Daily Action Points for Disciples

God wants us to have a relationship with Him. I can sit in a garage all day, but it does not make me a car. You can sit in a church all day and it does not make you a Christian. Jesus died so we can have a deep and heartfelt relationship with God.

David said, 'I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you' (Psalm 119:11 NIV) Meditating on God's Word day and night is the cure for:

a life of divided loyalties
a lack of intimacy with God
a chronically weak faith that causes you to keep coming up short.

To reap a harvest, you need to sow a seed.. .Are you sowing??

God's plans include you. the question is, do YOUR plans include God?

Do you ever take time to "THANK GOD" for the fact that you can turn to Him, and ask Him for help?? It is good to have an attitude of gratitude.

God has also called you '...to tell people..so that they, too, will believe...'! Don't worry about closing the deal; they'll come when God draws them. Just tell them the story and let God do the rest.

Be careful what you say - the tongue is extremely powerful. James 3:6 "The tongue also is a fire,?? a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person,?? sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. "

Finally, a thought by Oswald Chambers:

If we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all efforts of worth and excellence are difficult. The Christian life is gloriously difficult, but its difficulty does not make us faint and cave in—it stirs us up to overcome. Do we appreciate the miraculous salvation of Jesus Christ enough to be our utmost for His highest—our best for His glory?

God saves people by His sovereign grace through the atonement of Jesus, and "it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure" ( Philippians 2:13 ). But we have to "work out" that salvation in our everyday, practical living (Philippians 2:12). If we will only start on the basis of His redemption to do what He commands, then we will find that we can do it. If we fail, it is because we have not yet put into practice what God has placed within us. But a crisis will reveal whether or not we have been putting it into practice. If we will obey the Spirit of God and practice in our physical life what God has placed within us by His Spirit, then when a crisis does come we will find that our own nature, as well as the grace of God, will stand by us.

Thank God that He does give us difficult things to do! His salvation is a joyous thing, but it is also something that requires bravery, courage, and holiness. It tests us for all we are worth. Jesus is "bringing many sons to glory" (Hebrews 2:10 , and God will not shield us from the requirements of sonship. God’s grace produces men and women with a strong family likeness to Jesus Christ, not pampered, spoiled weaklings. It takes a tremendous amount of discipline to live the worthy and excellent life of a disciple of Jesus in the realities of life. And it is always necessary for us to make an effort to live a life of worth and excellence.

Oswald Chambers