Your First Step of Discipleship
By Rick Warren

“God wants us to grow up, to know the whole truth and tell it in love — like Christ in everything”(Ephesians 4:15 The Message).

God wants you to grow up: “We are not meant to remain as children” (Ephesians 4:14 PHILLIPS).

Your heavenly Father’s goal for you is to mature and develop the characteristics of Jesus Christ, living a life of love and humble service. Sadly, countless Christians grow older but never grow up.

They’re stuck in perpetual spiritual infancy, remaining in diapers and booties. The reason is because they never intended to grow. Spiritual growth is not automatic; it takes an intentional commitment. You must want to grow, decide to grow, make an effort to grow, and persist in growing.

Discipleship is the process of becoming like Christ, and it always begins with a decision: “‘Follow me and be my disciple,’ Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him” (Matthew 9:9 NLT).

When the first disciples chose to follow Jesus, they didn’t understand all the implications of their decision. They simply responded to Jesus’ invitation.

That’s all you need to get started: Decide to become a disciple.

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Life's Healing Choices: The Beatitudes Complete Audio Series

Rest and recover from life’s battles

The truth is, going through life we all get at a little bruised and battered. And that means everyone needs recovery from something.

Maybe you need help dealing with pain from a current relationship, or hurts from your past. Maybe you need to heal spiritually, or renew your emotional health.

Regardless of the problems you face, Pastor Rick Warren wants to help you heal by sending you his Life’s Healing Choices Complete Audio Series.

In these 8 messages based on the Beatitudes (Matthew Chapter 5), you’ll hear about the choices you can make to lead you to the true healing and recovery that can only be found in Jesus. Choices like . . .

• The Reality Choice
• The Transformation Choice
• The Growth Choice

Please give your best gift below to help more people learn, love, and live the Word with Daily Hope — and we’ll say thanks by sending you the Life’s Healing Choices Complete Audio Series available as an 8 CD boxed set or high-quality MP3 download.

May God work through these messages to help you rest and recover from life’s battles with the eternal hope of his Word.

This devotional © 2018 by Rick Warren. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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