Knowledge Of His Will

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – God’s Will – Colossians 1:9-12 – Knowledge Of His Will – Growing As Disciples

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. Colossians 1:9-12 (NIV)

Worthy Of Me 

Living a life that is worthy of you. I know that I cannot accomplish that with my own efforts. If I tried my very hardest I would still live a life that is completely unworthy of you. Why is that? I make so many mistakes. I take so many missteps. I take so many wrong turns. I miss the mark by such a wide margin. I know that I have sinned. I know that I will sin. I know that I am a sinner. Only you can make me able to live a life that is worthy of you. Only you can help me to know and do what is pleasing to you. Yes, I can and will make you able to live a life that is worthy of me. Yes, I can and will help you to know and do what is pleasing to me. I will tell you though that you have the wrong perspective on your identity. What is that? You are not some miserable sinner. Your identity is not that of a sinner. You have been forgiven of your sins. You have been cleansed of all your unrighteous. You have been adopted into my family. I am your Father. You are my child. I already love you. You are already pleasing to me. It pleases me that you love me with all your heart and mind and soul and strength. You are dead to your old life of sin. I have given you a completely new life in me. Let your identity be rooted in the fact that you are my child. Let your identity be founded on the fact that you are my new creation and are becoming a masterpiece in my hands. I am molding and shaping your life. Day by day you are becoming more and more like my Son. Let your identity be built on the certainty that my hand is on you. I will help you to come to know me. You will know my will and walk in my ways. You will go where I guide you. You will do what I ask of you. I will powerfully use you to bear fruit for my kingdom. You will shine brightly as my witness in the world. Be encouraged. Be filled with joy. Be lifted up. You have a future with me both now and forever. You have an inheritance in heaven reserved for you. Thank you, Heavenly Father for so richly blessing my life.

Heavenly Father, I want what you want. I want to know and love you with all my heart, mind, soul and strength. I want to live a life that is pleasing to you. Strengthen me with your power. Help me to bear fruit for your kingdom and bring glory to your name. Amen

Key Question… Who are you praying for so that they will come to know God intimately?

Living It Out… Make it your desire to know God intimately as you love, follow and serve Him.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that it is God’s will and desire that you come to know Him intimately.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how are you are coming to know God more intimately.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you rely on God to help you to live a life that is worthy of Him.

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Chosen What Is Better

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – God’s Will – Luke 10:41-42 – Chosen What Is Better – Growing As Disciples

Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:41-42 (NIV)

Sit Still

What choice will you make? What’s that? Will you choose to sit still so that you can hear from me? Will you calm yourself in my presence so that you can attentively listen to my voice? Will you make listening to me the priority of your life? Will you slow down and rest in my presence so that you will be able to receive all that I want to give to you? Will you wait for my instructions? Will you listen carefully to all my teaching? These are very important questions. Don’t pass over them quickly. Don’t consider them lightly. Take each question into your heart and mind and life. Determine carefully how you will answer me. Be true to your word. Make sure that you don’t say one thing and then do another. What do you mean by that? You know exactly what I mean by that. I should not say that I will come to sit in your presence to hear from you, if that is not what I will really do. That’s exactly right. How you answer these questions will determine the course of your life. If you listen carefully to me then you will know where I will send you and what I will ask you to do for me. If you listen carefully to me you will bear and abundance of fruit for my kingdom and bring glory to my name. I understand. I hear all that you are saying to me. That’s very good.

What will happen to you if you don’t come to sit in my presence? If I do not come to sit in your presence I will not hear from you. I will not learn to recognize your voice. I will not be able to hear your instructions. I will not receive your guidance. My life will be filled with chaos. I will chase after one thing after another. I will be aimless. I will not know your will. I will not walk in your ways. I will stumble through life. I will walk a crooked path and waste a lot of time. I will go where you have not guided me to go. I will try to do what you have not given me to do. My life will be unproductive. I will not be able to bear an abundance of fruit for your kingdom or bring glory to your name. If I don’t come to listen to you I will never be able to fully live the life that you have called me to live. That will not be true of me. Why is that? I have chosen to come to rest in your presence. I will listen attentively to your voice. I will wait for your instructions. I will follow your guidance. I will live my life with and for you. Yes, you will.

