 10:12-14 (NIV)

Your Words Were Heard

I have faith that you will give me prayers to pray. I believe that you will hear and answer my prayers. I know that you will teach me how to pray. I am certain that you will give me the strength to keep on praying until I have an answer from you. I have no doubt that I will face barriers and encounter spiritual warfare as I pray the prayers that you give me to pray. I am sure that you are calling me to be persistent in prayer. I say these things as statements of faith and as prayers to you. Let me hear them as prayers from you. I’m asking you to teach me how to pray. Give me prayers to pray that you will hear and answer. Help me to pray according to your will and your ways. Help me to pray in line with your purposes and plans. I’m asking for you to give me the strength to continue to be persistent in prayer. I’m asking you to help me to overcome barriers and spiritual warfare I will encounter as I pray the prayers you give me to pray. These are my prayers. Those are prayers that I will definitely hear and answer.

On what have you set your mind? I have set my mind on living in an intimate relationship with you. I will draw near to you in prayer. I will humble myself before you. I will sit before you. I will wait in your presence. I will listen attentively to your voice. I want to know you. I want to walk in your ways. I want to know and do your will. I want you to give me prayers to pray. I want your kingdom to come on earth. I want your will and purposes and plans to be accomplished in my life and in the world around me. I want you to use my life for your kingdom and glory. I want to shine brightly as a witness for you in the world. I want to be used by you. I want to be an instrument in your hands. I’m here now, I am at your service. Teach and train me. Use me. I have heard and I will answer these desires and prayers of your heart. Follow me. I will teach you. I will train you. I will guard and guide you. I will give you prayers to pray. You will bear fruit for my kingdom and bring glory to my name.  

Lord, teach me to fast and persist in prayer in the circumstances and situations that others and I face in life. Give me strength to keep on praying. Break through anything preventing an answer to the prayers you give me to pray. Amen

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Watch And Pray

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Spiritual Warfare – Matthew 26:41 – Watch And Pray – Growing As Disciples

“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” Matthew 26:41 (NIV)

Watch And Pray

How are you watching? How are you praying? How am I watching and praying about what? How are you watching and praying so you will not fall into temptation? That is a good question. I’m not sure that I am watching and praying so I will not fall into temptation. Is that really necessary? Would I ask you to do something that is not necessary? No, you would not. Let me ask you a few questions. Go ahead, I’m listening. How often has a tempting situation snuck up on you? How often has a tempting situation taken you surprise? How difficult has it been for you to resist a temptation when you have been in the midst of it? How much easier has it been for you to resist a temptation that you avoided before it reached you? I can avoid temptations before they reach me? Yes, you can. You don’t need to allow yourself to enter into tempting circumstances. You can decide to not allow yourself to be placed in the middle of them. But, for that to be possible one thing is required. What’s that? You must be watching. You know when, where, why and how you are most likely to be tempted. You know people, places and circumstances that will likely present powerful temptations to you. Yes, I do. Watch and avoid them. Watch and run from them. Will you do that? Yes, I will. That will be very good.

Is that all I need to do to not fall into temptation? Is watching enough? That is a very good question. No, that is not all. Watching alone, is not enough to keep you from falling into temptation. What else is needed?  As you watch and avoid temptation, as you watch and run from temptation, you must enter into prayer to me. You will be leaving temptation and evil behind you as you run to me. You will be resisting evil by leaving it and submitting yourself in prayer to me. Watching and praying will both be needed if you want to avoid falling into temptation. Will you do both of these? Yes Lord, I will. That will be very good.  

Lord, I will keep my eyes open so I will not let tempting situations and circumstances sneak up on me. As I’m watching I will also be praying so I will have all I need from you to be able stand when temptation does try to attack me. Amen

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More Than Conquerors

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Spiritual Warfare – Romans 8:37-39 – More Than Conquerors – Growing As Disciples

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:37-39 (NIV)

