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Serve Others

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – God’s Will – 1 Peter 4:7-11 – Serve Others -Growing As Disciples

The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 4:7-11

Given You Gifts

I have given you gifts. It is time for you to use them. I want you to urgently and passionately use the spiritual gifts that I have given to you. I want you to pour yourself out in service to others. You will bear fruit for my kingdom. You will bring glory to my name. You will go where I send you. You will do all that I ask of you. There is no doubt about that. I want to know and do your will. I want to do all the good works that you have prepared for me to do for you. I want your hand to be on me. It is my prayer that you will richly bless my life. I want to shine brightly for you in the world. I want people to be drawn to you because of the way that you have been working in my life. I want to use every one of the spiritual gifts that you have given to me. I don’t want any one of my spiritual gifts to be unused and go to waste. I want to fulfill all your purposes and plans for my life. I want to reap a rich harvest for your kingdom. Your desires are very good. Your desires are my desires for you.

What’s that? You said that you want me to urgently and passionately use the spiritual gifts that you have given to me. Yes, I did. Can you tell me more about that? Yes, I will. Your time on this earth is short. If you want to bear an abundance of fruit for my kingdom and bring glory to my name, the time to begin is now. There is no time to waste. Wasted time is a wasted opportunity. Keep your eyes open. Listen carefully to my voice. Go where I send you. Do what I ask of you. Join me in the work that you see me doing. Be urgent. What about being passionate? Don’t be half-hearted. Give yourself fully to me and the work that I have prepared for you. My hand will be on you. You will have my blessing. I will use you. I will set you on fire with passion to love, follow and serve me. That is what I want. That is the prayer of my heart. Yes, I know and I will hear and answer that prayer.

Lord, I know that you have given me many good gifts. Help me to urgently and passionately use every one of my gifts to serve others. Powerfully use me to bear an abundance of fruit for your kingdom. I will rely on all your strength to bring glory to your name. Amen

Key Question… How are you now using your God given spiritual gifts to serve others?

Living It Out… Use all your God given spiritual gifts to serve others.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that God has given you spiritual gifts so that you can serve others.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how you are using your God given spiritual gifts to serve others.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you use all your God given spiritual gifts to serve others.

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Seek Me

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You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 (NIV)

All Your Heart

That is a very important concept. What’s that? I want you to think deeply about seeking me with all your heart. I want you to consider what it means to seek me with all your heart. I want you to take the thought of seeking me with all your heart deeply into your heart and mind and life. What does seeking me with all your heart look like? Why do you want to seek me with all your heart? Why is seeking me with all your heart a worthy pursuit for your entire life. How will your life look different because you are seeking me with all your heart? Where will you go because you are seeking me with all your heart? What will you do because you are seeking me with all your heart? What will you let go of and leave behind because you are seeking me with all your heart? What will you take hold of and move forward with because you are seeking me with all your heart? How will seeking me with all your heart change your thoughts and words and deeds. What will hinder or help you to seek me with all your heart? When have you sought me with less than your whole heart? Are you now seeking me with all your heart? What will need to happen for you to decide to seek me with your whole heart? How will you keep on seeking me with your whole heart? Have I asked you enough questions? Have I given you enough to think about? You have asked me enough questions. I don’t know how I will ever be able to fully answer all your questions. I did not ask you all these questions with the expectation that you would answer every one of them. I asked you all these questions to help you to think about the importance of seeking me with all your heart. I get it.

I know that I have not always sought you with all my heart. I know that there have been many times that I have followed you half-heartedly. At times, there has been a battle raging in my heart and mind and life over the question of seeking you with all my heart. Yes, I know, what about now? Now, seeking you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength is an answered question. I will seek you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength. How has this become an asked and answered question for you? I can tell you one thing for certain. What’s that? Seeking you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength is not an effort of my will. It’s not, then what is it? Seeking you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength is an act of my heart. I am seeking you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength because I love you. I have no other desire. I have no other hope. I have no other purpose. Your love for me and my love for you makes me want to seek you with all my heart. It is no sacrifice for me to seek you with all my heart. It is my joy to seek you with all my heart. I am doing what I was made to do. I am doing what I want to do. I am doing what is pleasing to you. I am fully living my life with and for you. Yes, you are and that is very good. 

