Friday's Bit of Discipleship
Seven principles for practicing humility in your marriage:
1: Listen carefully when your spouse is giving you input.
2: Stop keeping score and stop being competitive.
3: Welcome and seek input from outside your marriage.
4: Pray together daily.
5: Apologize quickly and confess thoroughly.
6: Forgive completely.
7: Practice humility, even if your spouse does not.
pages 94-97, The Prideful Soul’s Guide to Humility, Fontenot/Jones
Discipleship Prayer of Humility
Humility Prayer Prompt: Go through each of the seven principles in a state of prayer with God. Ask for help; seek guidance; ponder what outside sources might help. Act as directed by the Holy Spirit.
Discipleship Point about “Storying” in a Small Group setting
Telling Bible stories, or storying, is one of the simplest ways to share God’s Word. With a week about marriage, this is a good time to bring up sharing and listening. Most people remember stories better than mere details – both in terms of speaking and listening. AND storying does not require one to remember all of the particulars to be effective. The Holy Spirit is quite capable of using us and His Word without direct quotes or a perfect reciting of all details.
Discipleship Prayer
Father God, let Your word sink deep into my being, enabling me to remember and retell Your stories – and their lessons – as part of my story – and to learn about the stories of others. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.