What Christian's Believe

Right now I'm going through a Discipleship course that helps ground Christian's better in the Word of God. I'd like to share it with you...but if you do it please remember not to rush through it! Take your time and truly study...you will learn a lot more that way.

So...Week 1 - Daily in the Word

"Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart."

You will need - 1 notebook
                        1 Bible

*These steps are to be completed daily.
*Please designate a page for each day in your notebook.
*Leave a page blank if a day is missed.
*Have a specific passage to study (i.e. 1 John, John, Psalms 119)
*Read until the Holy Spirit speaks to you through a passage.

Step #1 - Write the day and date at the top of a page in your notebook.
Step #2 - Write out the verse or verses that speak to you.
Step #3 - Answer one or more of the following questions as they apply to the verse or verses you've written in your notebook.
      

• What sin should I keep away from?
• What promise can I call my own?
• What command can I enjoy?
• What blessing can I learn from?
• What failure can I learn from?
• What victory can I win?
• What thought about God, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit can I learn?
• What attitude can I adopt?
• What do I need to be faithful to?

Step #4 - Write out a prayer that reveals your response to the things the Lord has taught you.

    A. What can I praise God for?
    B. What does God want me to do?
    C. How should this passage change the way I think or live?
    D. How does this passage change my attitude?

Example:

Day and Date:     Thursday, January 6, 2011

Special Verse(s): Psalms 119:2, "Blessed are they that keep his testimonies and that seek him with the whole heart."

Question:            What do I need to be faithful to?

                            The Lord is offering me in this verse, an opportunity to be blessed. In order to be blessed, I am to be faithful to 2 things. #1. I am to faithfully keep the Lord's testimonies...and #2. I am to faithfully seek the Lord with my whole heart. I can do these 2 things each day as I read and study God's word and as I talk to the Lord in prayer.

Prayer:               Lord, I know the joy of being blessed by You, as I read Your Word and talk to You in prayer. Please help me each day to seek You with my whole heart and to faithfully keep Your words. Please show me someone today that I can share with, the joy of a relationship with You.

In Jesus name, Amen.