Direct Your Hearts

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide - Heart - 2 Thessalonians 3:3-5- Direct Your Hearts - Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Heart – 2 Thessalonians 3:3-5- Direct Your Hearts – Growing As Disciples

But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command. May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. 2 Thessalonians 3:3-5 (NIV)

Count On Me

You will be protected. You will be guarded. You will be strengthened. My hand will be with you. My favor will rest on you. Evil will not overcome you. The evil one will not over power you. You will be able to go where I guide you. You will be able to do what I ask you. Do you know why this will be true? You love me. You care for me. You will be with me to help me. Your love has drawn me near to you. Your love has drawn you near to me. I will be living in your love. It is your love that will surround me. It is your love that will protect me. How so? Your love will keep me from going where I should not go. Your love will protect me from doing what I should not do. Your love will cause me to submit my heart and mind and life to you. Your love will make me able to resist the devil and all His evil. Then the devil and all his evil will be forced to flee from me. Yes, he and all his evil will be forced to flee from you as you draw near to me and resist him.

What else will my love for you and your love for me do for you? I will be encouraged. I will be confident. I will be lifted up. I will be bold. I will continue to go and do whatever you ask, of me. I will continue to be a bright witness for you in the world. I will serve you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength. Yes, you will. What else? I will not grow weary. I will not become faint. I will not give up. I will not quit. I will keep on moving forward with you. You will make me able to persevere through every trial. You will help me to overcome every set-back. The road ahead will not be easy. There will be twists and turns. There with be ups and downs. But, you will be with me in every one. You will lead me on. You will carry me through. You will make me able to overcome every obstacle. Why is that? You are faithful. I will be able to hold on to you because I know that you will be holding on to me. That is certain. That is sure. You can count on me. Yes Lord, I will. That will be very good.

Lord, thank you for directing my heart to God’s love for me. His love has helped me to persevere. You have fanned the flame of my desire to love Him. You have strengthened and protected my life from evil as I have continued to love, follow and serve Him. Amen

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I Will Not Forget You

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – God The Father – Isaiah 49:15 – I Will Not Forget You – Growing As Disciples

“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! Isaiah 49:15 (NIV)  

You Are Not All Alone

That’s good to hear. What’s good to hear? It is good to hear that I am not all alone. Why is that? Sometimes I feel like I am all alone. I know that I am not all alone. I know that you are with me to help me. I know that you have been leading and guiding me through life. You have held on to me as I have held on to you. Yet, with all this being true, I have been discouraged and depressed. Somehow, my heart and mind doesn’t always remember that I am not all alone. I know that you love and accept me. I don’t need to prove myself to you. But, there has been and probably still is a part of me that feels unacceptable and rejected. Where do these dark and depressing thoughts come from? That is a very good question.

What is the source of your dark and depressing thoughts? Why can’t you sometimes remember that you are loved and accepted by me? You know that you have a hope filled eternal future with me. You know that I lived and died for you. You know that I am with you through all the ups and downs and twists and turns of life. You know that I will listen to whatever you want to say to me. You can hear my voice speaking to you. Yes, I know all of these things. I can think of only one thing. What’s that? I am under attack. All my dark and depressing thoughts are lies. They come from the brokenness of the world. They come from devil and all his evil. Yes, you are under attack. Yes, you have been listening to lies.

What will you do when you are under attack? What will you do when you are starting to believe lies? I will draw near to you. What will I do? You will draw near to me. Yes, I will hold on to you as you go through the difficulties of this life. Will you hold on to me? Yes Lord, I will hold on to you. Will you remember that I have engraved your name on the palm of my hand? Will you know that there is no chance that I will ever forget you? Will you remember that I am always with you to help you? Will you know without a doubt that you are not all alone? Yes Lord, I will. That will be very good. 