More Than A Conqueror

I have not always felt like I am more than a conqueror. It has not often seemed like I have been walking in victory. I have faced many depressing and discouraging and defeating circumstances. I have gone through many crushing trials. I have suffered through accusations. I have received condemnation. I have been under attack. Does any of this surprise you? Shouldn’t these things surprise me? You tell me. Your question leads me to think that none of these things should surprise me. Why is that? Well, I do live in a broken world. I live in a world that has been devastatingly damaged by sin. Nothing in this world is quite like you intended it to be when you created it. There is pain and suffering in this world. There is darkness and evil in this world. There is accusation and condemnation in this world. I could go on and on. No need. Your question has helped remind me of the kind of world I live in.  t would be foolish to think that I might be exempt from the pain and suffering that is part of this life. Why is that? You experienced pain and suffering in this life. You were attacked by every evil of this world. Yes, I was. You were not exempt from the worst that this world has to offer. No, I was not.

Do you wonder where I am when you are going through the difficulties of life? I did at one time. I don’t any more. Why is that? I have learned to draw near to you when I am going through the trials of life. I have learned that you are with me to help me. You will lead me through every trial and trouble I will go through. You will bring good out of the worst that life has to offer. There is no difficulty that I will go through that you can’t use to make me to be more like you. You have and will continue to use every darkness in life to make me shine brightly for you. Your love will sustain and strengthen me. Your favor will rest on me. You will make me to be more than a conqueror as I come to rely on you. Yes, I will. Yes, I am. Yes, I have.  

Lord, you have been with me as I have gone through discouraging, and defeating circumstances. In great difficulty, you have been with me to help me. You have strengthened me. You have shown me your love and favor. You have led me into your victory. Amen 

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Answers Before Listening

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Wisdom – Proverbs 18:13 – Answers Before Listening – Growing As Disciples

He who answers before listening– that is his folly and his shame. Proverbs 18:13 (NIV) 

Listening Well

Listening well, that is not my strong suit. Why is that? I think you know why. Yes, I know why. But, do you know why? Yes, I know why. But, it’s hard to admit. What’s hard to admit? It’s hard to admit that I am proud. How so? Somewhere, down deep inside me I have this feeling that I don’t need to listen. I have the false belief that I already know the answer. I have this assumption that I have all I need. I know it all. I am always right. I cannot gain anything by listening to someone else. Do you really believe that? Looking at those words, I can’t believe that even a part of me believes them. It is so proud. It is so foolish. It is simply idiotic. Yes, it is. But, what would explain my caring far more about what I might say next than to what someone might have to say to me. This is not a small problem. This is not a minor flaw. This is a big deal. This is a dangerous mindset. How so? Why is that?

If you can’t listen well to others how well do you suppose you can listen to me? Before you answer, think about what I have said to you. You are telling me that how well I listen to others will help me gauge how well I listen to you. Yes, I am. Why do you suppose that is? Whatever hinders my ability to listen to others will also hinder my ability to listen to you. That’s right. What else? I’m not sure. What else is there? How often have I tried to speak to you through the voice of others? Oh, I see. I get it. Do you? Well, I should I say that I understand your question. I have often failed to listen to what you were saying to me through the voice of others. How so? You have tried to give me warnings through the voice of others that I have failed to heed. You have tried to give me direction through the voice of others that I have failed to follow. You have tried to give me wisdom and knowledge and understanding through the voice of others that I have failed to receive. Yes, you have missed my voice as I have tried to speak to you. You have not listened well.  

Do you want to change? Do you want to become a listener? Yes, I do want to change. Yes, I will become a listener. Why is that? I want to know your will and walk in your ways. I want to do what is pleasing in your sight. I want to live the life that you have called me to live. So, you will listen attentively to me? You will make it a habit to be listening well? Yes, I will. Here I am now, listening to you. Yes, you are. That is very good.

Lord, I have not listened well. I have not payed attention to your voice speaking to me. I have not met with you in your word to hear what you have to say to me. I have been more interested in speaking than listening. No more, I will listen attentively to you. Amen

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Fear Of The Lord

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Wisdom – Proverbs 1:7 – The Fear Of The Lord? – Growing As Disciples

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. Proverbs 1:7 (NIV) 

I Need You

Do you know it all? Are you full of knowledge? Do you have all you need? Can you guard and guide your own life? Do you know the path to life? Do you know where to walk? Do you know what to avoid? Will you accept wisdom and discipline and instruction from me? Will you make yourself attention to my voice? Will you listen to me? Will you follow and obey me? You are asking me a lot of questions. Yes, I am. Do you have any answers? That is kind of the point isn’t it? What do you mean by saying that? I don’t have the answers. I am not wise. I am not full of knowledge. I desperately need your wisdom and discipline and instruction. I don’t know where to walk. I don’t know what to avoid. I need you to guard and guide my life. I need to you. These are good admissions.

