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The War Within
Scripture Focus “For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing… Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!” — Romans 7:19,…
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Making Disciples Day 6: Setting the Example
Scripture Focus “In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”— Acts 20:35 (ESV) Devotional Thought Disciple-making has never…
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Making Disciples Day 5: Guard the Flock
Scripture Focus “I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert.”— Acts 20:29–31 (ESV) Devotional Thought Paul’s farewell to the…
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Making Disciples Day 4: Stay Focused on the Mission
Scripture Focus “But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.”— Acts 20:24 (ESV) Devotional Thought Paul…
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Making Disciples Day 3: Teach God’s Word- All of It
Scripture Focus “How I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house… for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.”— Acts 20:20, 27 (ESV) Devotional Thought Paul was a courageous teacher.…
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Making Disciples Day 2: Be Humble and Real
Scripture Focus “Serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews.”— Acts 20:19 (ESV) Devotional Thought When Paul described his ministry to the Ephesian elders, he didn’t boast about miracles, churches planted, or crowds reached. Instead, he…
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Making Disciples: Day 1: Be with People
Scripture Focus “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia.”— Acts 20:18 (ESV) Devotional Thought When Paul gathered the Ephesian elders for a final farewell, he didn’t point to his sermons or his miracles. He reminded them…
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Making Disciples Like Paul
Scripture Focus “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews; how I did not shrink…
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Crushing Division Before it Spreads
Scripture Focus “I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites… be wise as to what is good and…
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Bearing with the Weak
Scripture Focus “We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.” — Romans 15:1–2 (ESV) Devotional Thought In Romans 15, Paul challenges our assumptions about…
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