Father thank you that you have engraved my name on the palm of your hand. You will never forget me. It is my joy to come to talk to you about all the details of my life. It is so good to place all my faith, hope and trust in you. Amen

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Tests Our Hearts

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Heart – 1 Thessalonians 2:4- Tests Our Hearts – Growing As Disciples

On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 (NIV)

Tested

Have I been tested? Why do you ask? Well, if I have been tested and I have still been given this ministry then I must have passed the test. I must have your approval. Does that surprise you? Yes, it surprises me. Surprised is not a strong enough word to describe what I am feeling. What are you feeling? I am feeling amazement. How so? The idea that I could pass your test and be approved and given a ministry to do for you is astounding. It’s incredible. It is beyond belief. It is very difficult to comprehend. Why is that? I am so unworthy. I can’t imagine how I could have passed your test. Think about it.

You are right about two things. What’s that? You are right that you are unworthy. You are right in thinking that you have passed my test. Those two thoughts don’t go together. They don’t add up. How do you think you passed my test? For me to have passed your test, I think you must have taken it for me. Now, you are on to something. You took the test for me? You made me able to pass your test? Which one is it? How could I have possibly passed your test? You tell me. Well, I did admit to you that I am unworthy. I have confessed my sin to you. I have asked for your forgiveness. I did receive your cleansing. With all that in mind, I can understand how you made me worthy to be able to serve you. You gave me a fresh and clean and new life to live with and for you. You became my Savior. Yes, I did. That was the first part of your test.

What was the second part of my test? I am your Savior. Yes, you are. Who else am I? You are my Lord. Yes, I am. What does it mean for you to follow me as your Lord? I think of the answer to your question in this way. Your gift a salvation cost me nothing. It cost you everything. I did not or cannot earn my salvation. It is a gift. Yes, it is. But, following you as my Lord will cost me everything. I will go wherever you guide me. I will do whatever you ask of me. My life is in your hands. I want to know and do your will. I want to live a life that is pleasing to you in every way. Will I follow you as my Lord? Yes, I will. That is a test. Yes, it is. That is the second part of your test which you have passed.

I want to ask you something. Go ahead. Is it really a difficult and painful struggle for you to follow me as your Lord? Is it something you would rather not do? Does it take every ounce of your effort for you to want to know and do my will? No, not at all. Why is that? You love me. I love you. My love for you makes it the desire of my heart and the passion of my life to do what is pleasing to you. That is very good and pleasing to me. That is how you have passed my test and been given a ministry. For that I am thankful and grateful. 

Lord, the idea that I have been approved and entrusted with a ministry to do for you is so exciting. Help me to faithfully serve you through any suffering or mistreatment I may experience. It is the desire of my heart to please you. Test my heart and use me. Amen

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I Am Willing

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Miracles – Luke 5:13 – I Am Willing – Growing As Disciples

Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. Luke 5:13 (NIV)

Willing

I am glad that you are willing to heal me. I am glad that you are willing to cleanse me. I am glad that you are willing to revive, refresh and restore me. I am glad that you are for me. You hear and answer my prayers. You have richly blessed my life. My prayers do not fall on deaf ears. I can make known to you what I want and need. You are always willing to help me. Yes, I am.

Is there a lesson here for you to learn? What is that? You tell me. I’m not sure what you mean. Since I am willing to help you with whatever you need, what must you do? I get it. I understand. Since you are willing to help me with what I need, I must learn to ask you for what I need. Why is that? Do I not know what you need? Must you tell me what you need for me to know what you need? Am I not observant? Can I not hear? Can I not see? Am I not listening? Am I not watching? Do I not know your thoughts even before you think them? Can I not see what you need even when you cannot? You know what I want and need even before I do. You hear everything. You see everything. Nothing escapes your notice. That’s right.

Why must you learn to ask me for what I need? You want me to live in an intimate relationship with you. My biggest need is to come to know you. My biggest need is to come to rely on you. My biggest need is to live and walk with you everyday throughout my entire life. That’s right. You want me to live in a constant dialogue of prayer with you. You want to speak to me. You want me to hear from you. You want to guard and guide my life. You want me to follow and serve you. You want me to go where you guide me. You want me to do what you ask of me. You want to work in and through my life. I can have none of these things unless I learn to come to you in prayer. The doorway to all you want to give me is me coming to ask you for what I need. That is right. That is true. That is good. Will you come to ask me for all that you need? Yes, I will. That will be very good.  