Lord, I love you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength. It is my joy to seek you with all my heart. It is my desire to do what is pleasing to you. I want to fully live my life with and for you. I will follow and serve you wherever you lead me. Amen

Key Question…Why is seeking the Lord with all your heart a worthy pursuit for your life?

Living It Out… Let the Lord’s love for you and yours for Him drive your desire to seek Him with all your heart.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that the Lord’s love for you and yours for Him will give you the desire to seek Him with all your heart.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how your love for the Lord drives you to seek Him with all your heart.

Prayer To Bless Others… May the Lord’s love for you and yours for Him drive you to seek Him with all your heart.

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But Overcome Evil With Good

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Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:19-21 (NIV)

Your Enemy

How have you responded to your enemies? What have you done for those who have done evil against you? Well, I have often brainstormed how I might get even with them. I have considered how I might repay them for every evil that they have done against me. Have you spent a lot of time thinking these kinds of thoughts? I am embarrassed to admit how much time I have wasted imagining what do to those who have hurt me. Have you found thoughts of payback and revenge to be helpful and healthy? Thinking thoughts of payback and revenge have been nothing more than a large waste of time. Why is that? I can’t think of one time that I actually paid someone back or took revenge against them. You just day dreamed about payback and taking revenge against evil that was done against you? That’s right. That is a big waste of time. 

I want you to take a far different approach to those who have done evil against you. What’s that? You are going to like this, I think. I can’t imagine that. You like to brainstorm. You like to day dream. You like to think through scenarios. You like to think about future possibilities of your actions. Yes, I do like to do all those things. Well, I want you to do all those things toward an enemy that has done something to hurt you. I’m already doing that. Yes, I know. But, you are doing all those things with an evil intent of paying them back and seeking revenge. That’s true. I want you to do just the opposite. Like what?

Imagine that one of your strongest enemies became your best friend. That’s hard to imagine. Stay with me. How would you try to turn one of your strongest enemies into one of your best friends? I would begin to brainstorm how I could do good things for them. Then I would look for any and every opportunity to follow through and actually do good things for them. That’s good. What else? I would pray for them continually. That’s also very good. Why would you be willing to do good things toward your enemy? Why would you be willing to continually pray for them? I would do good things for my enemy and pray for them because that is what you are asking of me. That’s right. If you do what I am asking of you, then you may not only have an enemy as a best friend but you might have them as a brother of sister. Wouldn’t it be amazing if your enemy joined you in heaven because of the way that you allowed me to work in and through your life? That would be amazing. Start doing good things for your enemy as you pray for them. Yes, Lord, I will.

Lord, I have sought revenge. I have wanted to pay back others for evil done against me. Forgive me. I will make every effort to overcome evil by doing good. I will seek to turn enemies into friends by doing good things for them. Use me as your witness. Amen

Key Question… Why is overcoming evil by doing good completely contrary to common practice in the world?

Living It Out… Make every effort to overcome evil by doing the good things God gives you to do for Him?

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that the Lord will make you able to overcome evil by doing the good He gives you to do for Him

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how are you overcoming evil by doing what is good.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you always overcome evil by doing good that God gives you to do.

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Joyful – Prayerful – Thankful

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – God’s Will – 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 – Joyful – Prayerful – Thankful – Growing As Disciples

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV) 