Lord, life is hectic and busy and filled with chaos. Protect my life from all the busyness and chaos that is in the world. Help me to choose to slow down to come to sit still in your presence. Help me to listen. Teach me to hear and receive all you have for me. Amen

Key Question… How could you make coming to sit in the Lord’s presence a regular and consistent pattern in your life?

Living It Out… Set aside a daily time and place to sit at the feet of Jesus so that you can be taught by Him.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that it is well worth your time to sit at the feet of Jesus so you can be taught by Him.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group what you have learned as you have come to sit at the feet of Jesus.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you choose to sit at the feet of Jesus so you can be taught by Him.

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Give No Opportunity

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Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil. Ephesians 4:26-27 (ESV)

Your Anger

You have had your difficulties with anger. That is an understatement, I’m sure. Why do you say that? I have allowed myself to become angry. I have fully vented my anger. I lost control of my emotions and expressed anger in ways that have damaged and destroyed relationships. I have held on to anger. I have carried resentment. I have let anger linger in my life over days and weeks and months, maybe even years. That’s not good. No, it’s not. I have been discouraged and defeated by anger. I have let the devil have an opportunity to gain a foothold to do great harm through my anger. I have distanced myself from others either because I was angry with them or they were angry with me. What do you want to do about that? What do you mean? You have described your past experiences with anger. What do you want to do with your anger now? I will no longer give full vent to my anger. I haven’t done that in a very long time. I agree. That does not mean I have not been angry. That does not mean I have not expressed my anger. That’s true. If I express anger at all, I want it to be under control. I don’t want to express anger in a way that will damage relationships. If I express anger, I don’t want to hold on to it from day to day. Every day, I want to resolve anger and reconcile relationships. I want to live in harmony with others. I want to love like you loved. I want to live like you lived. So, I will value relationships with others above whatever reason I might have to be angry. I want you to make me into a peacemaker. I want others to know that, above all, I love them even though I might be angry with them.  That’s good.

Anger is not all bad. What do you mean by that? I was angry. It is not a sin to be angry. You will be angry in ways that are not sinful. How might that be? Have you ever been angry about injustice in the world? Yes. Has your anger every caused you to act to right wrongs in the world? Yes. Have I ever called you into action through some passion and anger that you have felt? Yes. Have I ever born fruit through your life and brought glory to my name through passion and anger you held in your heart? Yes, there have been many times I have done something good in response to injustice I have seen in the world. I know that you have borne fruit through my life and brought glory to your name through actions you guided me to take because I was angry. That’s right. Anger is more complicated than I imagined. Yes, it is. Will you bring your anger to me? Will you ask me how you should deal with your anger. Yes Lord, I will. That will be very good.

Lord, I will not let the sun go down on my anger. I will resolve anger and reconcile relationships with others every day. I will not let anger give an opportunity and foothold to the devil. Instead, use my passion and anger to bear fruit for your kingdom and glory. Amen

Key Question… How are you making sure that you don’t allow anger to linger over night and continue from day to day?

Living It Out… Make every effort to resolve your resolve anger and reconcile relationships every day before the sun goes down.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that the Lord will help you to resolve anger and reconcile relationships every day before the sun goes down.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how you are not letting your anger linger from one day to another.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you never let your anger linger overnight and continue from day to day.

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Do Good Works

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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God– not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:8-10 (NIV)

Prepared In Advance

I do have a plan for your life. I have good works prepared in advance for you to do for me. You will bear fruit for my kingdom. You will bring glory to my name. I will work in and through your life. You will go where I send you. You will do all that I ask of you. You will be able to know my will and walk in my ways. I will do in and through your life far beyond what you could have asked, hoped for or even dreamed or imagined. How does all this sound to you? I am overwhelmed. I am taken aback. I am in awe. I am thankful that you will use me according to your purposes and plans. There is nothing else I want to do in life other than your will. That is very good.