Lord, thank you that I am never unclean and unpresentable to you. In fact, you are the only one that can cleanse my life. You are the one who reached out to touch and heal me. Now, I want to go and tell others about your kindness, mercy and love. Amen

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Love Is

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Love – 1 Corinthians 13:4-7- Love Is – Growing As Disciples

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NLT2)

Love Is

I don’t measure up. What do you mean by that? If love is all of these things, then I am not loving. My life does not measure up to this standard of love. How so? If I were to insert my name wherever love appears in these sentences, I would come up short. I cannot say that I am always patient and kind. There have been many times that I have been jealous or boastful or proud or rude. I’m not talking about in the distant past either. I have demanded my own way. When I have not gotten my way, I have been irritable and resentful. When I have been wronged, I have not been above keeping score. It has not been easy for me to forget and let go of hurts and forgive someone who has hurt me. Maybe, I have not rejoiced at injustice. I hope so. I think so. I doubt that I have rejoiced whenever and wherever the truth has won out. Do you see my point? This kind of love is not being fully lived out in my life. I wish it were. I want it to be. Is that your hope? Is that your prayer? Are you asking me to grow my love in you? Are you asking me to completely change your heart and mind and life? Yes, I am. That’s good.

Then let’s start at the beginning. Where is the beginning? I am the beginning. You love me because I first loved you. Yes, I do. I will do my work in you. I will make you able to love others just as I have loved you. I will mold and shape you. I will teach and train you. You will become like me as you live in an intimate relationship with me. I believe that to be true. That’s good. Because you believe, what won’t you do? I will never give up. I will never lose faith. I will continue to be hopeful. I will endure through every circumstance. Your love will continue to work in me. Your love will continue to change me. Your love will make me able to love others just as you love me. Yes, it will. I’m counting on your love. That is very good.

Heavenly Father fill me with your love. Make me patient and kind. Help me to not be envious, boastful, proud or rude. Keep me from being self-seeking or easily angered. Guard me from anger, resentment and evil of every kind. Build all of your qualities of love in me. Amen

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The Man You Discipline

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Blessing – Psalm 94:12 – The Man You Discipline – Growing As Disciples

Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD, the man you teach from your law;           Psalm 94:12 (NIV)

My Discipline

I can hardly believe the changes you have been making in my life. Like what? Like everything. You have changed the entire course of my life. Not a day has gone by that you have not been molding and shaping my life. I’m not claiming that I recognize all the changes you have been making in my life on a daily basis. I don’t. But, I can look back over time and see that you have been working in and through my life. You have been teaching me. You have been training me. And yes, you have been disciplining me. Not that I like discipline. I don’t. Discipline is uncomfortable. Discipline is unpleasant. Your discipline has certainly gotten me out of my comfort zone. I’d like to hear you say more about that.

If my discipline has been so uncomfortable and unpleasant why have you been so eagerly welcoming it into your life? Who said I was eagerly welcoming your discipline into my life? Are we talking about the same person? Are we talking about me? Yes, I am talking about you. You are eagerly desiring that I train you. You are enthusiastically listening to my teaching. Every day you are meeting with me in my word so that you can hear from me. You are attentively listening to me. You are putting my word into practice. You have repeatedly told me that it is your highest desire to know me. You have said that you want to live in an intimate relationship with me. You eagerly want to know my will and walk in my ways. I have even heard you say that you don’t evaluate my word but that my word evaluates you. You have gone on to say that you want all your thoughts and words and actions to be in complete alignment with my will. Yes, all of what you have said is true. All these desires are in my heart and on my mind. I consider every one of them to be a gift from you. This is the work that you have been doing in my heart and mind and life. Yes, it is. I want to love and follow and serve you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength. Yes, you do. I can see that. You are receiving my discipline and following my teaching. Keep on meeting with me. Keep on listening to me. Keep on putting my word into practice. Yes Lord, I will. That is very good. Then my discipline and teaching will continue to bless your life.

