Discipleship Point
Pondering Point
Dealing with a connection between bearing the fruit peace, the role of peacemaking, and relationships between others, we turn to the last of three key components in the life of a disciple, taken from Hope’s ABC’s of discipleship.
Relating With Others
In seeking to grow as disciples of Jesus, there are three crucial components God uses to bring about spiritual growth: His Word, His Spirit and His people. We need each other. In our experience, this component is most effectively carried out in the MG lifestyle described on Monday of this week: At least once a week, plan to connect with a group of people (2-15) to share life, including what you’re learning or wrestling with God and His Word, how He’s working on you. Encourage, admonish, laugh with, strengthen, and love each other in these get-togethers. It’s the third component by which God matures His people. Don’t ignore it.
Discipleship Prayer
Father God, I pray for strong relationships among my family, friends, church and other walks of life. I want to be a blessing to them – and to be blessed by You through them. Help us all to get over real and perceived slights so that we can truly laugh with, strengthen, and love each other with You central to us all. In Jesus I pray. Amen.
Our friends from ThriveToday introduce relational skills of the Bible in what they call the Foundational Five. Among them is Skill #2: Simple Quiet. I encourage you to see how this relational skill based in Shalom is described in a Youtube video titled, E8 The Importance of Quieting.