Follow Me And Be My Disciple

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Follow Me
And
Be My Disciple

 Scripture

Mark 2

¹³ Then Jesus went out to the lakeshore again and taught the crowds that were coming to him. ¹⁴ As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him.

Observation

Jesus’ call on our life is that we follow Him and be His disciple. Everyday you and I are supposed to be becoming more and more like Jesus Christ! When we first received Christ into our lives we were spiritual babies! But once we have surrendered our lives to Him as our Lord and our Savior we need to start the process of growing up as followers of Christ.

Here are a few things that stunt our spiritual growth:

1. Not going to and not participating in church.
2. Not belonging to and not participating in a small group.
3. Not reading the Bible on a daily basis.
4. Involving oneself in a particular sin(s) and being unwilling to repent of that sin(s) and refusing to ask God for forgiveness.

Here is the good news. All of us can change the direction of our lives at any moment. For Matthew it was when Jesus walked up and asked Matthew to follow Him and be His disciple. Maybe today is the day for you to start following Jesus Christ as your Lord and your Savior.

Why not say Yes to Jesus right now? 

Matthew 16:24 

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.

Application

I will be an obedient follower of Jesus Christ. How about you?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I know that there may be someone reading this blog that right now that needs to surrender his or her life to You and become a true disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ. Open up his or her heart right now. Give them the courage and the boldness to say Yes to Your call on his or her life. As they surrender their life to You give them the boldness and the courage to find a church where they can grow. Help them find a small group of believers to join. As they begin to read Your Word I pray that it becomes life changing for them. Help them to confess all known sin to You and show them that they can walk in victory. Bless them Lord. Bless them and show them that they can trust in You. 

Daily Bible Reading:  Numbers 12,13; Psalms 90; Mark 2

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