Josh and I both left Watermark last week challenged to evaluate how we can be better disciples of Jesus. Even though it is easy to walk away and feel that a quick evaluation of your life will change weak areas, I am challenged to continue to have friends in my life that are committed to these things as well. It is so much easier to be the person you want to be when you have common values & goals as your closest friends and people who you spend time with. I want my life to revolve around sharing the story of Jesus with others because it is the most important thing in my life. It is the only hope I have.
Ten things disciples do
1. Read, meditate on, memorize, follow Word of God. Read and read well.
2. Discipline yourself for purpose of Godliness. Pray, journal, study, learn, tend
to your soul. Practice spiritual disciplines
3. Surround yourself with friends willing to wound you
4. Decide what is true and fix yourself on it; fight against the fleeting
5. Teach and lead others...first and foremost by example
6. Take inventory, deal with your demons, make a plan,
7. Confess and repent continually…humble yourself
8. Serve, give yourself away to others, be attentive to gifts God has given you
9. Make yourself accountable, run with others who are committed to fulfilling all of
the above
10. Persevere, be patient with yourself, improve daily, be realistic, be purposeful
