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Open The Door

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide - God's Will - Revelation 3:20 - Open The Door - Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – God’s Will – Revelation 3:20 – Open The Door – Growing As Disciples

“Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends. Revelation 3:20 (NLT) 

Your Invitation

I know that you are at the door of my heart and mind and life. I know that you want me to live in an intimate relationship with you. You want me to hear your voice. You want me to respond to your invitation. You want me to hear your call. I can hear you knocking right now. I am here to welcome you into my life. I want what you want. I want to live in an intimate relationship with you. I want to follow you to where you lead me. I want to do everything that you ask of me. I am all yours. I am at your disposal. The desire of my heart is to come to know you. It will be my joy to do what is pleasing in your sight. Use me for your purposes. Help me to accomplish your plans. There is nothing else I desire. There is nothing else I want. I want to live my life with and for you in every way on every day. That is very good.

How will you hear me? How will you listen to my call? How will know where I want to send you? How will you know what I want to do through you? I will step away from the busyness of my life. I will come to rest in your presence. I will make meeting with you the priority of my life. I will listen attentively to what you want to say to me. I will take in all that you want to teach me. I will receive all that you have for me. I will allow you to mold and shape my life. I wait for your instructions. I will follow your directions. I will follow your leading. I will join you in the work that I see you doing. I will not run ahead of you. I will not fall behind you. I know that I can do nothing apart from you. I will wait for your power. I will rely on your strength. I will place all my faith and hope and trust in you. I will allow you to use me however you desire. I will be a tool in your hand. I will be an instrument for purposes. Yes, you will and that will be very good. We will walk together through life. You will live in an intimate relationship with me.

Lord, I can see your hand at work in my life. I can hear your invitation for me to live in an intimate relationship with you. I know you are knocking on the door of my heart and mind and life. I want to live in an intimate relationship with you every day of my life. Amen

Key Question… How have you answered the Lord’s invitation to live in an intimate relationship with Him?

Living It Out… Accept the Lord’s invitation to live in an intimate relationship with Him.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that the Lord is inviting you to live in an intimate relationship with Him.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how you are living in an intimate relationship with the Lord.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you accept the Lord’s invitation to live in an intimate relationship with Him.

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Get Up And Go

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide - God's Will - Jonah 1:1-3 - Get Up And Go - Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – God’s Will – Jonah 1:1-3 – Get Up And Go – Growing As Disciples

The LORD gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai: “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.” But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the LORD. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the LORD by sailing to Tarshish. Jonah 1:1-3 (NLT)

Wrong Way 

Where are you going? What are you doing? What do you mean by asking me that? Are you going where I have guided you? Are you doing all that I have asked of you? Did you ask me to go somewhere? Did you ask me to do something? What do you think? I wasn’t sure that I heard you correctly. Why is that? Well, I thought I might have heard you asking me to go where I did not want to go. I thought it might be possible that you were asking me to do what I would rather not do. But, I wasn’t sure. I certainly felt no peace about what might have been your directions and instructions. So, you ignored my directions and didn’t follow my instructions? I guess so. You didn’t just ignore my directions and skip my instructions. You went the wrong way and did the exact opposite of what I was asking of you. Did you feel great comfort and peace about going there and doing that? No, not really, not at all. This is not good.

I would like to ask you a few questions. Go ahead, I’m listening. Will there be times that I ask you to go where you would rather not go? Will there be occasions when I ask you to do what you would rather not do? Will there be times that you will not understand why I am sending you somewhere unfamiliar to do what might be unpleasant and difficult? Will it ever cost you anything to follow and serve me? Must you always feel great comfort and peace before you will go and do my will? Won’t there be times that you will be uncomfortable and afraid to go and do all that I ask of you? Will the road ahead always be smooth and easy? Won’t you ever experience difficult and painful challenges? Won’t there be times that you will need to hold on to me with all your strength as you follow and serve me? I can’t adequately answer all your questions. No, you cannot.

Forgive me for not going and doing all that you have asked of me. Forgive me for not listening to your directions and following your instructions. Forgive me for running away from what you have given me to do for you. You are forgiven. Now, will get up and go and do all that I ask of you? Yes Lord, I will. That will be very good. I will be with you to help you to go and do my will.

Lord, I have been reluctant to get up and go and do all that you have asked of me. Sometimes, I have run the other way to go and do something else. Forgive me. Thank you so much for finding me, bringing me back, and giving me another chance to serve you. Amen

Key Question… When have your own biases and prejudices made you reluctant to get up and do something for the Lord?

Living It Out… Get up and go and do all that the Lord asks you to do for Him even when it is unpleasant and difficult.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that the Lord will ask you to get up to go and do something for Him that is unpleasant and difficult.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group when you have gotten up and gone to do something for the Lord.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you get up and go and do what the Lord asks you to do for Him.

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God’s Will – Jonah 1-1-3 – Get Up And Go – 4 Page Discipleship Devotional Study Guide

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You Say So

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide - God's Will - Luke 5:4-5 - You Say So- Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – God’s Will – Luke 5:4-5 – You Say So- Growing As Disciples

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” Luke 5:4-5 (NIV)  

Say Yes

I have thought of myself as being an expert. The subject hasn’t seemed to matter much. I have had this attitude that I “knew it all.” My pride filled, sinful attitude made to be something like a full glass that nothing more could be poured into. I could not receive instructions. I would not follow directions. I thought that I knew exactly when and where I was going. I thought I knew exactly how and what I should do. Do your words sound pathetic to you? Yes, my words sound pathetic to me. It is embarrassing for me to admit how full of myself that I have been. It is a good thing that you are now willing to admit your pride. I’m sure of that.

What changed for you? You changed me. Life changed me. You used the error of my ways and the foolishness of my thinking to change me. How so? A pride filled, “know it all” kind of life, will always lead to brokenness. Why is that? I don’t know it all. I make mistakes. I need help. I need guidance and direction. I can’t see the future. I don’t know where I should go. I don’t know what I should do. In every way, I need your help. The brokenness of my own bruised and battered life caused me to cry out to you. I asked for your help. I asked for your wisdom. I asked for your direction. Yes, you did. How did I respond to you? You welcomed me with open arms. You did not turn me away. You did not reject my request. You meet me in my need and answered my prayer. You are now leading me and guiding me through life. Yes, I am.

Do you always follow me? Do you always do what I ask? Do you always go where I send you? No, I am sure that I have made many mistakes. I have not always followed you perfectly. I have not always done what you have asked of me. I have not always gone where you have guided me. But, it is the desire of my heart to always say yes to you. You are teaching me. You are training me. Yes, I am. You are teaching and training me to say yes to you even when I don’t fully understand. You are teaching and training me to say yes to you simply because you have said so. Will you continue to say yes to me, because I have said so, even when you don’t fully understand? Yes Lord, I will. That will be very good. 

Lord, there have been many times when I have thought of myself as being an expert. I have thought that I knew it all. What a dangerous, deceptive sinful attitude. I am not an expert. I do not know it all. I will trust and obey you. I will do what you ask. Amen

Key Question…How has your life been blessed because you said yes to the Lord even when you didn’t fully understand?

Living It Out…Say yes to what the Lord asks of you even when you do not fully understand.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that the Lord will ask you to do things even when you do not fully understand.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group when you have said yes to the Lord even when you did not understand.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you say yes to doing what the Lord asks of you even when you don’t understand.

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God’s Will – Luke 5-4-5 – You Say So – 4 Page Discipleship Devotional Study Guide

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