Circumstances

I have let circumstances get me down. I have not been joyful in every circumstance. Far from it. I have let circumstances cloud my vision and lose my focus. I have let circumstances steal my joy.  I have let circumstances cause me to take my eyes off you. I have let all my thoughts and words and deeds be guided and directed by whatever circumstance I have found myself. Circumstances have caused me to lose my balance and send me off course. So often, I have lived under the circumstances of life rather than above them. That’s not good. No, it’s not. How have gotten back on course? There is one very positive thing about negative circumstances. What’s that? Negative circumstances have always caused me to cry out to you. Right away? No, not right away. I wish I could say that I would start praying to you right away when circumstances have turned negative around me. Unfortunately, I have tried in vain to fight my own way out of negative circumstances. Sometimes, I have even had to reach rock bottom, when all my own efforts have not brought me through negative circumstances, before I have cried out to you in prayer. I like it that you have tried to fight your way out of negative circumstances. Why is that? Your desire to fight and do battle against negative circumstances is good. Your choice of weapon to fight your way out of negative circumstances is all wrong however. How so? You will never win battles against negative circumstances with your own efforts. You must rely on me. You must choose the proper weapon with which to fight. Do you know what that weapon is? Yes, after so many failures, I have finally learned that I can continually pray prayers that will give me victory through circumstances. Why is that? As I pray to you, my eyes will be on you rather than on my circumstances. You will lead me through my circumstances. You will be my helper. You will be my strength. You will be my guide. I can hold on to you as you hold on to me through all the circumstances of life. Yes, you can. Yes, I will. What will you have as I lead you through all the ups and downs and twists and turns of the circumstances of life? I will have joy. Why is that? My relationship with you will grow deeper and become sweeter as I hold on to you and you hold on to me. Yes, it will. Then you will become truly joyful, prayerful and thankful as you love, follow and serve me. Yes, I will.

Lord, I have not always been joyful, prayerful and thankful. I’m sure that comes as no surprise to you. Help me to be continually joyful, prayerful and thankful. I know I have abundant reasons to be joyful, prayerful and thankful. You have blessed my life. Amen

Key Question… How are you learning to give thanks in and through all the varied circumstances of life?

Living It Out… Make it your practice to be joyful, prayerful and thankful as you love, follow and serve the Lord.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that you have abundant reasons to be joyful, prayerful and thankful as you love, follow and serve the Lord.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how you are joyful, prayerful, and thankful as a Christ follower.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you be continually joyful, prayerful and thankful as you love, follow and serve the Lord.

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Look Carefully Then How You Walk

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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. Ephesians 5:15-17 (ESV)

To Do List

I know that I have wasted a lot of time. I have allowed my life to be sucked into massive time wasters. I have been unwise. I have foolishly spent large portions of my life on what will be of no value and amount to nothing. I need your help. I need your wisdom. I need your strength. Why is that? I know that my life will not go on forever. I have a very limited amount of time to live my life on this earth. That’s right. I can’t afford to be wasting time if I want my life to amount to anything. What do you mean by that? I want to bear fruit for your kingdom and bring glory to your name. I want to be busy doing what will amount to something that will be valuable for all eternity. I want to know and do your will. That’s good.

Why do you think you need my wisdom in determining how you use your time? I don’t think I will know how to use my time well without your help. Obviously, I can eliminate the obvious time wasters like spending hour upon hour watching television or searching the internet. There is little to no lasting and eternal value there. That’s right.  I know that you have good works planned for me to do for you. That’s right. I am quite certain, that those good works that you have prepared for me to do for you have seldom, if ever, appeared on what has been my day after day urgent “to do” list. That’s a very good point. If you always completed your urgent “to do list” you may still miss doing what I have called you to do for me. Do you know why that is? Yes, I have raced frantically through life trying to complete my urgent and daily “to do list”. What has not been on your urgent “to do” list? Taking time to know your will has never appeared on my “to do list”. Asking for your wisdom to know how I can better use my time has never been on my “to do list”. Asking you to help me bear fruit for your kingdom and bring glory to your name has never been on my “to do list”. Do you think it is time to reprioritize your “to do list?” Yes, I do. Will you help me to reprioritize my “to do list” so that I will be able to know and do your will? Yes, I will.

Lord, I have wasted a lot of valuable time. Forgive me. Help me to evaluate how I use my time. Give me strength to eliminate from my life what is wasting the time I have been given. I want to walk wisely and use my time well as I love, follow and serve you. Amen

Key Question… What foolish time wasters will you eliminate from your life so you can better use your time?

Living It Out… Look carefully how you walk so that you will wisely make the best use of the time as you follow and serve the Lord.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that the Lord will give you wisdom in the way that you walk so you can make the best use of the time.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how you are wisely making the best use of the time as a Christ follower.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you look very carefully how you walk so you will make the best use of the time.