What do you fear? I fear that I will live less than the life you have called me to live. I fear that I will waste what you have given to me. I fear that I will miss something because I have not been fully attentive to your voice. I have a healthy awe and respect and fear of you. My fear of you makes me want to be attentive to your voice. My fear of you makes me take seriously everything you have to say to me. That’s good.

Want do you want? I want to know and love you. I want to follow and serve you. I want to live a life that is fully pleasing to you. I want to go where you guide me. I want to do what you ask of me. I want to live in an intimate relationship with you. I want to walk with you through life. That’s good.

What do you believe about me? I believe that you are my Savior and Lord. You are my God and King. You love and care for me. You will guard and guide my life. You will lead me to where you want me to go. You will give me what you want me to do. My life is in your hands. That’s good.

What have I done in you, for you and through you? You have changed me. You have made me new. You have forgiven my sins. You have cleansed my unrighteousness. You have redeemed my life. You have given me a new life to live. You have given me a hope and a future. You are using me to bear fruit for your kingdom and bring glory to your name. Yes, I have. Yes, I am. Yes, I will.

Keep on loving me. Keep on following me. Keep on serving me. Yes Lord, I will. That will be very good. Then you will have nothing to fear.

Lord, I do have a healthy awe, respect and fear of you. I am attentive to you. Listening to you is the priority of my life. I want to hear and act on everything you have to say to me. Give me your wisdom and discipline. Guard and guide me as I joyfully follow you. Amen

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His Flesh Was Restored

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Miracles – 2 Kings 5:13-14 – Your Instructions – Growing As Disciples

Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!” So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy.  2 Kings 5:13-14 (NIV)

Your Instructions

Would you like me to bless your life? What kind of question is that? Of course, I want you to bless my life. Who wouldn’t want you to bless their lives? You would be surprised. Do you believe that I want to bless your life? Do you know that it brings me great joy to be able to bless your life? I believe that you want to bless my life. I know that it brings you great joy to bless my life. That’s good. I do have a question. Go ahead, ask me, I’m listening. Is there something that could prevent you from blessing my life? Why do you ask that? You used the phrase, “be able to bless” my life. That seems to imply that something could make my life unable to be blessed by you. You have asked a very good question. I will ask you a few questions. Have I ever given you instructions? Have I ever guided you to go somewhere for me? Have I ever given you something to do for me? Yes, you have guided me to go somewhere to do something for you. This is not a rare occasion. Have you always followed me to where I have guided you? Have you always done what I asked of you? No, not always. There are many times that I failed to go where you guided me to do what you asked of me. That’s not good. No, it’s not.

Has your life been blessed by me when you have gone where I have guided you, to do what I have asked of you? Yes definitely. How so? In any number of ways. Name a few. As I have gone and done your will, you have worked in, with, for and through my life. As I have followed and obeyed you, I have borne fruit for your kingdom and brought glory to your name. You have brought healing and hope into my life as I have followed your instructions. As I have done what you have asked of me, you have guarded my life. You have restored my soul. You have healed my life. You have grown my faith. You have changed my heart, transformed my mind and guided my life. You have richly blessed me with many good gifts as I have followed and obeyed you. Yes, that is very true. 

Have you experienced the same blessing on your life when you have not followed and obeyed me? No, I have not. Following my own way and doing my own thing has brought me into trouble and given me great difficulty. Not listening to you has brought the world’s harm rather than your help into my life. That’s true. So what will you do? I will follow your instructions. That will be very good.

Lord, I will tell you now in advance that I will follow and obey you. I will listen carefully to your instructions. I will go where you guide me. I will do what you ask of me. Use my life to fulfill your purposes and accomplish your plans. Help me to bring glory to you. Amen

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