Lord, I have been reluctant, resistant and rebellious. I have even tried to reject your discipline and teaching. I thought I knew it all. I thought I needed nothing from you or anyone else. How foolish! Now, I will welcome your discipline and teaching into my life. Amen

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The Will Of God

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Transformation – 1 John 2:15-17 – The Will Of God – Growing As Disciples

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world–the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does–comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. 1 John 2:15-17 (NIV)

Do Not Love The World

I won’t do that. What won’t you do? I won’t love the world. That is much easier said than done. How is it that you won’t love the world? The world and all that is in it is seeking your affection. The world and all that is in it is wanting your devotion. The world is continually bombarding your heart and mind and life with all its thoughts and opinions and values. How will you resist it? How will you overcome it? Your heart and mind and life are in a battle with the world. How will you defeat it? Do you think it will be enough to simply state your resolve? Certainly not. I don’t have the power within myself to overcome and defeat the world. I would be foolish to think that my resolve would be enough for me to not love the world. You got that right.

My resolve is only a statement of faith. My resolve is only the beginning of a prayer. What prayer is that? I am here and now telling that I love you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength. It is your love for me and my love for you that will prevent me from loving the world. Your love will overcome, overpower and defeat the world’s attempts at securing my love of it. You will draw me close to you. You will fan the flame of love in me for you. My love for you will burn white hot in me. I will live the life you called me to live. My heart and mind and life will be focused on you. I will hear your voice. I will follow your commands. I will go where you guide me. I will do all that you ask of me. I will not love the world. I will love you instead of the world because you be with me to help me every step of the way, on every day of my life. You will help me to keep on walking with you now and forever. Yes, I will.

Heavenly Father, thank you that you have set me free to love you rather than the evil that is in the world. Guard my heart and mind and life from all the evil desires that are in the world so that I will be able to love you as I do your will and walk in your ways. Amen

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He Restores My Soul

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Transformation – Psalm 23:1-3 – He Restores My Soul – Growing As Disciples

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Psalm 23:1-3 (NIV)

Rest

That is exactly what I need. What’s that? I need rest. I need to respond to your call. I need come to where you want to lead me. Where do I want to lead you? You want to lead me by quiet waters. You want me to come to lie down in green pastures. Why do you suppose I want to lead you by quiet waters? Why do I want to make you to lie down in green pastures? You want to restore my soul. You want to heal my life. You want me to find quietness and peace and rest in you. In you, that is the only place that I will ever find true peace and rest. In you, that is the only place where my soul can find true restoration. That’s true.

You sound like you are speaking from the voice of experience. I am. I can’t tell you how many times I have let my life become frantically busy. I will tell you one thing for certain. What’s that? There is no health and wholeness in living a frantic life. A frantic life is a life filled with anxiety. A frantic life is a bruised and battered and broken life. Why is that? Living a frantic life does not allow for whole and healthy relationships. I will neither love you or others well if my life is dominated by frantic activity. I won’t hear your voice. I won’t know your will or do your work, if I’m not living in an intimate relationship with you. In the busyness and noise of life I life I will race right on by what is valuable and important and meaningful. With such frantic activity, I will misspend my life. At the end of my life I would look back at what could have been. One day, I don’t want to look over my life and wish I would have lived it differently. That’s good.

You will not misspend your life. You will not live a life filled with regret. You will not look back and think about what could have been. Why is that? You do love me. You have heard my call. You have come to me. You are resting in my presence. You are allowing me to restore your soul. You are living in an intimate relationship with me. You are going where I guide you. You are doing what I ask of you. Keep on coming to find your rest in me. Keep on allowing me to restore your soul. Keep on following me. I will meet your needs and help you to walk on my path of righteousness. All of this I will do. I will find all that I need in you. That will be very good.