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Good Work In You

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – God’s Will – Philippians 1:6 – Good Work In You – Growing As Disciples

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6 (ESV)

Complete 

You can be sure that I began a good work in you. Have you noticed that I have been molding and shaping your life? Have you noticed that I am making you into the person I want you to be? Have you noticed that I am helping you to live the life I have called you to live? Yes, I’ve noticed. That’s it? That’s all you want to say? No, not all. There is a lot I would like to say. Go ahead, I’m listening. I am so encouraged that you began a good work in me. To think that you are molding and shaping my life is beyond amazing. My words cannot begin to express how thankful I am that you are making me into the person you want me to be and helping me to live the life that you have called me to live. Why are you so encouraged? I could never make myself into the person you want me to be. It is so comforting to know that I am the work of your hands. I welcome your work in my heart and mind and life. There is nothing about me that I want left untouched by you. I give you my complete permission to do your work in and through my life. Twist me inside out. Turn me upside down. Give me a good shake. Do whatever is necessary to continue your good work in me. Anything else? Yes, I could never do what you have called me to do. I could never live the life that you have called me to live. I could never do what is pleasing in your sight, without your help. So, here I am. Keep on working in and through me. Yes, I will. 

How have I worked in your life? What are some of the tools that I have used to continue my good work in you? Why do you ask? It is important for you to be able to recognize my work in and through your life. I see. You have used your word to work in my life. Your word has been changing my heart, transforming my mind and guiding my life. That’s right. What else? You have used your body of believers, your church to change me. How so? You have given fellow believers important words to speak into my life. I have also been changed, as I have worshipped you, with other believers in your body. That’s true. What else? You have used the ministry you have given me to do for you to mold and shape my life. As I have gone and done what you have asked of me, I have come to rely on you. I have drawn near to you. I have asked for your help. I have rested in your presence. I have listened to your instructions. I have followed your guidance. In your presence, I have been changed. That’s right. You have used every twist and turn, every up and down, every back and forth, every circumstance of life as a tool in your hand to mold and shape my life. That’s right. Will you welcome my work in your life, until the day in which it will be complete? Yes, I will.

Heavenly Father, thank you for beginning a good work in me. I welcome all the work you want to do in and through me. Make me into the person you want me to be. Help me to live the life you have called me to live. Use my life fully for your kingdom and glory. Amen

Key Question… What changes have you noticed in your heart and mind and life as God has continued His good work in you?

Living It Out… Welcome God’s good work in you and allow Him to bring it to full completion.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that God will bring His good work in you into full completion.

Get Ready To Share…  Share with another person or your small group how God has been working in you.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you welcome God’s continual working in you.

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I Know The Plans I Have For You

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For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) 

A Plan

I have a purpose and plan for your life. You can be confident and certain about that. I want to use you to bear fruit for my kingdom and bring glory to my name. How will I be able to know your plan for my life? How will I be able to fulfill the purposes you have in mind for me? Those are important questions. I know that you have been worried about there answers. You have been fearful that you might miss out on my plan and fail to fulfill my purposes for your life. That’s right. I don’t want to live a life that would someday be filled with regret about where I could have gone and what I could have done for you. I want you to be able to fully use my life for your purposes and your plans. That’s a very good desire. Do you know where that desire comes from? My desire to fulfill your purposes and plans comes from you. Yes, it does. Would I place a desire in your heart that I would not help you to fulfill? No, I doubt it, certainly not, I’m sure. Your two very important questions have one simple answer. What is it? You can be certain that you will go where I want you to go and do what I have given you to do if you follow me.  I will lead you to where I want you to go. I will give you what I want you to do for me. Is that simple and clear enough? Yes, it is.

What will following me require of you? I will need to be attentive to you. I will need to listen carefully to all that you have to say to me. I will need to be willing to follow and obey you. I must guard against anything that might hinder my ability to hear from you. How will you do that? I will withdraw from the noise and busyness of life so that I can listen and hear from you. Once you have heard from me what must you do? I must put into practice all that you have shown me. I must be willing to go where you are leading me. I must be willing to do all that you are asking of me. Will you listen attentively to me? Will you follow me? Will you do what I ask of you? Yes Lord, I will. Then I will use you to bear fruit for my kingdom and bring glory to my name. 

