“If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.”
—Luke 9:23-24 NLT
Disciples go to church, … and much, much more!
Knowing the will of God—knowing your portion, your appointment, designation, within His will—is to change your life to his will, His ways, and His desire. When you are in the will of God you will find that knowing His will requires doing His will. Then, when you do God’s will, you will be enabled to change lives, you will be complete within discipleship—you will be a disciple and be a disciple maker. Getting beyond "your” desires, or as Jesus said, your selfish ways.
A disciple walks life’s journey by keeping in stride with the Holy Spirit, this begins in prayer and the becomes an active giving of self in the fulfillment of the desire that is so dear to Christ Himself, the desire that none perish by eternal separation form God.
Being a disciple of Christ isn’t merely attending a church service, it’s that and much, much more. A disciple embraces and lives by reflecting the compassion, humility, mind, lifestyle, and Spirit of the one we say we follow, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
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