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Give And It Will Be Given To You

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide - Identity - Give And It Will Be Given To You - Luke 6:36-38 - Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Identity – Give And It Will Be Given To You – Luke 6:36-38 – Growing As Disciples

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6:36-38

 Giver

What am I like? You are unlike any other. How do I treat you? You don’t give me what I deserve. Instead, you give me what I don’t deserve. What do you mean by that? You give to me based on who you are and not based on what I have done. What have you done? I have sinned, wandered away and ignored you. I’ve done worse than that. At one time I was your enemy. I took your name in vain and even mocked you and your followers. I had no interest in you at all. So how did I treat you then? Well, there were a lot of negative consequences that I experienced as a result of my sin. When I was in deep pain, I cried out to you and asked for your help. Did I judge you? Did I condemn you? Did I turn you away? No, you did not. That is what I deserved. What did you receive instead? You gave me forgiveness. You welcomed me to you with your arms opened wide. You showered me with your kindness, mercy, and love. How did that feel to you? It felt great. I couldn’t believe it. I felt so loved and accepted. What did my kindness, mercy, and love, motivate you to want? I wanted to follow you. I wanted to be like you. I wanted to treat others just like you have treated me. Is that what you still want today? Yes it is.

Tell me how you want to treat others? When I am wronged, I will give forgiveness. When others don’t act like I would expect I will give acceptance rather than judgment. Instead of condemnation, I will give kindness, mercy and love. Why would you be willing to do this?  Because that is exactly what you gave to me. I want to be like you and do what you have done and are still doing today.

What do you think will happen as you treat others with kindness, mercy, and love? I think that I will be a tool in your hands. I will be like a vessel through which your love can pour. My life will become like a signpost pointing people to you. Has that been happening in your life these days? Yes, I believe that even people who have regarded themselves as my enemies can see your life shining through me. Do you want more of this to happen? Yes, I do.

Father, change my heart and mind. I want to think and act as you do. Instead of judgment and condemnation I want to freely give kindness, mercy and love to others. Use my life as a signpost that points people to you.  Amen 

Key Question…  How has the Lord demonstrated generous giving to you so that you wanted to follow His example?

Living It Out… Give to others the same kindness, mercy and love that He has given to you.

Seeing It Happen…  Have faith that the Lord will help you to give to others the kindness, mercy and love that the He has given to you.

Get Ready To Share…   Share with another person or your small group how God has used you to show His kindness, mercy and love to others.

Prayer To Bless Others…   May you freely give love and kindness to others so you can be a witness and signpost that points them to God.

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Give And It Will Be Given

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The Compassionate Life – Day 266 – Luke 6-37-42 – Give And It Will Be Given – Growing As Disciples

 “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;  give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”  He also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?  A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.  Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?  How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye. Luke 6:37-42 (ESV)

Be A Blessing

That is what I want you to be. What do you want me to be? I want you to be a blessing to others. How can I be a blessing to others? That is a very good question. Let me ask you a question. I’m listening. What won’t you do if you want to be a blessing to others? I won’t judge or condemn others. Why is that? I am completely unqualified to judge others. More than likely, if I were to judge or condemn others, I would be passing the same judgment on myself. Why is that? The same behavior that I might judge or condemn could probably just as easily be found in me. You are wise to know that to be true. What else won’t you do if you want to be a blessing to others? I won’t have an unforgiving attitude when someone has hurt or harmed me. Why is that? Having an unforgiving attitude will only hurt and harm me further. Unforgiveness is like a poison that destroys a life. It can do far more damage to me than what I needed to forgive in the first place. I don’t want anything to cause a root of bitterness to grow in my life. Most importantly, you have freely forgiven me, and you expect me to freely forgive others. I have often said that I want to think and speak and act like you. Yes, I have heard you say that many times. You are forgiving, I must also be forgiven. Being forgiving is something that you expect of me. Yes, I do. You must forgive others if you want to receive my forgiveness. Yes, I know that to be true. That’s good.

What will happen to you as you live as I lived. What will you receive as you generously bless others with my kindness and mercy and love? Will anything good come back to you as you bless the lives of others? Yes, I will receive back from others what I give out to them. If I give out kindness and mercy and love, I will receive it back. Will you get the same amount of blessings as you give to others? No, for some reason, I’m not sure why, what blessings I give out to others, will be multiplied and given back to me. That is true. Will you be a blessing for me in the darkness of this world? Will you think and speak, and act like me? Yes, I will. Then your life will also be truly blessed. Thank you, Lord.

Lord, I will not judge or condemn others for their behavior. Nor will I be unforgiving when I have been wronged. Help me to richly bless the lives with your kindness and mercy and love. Remove anything and everything within me that might offend others. Amen

Key Question…  How are you now making sure that you are giving out what you hope to receive back from others?

Living It Out…  Make certain that your behavior is richly blessing the lives of others.

Seeing It Happen…  Have faith that you will receive back from others what you have generously given to them.

Get Ready To Share…  Share with another person or your small group how your behavior is richly blessing the lives of others.

Prayer To Bless Others…  May you give to others what you hope to receive back from them.

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Give And It Will Be Given

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Promises – Day 157 – Luke 6:37-38 – Give And It Will Be Given – Growing As Disciples

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.  Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6:37-38 (NIV)

Giving And Receiving

What will you give to others? What do you hope to receive from others? I know where this is headed. Where is this headed? There is a law of reciprocity in life. Tell me about it. If I judge others, I can expect that others will judge me. If I condemn others, I can expect that I will be condemned by them. If, I don’t forgive others, they will not forgive me. You are correct. But you can say more. I know that if I am to receive your forgiveness, I must also forgive others. That is also true. So, failing to forgive is not only a tragedy in this life, it is a tragedy in the next life as well. How so? I don’t want to live with the consequences of being unforgiving, judging and condemning. I want to live in your forgiveness both now and forever. And so, you will as you continue to show others the same kindness and mercy and love that I have shown to you. That I will do. I will follow your example. I will do for others, what you have done for me. I will allow your kindness and mercy and love to flow in and through me to others. That will be very good. 

There is more to talk about regarding this law of reciprocity. Yes, I do have more to say. I’m listening. You want me to be generous with what you have given to me. You have richly blessed my life. You have blessed me so I could be a blessing to others. That is true. You do not want me to be tight fisted and closed handed with those who are in need. You want me to give freely just as you have given freely to me. Yes, that is exactly what I want and what I expect of you. But what else do you know? I know that I can’t outgive you. As I continue to give and be generous with others, you will continue to give me more so I can continue to keep on blessing the lives of others. I have found it to be abundantly true that with the measure I give will be the same measure with which I will receive. If I give very little, I will receive very little. So, will you keep on generously giving to others what you hope to receive? Yes Lord, I will keep on giving and receiving so I can bless the lives of others, just as you have blessed my life. That will be very good. 

Lord, I will generously give to others what I hope to receive back from them. I will give out forgiveness and kindness, mercy and love. I will give out understanding, encouragement and compassionate. Help me to freely give out what you want me to receive back. Amen

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Promises – Day 157 – Luke 6-37-38 – Give And It Will Be Given – 4 Page Discipleship Devotional Study Guide

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