Lord, I have had this fear that I would miss out on your plans for my life. I have thought that I might leave something undone that you wanted me to do for you. I don’t want that. I know that you will help me to follow you and to fulfill all your plans for my life. Amen

Key Question… How has the Lord used your life to bear fruit for Him and bring glory to His name?

Living It Out… Follow and serve the Lord so you will be able to fulfill the plans He has for your life.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that the Lord will help you to follow and serve Him.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how you are following and serving the Lord?

Prayer To Bless Others… May you follow the Lord and fulfill the plans He has for you.

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Sons Of God

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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. Matthew 5:9 (NIV)

Peacemaker

Do you want to be a witness for me in the world? Do you want to live a life that is vibrant and attractive to those who do not know me? Do you want others to come to know me through my working in and through your life? Do you want to be a vessel that I can use for my kingdom and glory? Do you want to go where I send you and do what I ask of you? Are you at my disposal? Are you ready for my use? Lord, I want you to use me. I am completely at your disposal. I am ready for your use. I will go wherever you send me and do whatever you ask me. Where will you send me? How do you want to use me? What will you ask of me? I will send you next door. Next door, I’m not sure what you mean?

I want you to express my kindness and mercy and love to all those who are around you on a day to day basis. You don’t need to go far to be my witness in the world. I will use you right now, right where you are, in your daily life. How will you use me? Think of the people that rub you the wrong way. Think of the people that are abrasive and difficult to love. Think of the people who are obnoxious and self-serving. Think of the people that are living lives that are far away from me. These are the people that I want you to love with my love. These are the people that I want you to pray for and serve. Show them what they can’t see in the world. What’s that? Show them my unconditional love. Show them kindness at every turn.  How will I do that?

I am calling you to be a peacemaker.  I want you to make and maintain peace wherever you go, in whatever you do. I want your life to spread the fragrance of me everywhere. I want you to stand out as a bold and bright witness for me in a world filled with conflict. I want people to see me living and working in and through your life. I want people to know my kindness, mercy and love through your life. I want people to see me living in you. I want people to know that they have been in the presence of one of my children, when they have been around you. You are my child, are you not? Yes, I am your child. You are my Heavenly Father. Yes, I am. You want to become like me, do you not? Yes, I want to become like you. Then be a peacemaker for me. Will you do that for me? Yes Lord, I will be a peacemaker for you in a world filled with conflict. That will be very good.

Lord, I have often allowed myself to become embroiled in conflict. I regret that engaging in conflict has hindered my ability to be a witness for you. Forgive me. Use me now as a peacemaker. Help me to make and maintain peace in a world filled with conflict. Amen 

Key Question… When has the Lord used you to make and maintain peace in a world filled with conflict?

Living It Out… Allow the Lord to use you to make and maintain peace in a world filled with conflict.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that the Lord will use you to make and maintain peace in a world filled with conflict.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how the Lord has used you to make and maintain peace.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you allow the Lord to use you to make and maintain peace in a world filled with conflict.

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Silence Ignorant Talk By Doing Good

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For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men. 1 Peter 2:15 (NIV)

Silence Foolish Accusations

Let me tell you, I hate it when I am unfairly attacked. It bugs me, when foolish accusations have been unjustly made against me. Well, join the club. Get used to it, foolish accusations were made against me and I did nothing but good. There will be many times that you will suffer foolish accusations and unjust attacks simply because you are one of my followers. I get that. I am somewhat, not fully for sure, prepared for that to happen to me. When that happens to me, I will know and remember that I am in good company with you, as one of your followers. That’s right.

When you have been unjustly attacked by foolish accusations how have you responded to them? I’m sure that I have not responded as you would have wanted me to respond. Why do you say that? Well, when you were unjustly attacked by foolish accusations you didn’t respond to them. You just kept on doing all the good that your Heavenly Father had given you to do for Him. Yes, I did. You didn’t attempt to defend yourself. You didn’t seek to set the record straight. You didn’t put together your own counter attack. You didn’t play the game of “tit” for “tat”.  No, I did none of these things. Well, I have done all of these things when I have been unjustly acted by foolish accusations. Yes, I have noticed that you can be quite aggressive in seeking to defend yourself.