You are my workmanship. You are my masterpiece. I am molding and shaping your life. I am preparing you to do the work that I will give you to do for me. Don’t be impatient. Don’t run ahead of me. Be ready and willing to go and do what I have called you to do when you hear my voice. Listen carefully to me. Walk closely with me. Remain in my presence. Receive all that I have done and will do in you. Apart from me you can do nothing that will bear fruit for all eternity. Apart from me your work will amount to nothing. Will you remain in me? Will you allow me to prepare you? Yes Lord, I will remain in you every day of my life. I welcome you to do all your work in me. Make me into the person you want me to become. There no one else I want to be than the person you had in mind when you created me. That is very good. 

All that you are, all that you have and all that you hope to be has come to you as a gift. You have not earned your salvation. There is and will be nothing that you will be boast about. You will simply be able to say that you know me and that I have saved you and prepared you to do good works for me. That’s is enough for me. I am all yours. I am your servant. Use my life as you have planned. Yes, I will.

Lord, I know you have a purpose and plan for my life. You have created me as your workmanship. I am your masterpiece. You are molding and shaping my life. You have prepared good works in advance for me to do. Help me to go and do all your good works. Amen

Key Question… What good works has the Lord prepared for you to do for Him right now?

Living It Out… Do the good works that God has prepared in advance for you to do for Him.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that God has prepared good works in advance for you to do for Him.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how you known and done good works God has prepared for you.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you do the good works that God has prepared in advance for you to do for Him.

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Open The Door

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“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

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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You Say So

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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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Ask Of You

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – God’s Word – Deuteronomy 10:12-13 – Ask Of You – Growing As Disciples

And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the LORD’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?  Deuteronomy 10:12-13 (NIV)

All Of Me

What do you think I am asking of you? What am I requiring of you? I know one thing that is for sure. What’s that? You don’t want a part of me. You don’t want a piece of my time. You don’t want a partial or a half effort from me. What do I want? You want all of me. You want me to be fully devoted to you. How do you know that? You have made that quite clear in your word. How so? Your greatest commandment asks me to love you with all my heart, mind, soul and strength. Yes, it does. If I follow and obey this command I will be giving myself completely to you. I have only one heart, mind, soul and strength to give. Will you give me all your heart, mind, soul and strength? Yes, I will.

It is no great sacrifice for me to give all my heart, mind, soul and strength to you. Why is that? I want to give everything I am, everything I have and everything I hope to be to you. I don’t feel required to give myself completely to you. It is the joy and desire of my heart to give myself fully you. Why is that? You gave yourself completely to me. You gave all that you could possibly give so that I could be forgiven of my sin and cleansed of my unrighteousness. You made it so I could live a completely new life with you. You became my Savior and Lord. Yes, I did. You loved me first. Your love has drawn me to you. I love you because you first loved me. Yes, I did. My love for you will never end. It was my joy and desire to give myself fully for you. Then you are making me to be like you. How so? We are both filled with the joy and desire to give ourselves fully to each other.  That’s right. There is a big difference between you and I. What’s that? You gave yourself perfectly and completely to and for me. I am not perfect in giving myself completely to you. I fall short. I make mistakes. I sin. I disobey. I sometimes wander off, lag behind or run ahead of you. I will need your help to do what pleases you. Will you follow me? Will you do what I ask? Yes Lord, I will follow you and do what you ask. Then you will have all the help that you need from me. You do please me. You will continue to please me.

Lord, I will meet with you in your word so that I can come to know, love, follow and serve you. I will walk reverently before you. In every way I will seek to do what pleases you. Guard and guide me with your word as I serve you with all my heart and soul. Amen 

Key Question… How has your love for the Lord grown as you have come to know Him?

Living It Out… Meet with God in His word so you will know His will and walk in His ways as you love, follow and serve Him.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that as you meet with God in His word you will be able to know His will and walk in His ways.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how you are serving God with all your heart and soul.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you meet with God in His word so you will be able to know and do all that He asks of you.

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Will Accomplish What I Desire

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – God’s Word – Isaiah 55:10-11 – Will Accomplish What I Desire – Growing As Disciples

As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:10-11 (NIV)

What Purpose And Plan? 

