Are you a disciple maker?

Posted : 30 Nov, 2010 05:51 AM

What a great reminder this devotion is about discipleship that my heart and spirit were blessed to read this morning with the Holy Spirit from this month's issue of Charles Stanley's In Touch magazine!!! :yay: Yay, Lord!!! Barefoot Hooray!!! :yay: ... and thank You!!! :hearts::hearts::hearts:



I share it with you now as a blessing of love from God's heart and mine.



Your Brother in Christ,

Steve



P.S. Can you imagine yourself disappearing for three years into the desert to be instructed by the Holy Spirit to prepare you to share God's truth and love with others?



The Road of Discipleship





Saturday, November 27, 2010



Read | Galatians 1:11-17



After Paul�s conversion, he disappeared into the desert for three years, during which time the Holy Spirit instructed him in the ways of God. He emerged, ready to communicate divine truth.



The Lord speaks to believers so that they will comprehend the truth, conform to the truth, and communicate the truth. These same steps form a roadmap to discipleship. What happened during Paul�s desert years was only the beginning of a life-long process�God renewed his mind and transformed him into the image of Christ. For the apostle, that change began with connecting his rich biblical knowledge to the revelation that Jesus Christ was the Son of God.



Paul knew Scripture thoroughly, but the truth that Jesus was the promised Messiah made him reconsider the foundation he�d been trusting. Everything he knew about God had to be reevaluated in light of this new information. Paul had a history of wanting to please God, so the Holy Spirit no doubt found him a willing pupil.



The apostle�s spirit had to be shaped according to the Father�s will. And the Lord kept working on him long after Paul left the desert and began his ministry. Every person who reads his letters is a witness to the work of God in a submissive man.



The Lord�s discipleship roadmap looks similar for every believer. Like Paul, you are the Holy Spirit�s student, and the knowledge you reap from Scripture should be changing your life. Be like the apostle in this way too: become a disciple maker by sharing what you learn with others.



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