Commitment To Discipleship - Part 2 Of 6 Series

“The Model for the Christian Life”

Psalm 23:1-6 (2 of 6)

1. The CHRISTIAN Relationship (v.1)

2. COMMITMENT to Discipleship (v. 2) Isaiah 30:23; Ezekiel 34:13; Isaiah 49:9-10; Revelation 7:17; 22:17; John 8:31; Luke 9:59-60; John 15:4-10; John 6:66-69; 2 Timothy 3:14; Hebrews 13:4; James 1:25; 1 John 2:19; 2 Peter 3:18; Matthew 5:6

i. Read the BIBLE daily. Precepts Joshua 1:8; Psalm 1:1-3; Acts 17:11; Psalm 119:11, 105; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; John 17:17; James 1:21; Psalm 37:30-31; 40:8; Colossians 3:16; Proverbs 6:23; 2 Peter 1:19

ii. BRING your Requests daily to God. Prayer 1 Thessalonians 5:17; Ephesians 6:18; Colossians 4:2; Philippians 4:6-7; Luke 18:1; Romans 12:12; James 5:16; Jeremiah 33:3

PRAYER HAS TO BE BASED UPON THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS

a. CONFESS your sins lest it hinder prayers. Psalm 66:18; Isaiah 59:2; Matthew 6:14-15

b. CONFIDENT in faith (Expressed through the CONDUIT of faith). Matthew 21:22; Romans 14:23; Hebrews 11:1, 6

c. CONFORMED to the will of God. 1 John 5:14; Psalm 33:10-11; Proverbs 19:21; Matthew 6:10

d. COMMITTED in Jesus Name. John 14:13-14; 15:16; 16:23; Ephesians 5:20; Colossians 3:17

iii. Unite with other BELIEVERS to worship God, to exhort (encourage) and to intercede for one another. People of God = Church Hebrews 10:24-25; Romans 12:5; Ephesians 4:25; Acts 14:27; 1 Corinthians 12:13, 18, 25-27; Isaiah 56:7 cf. Matthew 21:13; Acts 2:42-47; 1 Corinthians 1:10; Colossians 2:19

iv. BEAR Witness to Christ in your daily walk. Profess Psalm 119:46; Matthew 10:32-33 cf. Luke 12:8-9; Luke 9:23; John 1:6-8; Luke 14:26-27; 2 Timothy 1:8; 1 John 4:15; John 15:26-27; 16:13-14; 1 Samuel 2:30; Revelation 3:5