What purpose do you think I have in mind when my word goes out to you? What do you think I want my word to accomplish in your life? Those are hard questions to answer. Why is that? You might have a hundred different things you want your word accomplish in my life. Depending on the time, place and circumstance you might have any number of different purposes in mind when you speak to me through your word. On one hand you are right I am asking you difficult questions. On the other hand you are making the answer to my question too difficult. Think about your answer to my questions in a more basic and simple manner.

When you speak to me through your word you are trying to get my attention. There is something that you want to say to me. That’s right. There is something that you want me to know. There is some work that you want your word to accomplish in and through my life. That’s also right. It’s very important for me to listen attentively so that I can hear all that you want to say to me. If I were not very careful it would be easy for me to fail to hear all that you want to say to me. How will you be fully attentive and very careful to listen to all that I have to say to you? I will set aside a time and a place to meet with you in your word. Why is that necessary? The noise and pace of life makes it very hard for me to hear what you have to say to me. I need to slow down and quiet myself before you so I can be fully attentive and able to carefully listen to all that you have to say to me. That’s true. 

As you have been fully attentive and listened carefully to my word what have I accomplished in you? Your word has helped me to know and love you. Your word has helped to do your will. Your word has given me a desire to live my life wholeheartedly with and for you. Your word has guarded and guided the course of my life. Your word has made serving you the mission and goal of my life. Your word has made me to want what you want. Your word made me to want to do what you are doing. In every way I welcome your word into my life to accomplish your purposes and plans that you have for me. That is what my word has done and will keep doing in your life.

Lord, thank you for your word. It is my daily delight to meet with you in your word. Use your word to accomplish your purposes and plans in my life. Use your word to change my heart and transform my mind. Use your word to help me to know and do your will. Amen

Key Question… How has God used His word to accomplish His purposes and plans in your life?

Living It Out… Make sure that you are consistently meeting with God in His word so He can use it to do His work in your life.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that God will use His word to accomplish His purposes and plans in your life.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how God has used His word to accomplish His will in your life.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you allow God to use His word to accomplish His purposes and plans in your life.

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Live On Every Word That Comes From God

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – God’s Word – Deuteronomy 8:3 – Live On Every Word That Comes From God – Growing As Disciples

He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. Deuteronomy 8:3 (NIV)

 Live On

I know I cannot survive without your word. Just as food sustains and strengthens my body, so your word sustains and strengthens my spirit. Is that what you really believe? Yes, it is. If you really believe that my word is as important to your spirit as food is to your body then you will pay very close attention to my word. You will meet with me daily in my word. You will feed on my word. You will allow my word to speak into your life. You will listen attentively to all that I am saying to you. You will be careful to put into practice all that I am teaching you. Yes, I will.

You have not always such had a high regard for my word. You have not always believed that my word is as important to your spirit as food is to your body. Why do you say that? You have never been in the habit of skipping meals. Would you be alive today if you ate only as frequently as you feasted on my word? That is a very interesting thought. No, I would not be alive today if I ate food only as frequently as I feasted on your word. Why is that? I’m not sure. I think that I did not make meeting with you in your word an absolute priority in my life. What was the result of that? Without making meeting with you in your word an absolute priority in my life I would let other things distract me. Like what? Anything and everything would distract me from meeting with you. Meeting with me in my word was just an item that got moved up or down on your “to do” list as time allowed. Yes, that’s right. I’m afraid that I let the urgent demands of my day prevent me from doing what was ultimately far more important. Which is? Meeting with you in your word on a daily basis. What has changed for you? Now, just as I would not want to go without food so also I do not want to go without feasting on your word. Just as I now set aside time to eat food so also I have set aside time to feast on your word. I am now letting your word feed, sustain and strengthen me everyday. I am living on your word. That is very good.

Lord, thank you for your word that feeds, and sustains me. Make me hungry for your word. I know that I can’t fully live the life you intend for me without your word. So, I will humbly come to feed on your word daily for all I need. Amen

Key Question… How willing do you think that God is to feed and sustain you by His word?

Living It Out… Feed on God’s word daily so that you don’t starve spiritually.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that God will feed, strengthen and sustain you with His word.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how God has fed, strengthened and sustained you by His word.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you be sustained and strengthened by feeding daily on God’s word.

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