Lord, nothing sounds more appealing than to lie down in a green pasture with you. Thank you for bringing me to a quiet place of peace and rest. In your presence you restore my soul. Thank you for meeting my needs and guiding me on your path of righteousness. Amen

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Peace Of Christ Rule

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Gratitude – Colossians 3:15 – Peace Of Christ Rule – Growing As Disciples

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Colossians 3:15 (NIV)

Your Peace

That’s exactly what I want. What is exactly what you want? I want to live in your peace. I want your peace to rule and reign in me. Well, then we both want the same thing. That’s good. Yes, it is. Now, I just have to figure out how to let your peace rule in my heart. Is that something you think you will be able to figure out? I could try. But, I doubt it. I don’t think that all my best efforts will bring your peace into my heart and mind and life. I might even be filled with more anxiety trying to bring your peace into my life. How about asking me to fill your life with my peace, have you ever thought of that? How about just allowing me to bring my peace into your life, have you ever considered that? Well, no, not really. You would do that? You would bring your peace in my life because I asked you to? You would bring your peace into my life simply because I allowed you too? What do you think? I think you want me to live in your peace. I think you want your peace to rule and reign in my life. Yes, I do. Then if I ask you to do that for me, I can see no reason why you would not hear and answer that prayer. That would be a good observation. That would be an excellent prayer that I would gladly answer for you. Then, I will ask you to fill me with your peace. Replace conflict and anxiety and discord in my life with your peace. Change everything about me. Help my mind to think thoughts of peace. Help my mouth to speak words of peace. Help my life to take actions that bring peace. Help me to be your peacemaker in the world. Draw people to you through your peace being lived out in and though my life. Those are good desires. Those are great prayers. Keep on praying them. Keep on asking me for them. Keep on allowing my peace to work in and through your life. Yes Lord, I will.

I have one question for you. What’s that? When I hear and answer these prayers of yours what will you think and feel and say? I will be filled with gratitude. I will be thankful. I will give you thanks and praise and honor. All the glory and honor will belong to you. I will say thank you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength. That will be very good.

Lord, I no longer want to live in conflict. I no longer want to live a life filled full of anxiety. I want your peace to rule and reign in me. I want your peace to change all the thoughts of my mind, words of my mouth and deeds of my life. Fill me full with your peace. Amen

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Be Found In Him

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Life In Christ – Philippians 3:7-9 – Be Found In Him – Growing As Disciples

But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ–the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. Philippians 3:7-9 (NIV)

Knowing You 

There is nothing in life that compares with coming to know you. There is no place I would rather be than in your presence. There is nothing I would rather do than worship you. Above all else, I want to know and love and follow and serve you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength. All the thoughts and opinions and values of this world are like garbage compared to the surpassing value of knowing you.  The priority and pursuit of my life is to know you. I will follow you to where you lead me. I will go where you guide me. I will do what you ask of me. That is very good.

What will happen to you as you come to know me? I will be changed. I will be transformed. I will be made new. Not one of my thoughts, not one of my words, and not one of my actions will remain unchanged as I come to know you. Why is that? That is a very good question. You have caused me to think more deeply. I cannot come to know you and remain unchanged. As I come to know you I will become like you. I will think your thoughts. I will speak your words. I will do your deeds. Yes, you will.

What will others see as you come to know me? I will tell you what they won’t see. What’s that? They won’t see the old me. They won’t see a person who is chasing after all the world has to offer. They won’t see someone who has a continual desire for comfort and pleasure and possessions. They won’t see someone who is living for recognition and applause from the world. They won’t see a person who is living to secure power and prestige. Instead, it is my prayer and hope and belief that they will see you being lived out in and through my life because I am and will be continuing to come to know you. You will be living in and through me. They will see you, not me. Yes, they will as you keep on coming to know me. That will be very good. 

Lord, it is the absolute priority of my life to come to know you. It is no great sacrifice for me to let go of everything so that I can come to know you. Nothing remotely compares in value with knowing you intimately. Change my life as I love, follow and serve you. Amen

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