How has aggressively defending yourself against unjust and foolish accusations worked out for you? Not well at all. In some cases, I may have won a battle, but in doing so, I have lost a war. What do you mean by that? I may have cleared my name of one unjust foolish accusation. But, in clearing my name, I have certainly sullied it by getting down in the mud with those who unjustly accused me with false accusations. I lost sight of something far more important than my name. What’s that? What’s far more important than my name, is your name. Here I am here on this earth, hoping to live my life fully for you. I want to bring glory to your name. Trying to clear my name will never bring glory to your name. No, It will not. What do you wish you would have done when faced with unjust and foolish accusations? What will you do in the future instead? I will just keep on doing all the good that you have given me to do for you. That will make me able to continue to bear fruit for your kingdom and bring glory to your name. Yes, it will. Continuing to do all the good that I have given you to do for me will also silence many unjust and false accusations against you. You will shine brightly as one of my witnesses in the world. Now that is what I want.

Lord, I want to do all the good things you have given me to do. I want my life to silence foolish accusations from being made against me. I want my life to be a bright and shining witness for you as I bear fruit for your kingdom and bring glory to your name. Amen

Key Question… What are some good things that God has given you to do for Him?

Living It Out… Do all the good things that God gives you to do so that your life will silence foolish accusations against you.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that doing the good things that God gives you to do will silence foolish accusations against you.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how doing good things has silenced foolish accusations against you.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you live a life of doing good things that silences foolish people from making accusations against you.

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Continue To Do

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – God’s Will – Hebrews 10:36 – Endurance – Continue to Do – Growing As Disciples

Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. Hebrews 10:36 (NLT)

Endurance

Now, that’s a very important word. What’s that? Endurance, you won’t find many more important words than that one. Why is that? I will ask you a few questions. I will make a few statements. I’m listening. Do you know that I have called you by name? Do you know that I have forgiven all your sins and cleansed you of all your unrighteousness? I am your Savior and Lord. Do you know that I have adopted you into my family? I am your God and Father. You are my child. I am molding and shaping your life. I am making you to be the person that I want you to become. You are my masterpiece. I started my work in you on the day that you were born. I will continue my work in you until the day that you come to live forever in heaven with me. Do you know that I have a purpose and plan for your life? Do you know that I have good works prepared in advance for you to do for me? I have given you gifts, talents and abilities that you can use to bear fruit for my kingdom and bring glory to my name. I am with you. My hand is on your life. I will help you. I will strengthen and sustain you as you love, follow and serve me. How does all this sound so far? It sounds fantastic! I am so thankful for all that you have done, are doing and will do for me. That’s good. 

Life will get hard. Your road ahead will not always be easy. There will be twists and turns and ups and downs that you did not expect. You will suffer pain. You will experience loss. You will go through trials and testing. You will be faced with many questions. What questions will I need to answer? Will you continue to love, follow and serve me?  Will you hold on to me as I hold on to you? Will you patiently endure all that life throws at you? Will you come to rely on my strength? Will you seek my counsel? Will you trust in my wisdom? Will you keep on moving forward with me? Now, do you see why that word endurance is such an important word? Yes Lord, I do understand. I will endure. I will keep on loving, following and serving you. I will keep on doing the work that you have given me to do for you. I will rely on you to supply me with whatever I need. I will hold on to you as you hold on to me. That will be very good. 

Lord, I will not give up. I will not slow down. I will not quit. I will patiently endure and continue to do your will. I will follow and serve you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength. I will not retreat. I will have no regrets. I will hold nothing in reserve. Amen

Key Question… What work has the Lord given you, so you can bear fruit for His kingdom and bring glory to His name?

Living It Out… Patiently endure and continue to do God’s will so that you will be able to receive all that has been promised.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that you will receive all that has been promised as you endure and patiently continue to do God’s will.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how you are patiently enduring and continuing to do God’s will.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you with patient endurance continue to do God’s will.

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