Disciples Are Faithful To The End
Series | The Life of Discipleship Scripture | Matthew 25:21, “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your masters happiness!’” Lesson 31 | Disciples Are Faithful To The End Jesus said the above words in the context of…
Read MoreDay 1 | Disciples Are Born Again
1 Peter 1:23, “For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.” Peter, a disciple of Christ himself, in the above passage is reminding the disciples under his care that they have been born again by the Word of God. It is always important…
Read MoreThe Mind of Christ
After an hour and a half long talk with my pastor and mentor, Anthony Freeman, Nancy and I were blown away by the revys (revelations) about the “mind of Christ” he shared with us. That following Sunday I spent most of the time in our church’s leadership meetings discussing it and how it relates to…
Read MoreDay 2 | Disciples Are Fishers of Men
Matthew 4:19, “Come, follow me, Jesus said, and I will send you out to fish for people.” Matthew records that the first four disciples of Jesus were fisherman. Jesus saw them when He was teaching by the Sea of Galilee. He called His first set of brothers, Peter and Andrew, and said the words recorded…
Read MoreDay 3 | Disciples Forsake All
Matthew 4:20, “At once they left their nets and followed him.” Imagine if your whole life revolved around being a fisherman. Consider if everything you did everyday was focused on one thing- catching fish. You would wake up early each day to get your nets ready, work on the boat, get bait, and head out…
Read MoreThe Duties of Discipleship
Discipleship has been a passion in my life from the day I got saved. I have always been interested in learning to live like Jesus and His first disciples. The book of Acts never gets old to me. It seems like every time I read it through I’m seeing so much I can do differently.…
Read MoreDay 4 | Disciples Deny Themselves
Matthew 16:24, “Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.’” After calling people to come and follow Him Jesus in the above verse gives the basic criteria of being His disciple. The word disciple was not just a…
Read MoreDay 5 | Disciples Take Up Their Cross
Matthew 16:24, “Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” The second criterion Jesus gave to be His disciple was to “take up their cross.” The cross was a form of torture and execution in the Roman world. Jesus was…
Read MoreDay 6 | Disciples Follow Jesus
Matthew 16:24, “Then Jesus said to his disciples, Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” The last of the three criteria that Jesus gave to be His disciple was to “follow Him.” To follow a teacher in the times of Jesus meant a 100% sold…
Read MoreDay 7 | Disciples Count the Cost
Luke 14:28, “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?” Being a disciple of Jesus Christ is free, but it will cost you everything you have. In other words, to be a disciple doesn’t require…
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