Keys to growth & vitality
What Jesus wants is not Church-goers; what He wants are disciples; (Matthew 28: 19) personally led by the Holy Spirii (Romans 8: 14) & responsible to a Church Body (Ephesians 4: 11 – 16).
The first principle in being a disciple & being led by the Spirit of God is developing a personal relating time with Jesus. A daily, unhurried time, when your spiritual life can be developed & continually renewed by the Holy Spirit, into the successful life God wants for you. This will take time but is really worth the effort. Just as you can’t eat once a “reef a expect to sustain your physical body; so it is with your Spirit. You must “eat” daily.
The second principle is sharing what you find personally with other Christians’ Learning how to relate & work together. Finding God’s way for you to move together in unity & witness to the world around you.
Below are some keys to help keep you focused on important aspects of being a disciple’
DAILY RENEWAL TIME
Choose the best time of the day, usually the first part of the day (Mafthew 6: 33), to enlist God’s help for everything you are going to do that day. ln prayer, find out what are God’s priorities for that day.
You can find help in developing your DRT in the booklet “Beginning Daily Renewal.”
MEMORIZING A VERSE
Memorizing verses of scripture is the surest way of keeping sin out of your life (Psalm 119:11). There is one verse recommended to memorize each week.
You can find help in memorizing scripture in the booklet: “Sharpening Your Spirit Thru’ Scripture Memorization.” You can also find help in memorizing the particular verses in this study with the pocket size Verse Memory Pack!