Patterning our Lives after Jesus
UP Discipleship Questions
● In thinking about the 1st Commandment, where’s my intimacy with God at right now? (Matthew 22:37-40, Deuteronomy 6:5, Luke 10:25-28)
● How am I intentionally spending time in the Word? Making space for prayer? (Mark 6:46, Luke 22:41, Luke 6:12)
● Am I experiencing God’s word as living and active or distant and dull? (Hebrews 4:12, 2nd Timothy 3:16-17, Jeremiah 23:29)
● Do I notice myself regularly burdened for others during my time of prayer and responding? (Romans 8:26, Galatians 6:2, Ephesians 1:15-17)
● Am I noticing God’s strength and power more and more in my life? (Colossians 1:29, Ephesians 5:18, 1st Timothy 1:12)● Am I intentionally choosing to rest? (Mark 6:30-32, Exodus 31:15, Hebrews 4:9-10)
● Am I experiencing life to the full? (John 15:10-11, John 10:10, John 16:24)
● Are there places where fear is ruling me? (1 John 4:18, Romans 8:15, 2nd Timothy 1:7)
● Am I anxious about anything? (Philippians 4:5-7, Matthew 6:25-34, 1st Peter 5:6-7)
● Am I keeping in step with the Spirit and obedient to his promptings? (Galatians 5:25, John 15:4, John 5:19)
IN Discipleship Questions
● Am I keeping the 2nd Commandment by truly loving the people in my spiritual family? (Matthew 22:37-40, 1 John 3:16-18, John 15:12-13)
● Is there any friction in the relationships with my friends right now? (Matthew 18:15, Luke 17:3-4, Matthew 6:14-15)
● Is my family at peace? (1st Corinthians 12:22-26, Ephesians 4:1-3, Deuteronomy 6:4-9)
● Am I experiencing close relationships/intimacy with at least a few fellow believers where I’m transparent? (Ephesians 5:19-21, Colossians 3:16, Proverbs 27:17)
● Do I keep my word? (Colossians 3:9, Ephesians 4:25, Zechariah 8:16)
● Am I finding it difficult to trust people? (John 17:20-21, Hebrews 12:14-15, 1st Corinthians 13:1-3) ● Who am I intentionally discipling right now? (Matthew 28:18-20, 1 Corinthians 4:14-17,
Philippians 4:9)
● Do I open my house and welcome people in? (1st Peter 4:8-9, Hebrews 13:2, Matthew 25:35)
OUT Discipleship Questions
● Is it my heart’s desire that all who are lost would come to know Jesus? (Romans
10:1, 2nd Peter 3:9, 1st Timothy 2:3-4)
● Do I boldly share my Grace Story? (Romans 10:14-15, 1st Peter 3:15, 2nd Timothy 4:2, Mark 16:15)
● Do I intentionally have relationships with and spend time with unbelievers? (Mark 2:17, 1
st Peter 2:12, Matthew 5:14-16)
● Am I keeping the 2nd Commandment by truly engaging with and loving people I’ve been shaped to dislike or who have become my enemy? (Luke 10:25-37, Matthew 5:43-48, Romans 12:20-21)
● Do I know what specific good work the Spirit is sending me to walk in during this season of time? (Ephesians 2:10, Acts 16:6-10, Colossians 1:10)
● Do I regularly and boldly pray for God’s supernatural activity in the lives of people around me? (John 14:12-14, 1st Timothy 2:1, Philippians 4:6-7)
● Am I dying to ‘success’ as this world has defined it? (Philippians 4:12-13, Philippians 3:7-8, Hebrews 11:24-26)
● Am I proud or ashamed of the Gospel? (Romans 1:16-17, 1st Corinthians 1:18)
● Do I have the heart of a servant? (Philippians 2:4-8, Matthew 20:25-28, 1st Corinthians 9:19)
● Do I intentionally engage with and care for vulnerable people? (James 1:27, Isaiah 1:17, Luke 10:25-37)
● Do I find it easy to recognize Persons of Peace and engage with them? (Luke10:1-9, Acts 8:26-36, Matthew 10:5-14)
● Am I generous with my finances? (Deuteronomy 15:10-11, Proverbs 28:27, 2nd Corinthians 9:7)
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