MFM Daily Devotional 24 February 2024
TOPIC: Hallmarks of True Disciples
𝔹𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕀ℕ 𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕐𝔼𝔸ℝ: Deuteronomy 10, Deuteronomy 11, Deuteronomy 12, 2 Corinthians 10, 2 Corinthians 11
𝔽𝕀ℝ𝔼 𝕊ℂℝ𝕀ℙ𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼: Acts 9:10-17
𝕄𝔼𝕄𝕆ℝ𝕐 𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔼:
Luke 14:27 – “Then Jesus said, And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.”
𝕄𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃 ℚ𝕌𝕆𝕋𝔼𝕊:
Your supreme duty as a disciple of Jesus is to help people find, follow and fully become like Jesus.
ℙℝ𝔸𝕀𝕊𝔼 & 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℙ
ℙℝ𝕆ℙℍ𝔼𝕋𝕀ℂ 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐:
𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗪𝗜𝗡 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗬𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥; 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧, 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦.
MFM Daily Devotional 24 February 2024 Message
Becoming born again is one of the greatest experiences you can ever have. However, it only marks the beginning of the journey of your new life in Christ. It also comes with some demands. One of them is that you (the saved soul) should proceed to become a disciple of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Besides, believers and the body of Christ as a whole owe it to God to disciple young converts and others who are yet to become disciples.
God’s command for global evangelism to every believer is to go, preach the gospel and make disciples of all nations. However, it takes a disciple to make others disciples. Are you a true disciple of Christ? Let us examine the hallmarks of true disciples of Jesus Christ.
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First, true disciples of Jesus take their cross and follow Him. In Luke 14:27, the Bible says, then Jesus said, “And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.” That is, they must be willing to endure hardship, persecution, execution and be willing to go with and for Christ wherever He leads or sends them. Second, true disciples remain in the Lord’s word.
A major hallmark of true disciples is that they take God’s word as the final authority and remain in it at all times and in all circumstances. What Jesus said to the Jews who believed in Him in John 8:31, He is saying to you today, “… If ye continue in my word, then ye are my disciples indeed.” Third, true disciples of Jesus love one another.
The Bible underscores this in John 13:35 when Jesus said, “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye love one to another.” We can fulfil this commandment of love by participating in others’ needs (Matthew 25:35; Romans 12:13), serving one another in love (Galatians 5:13) and by forgiving one another (Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13).
Fourth, true disciples of Jesus follow the Master’s instructions. In Acts 9:10-17, the Lord instructed his disciple Ananias to go to Saul of Tarsus and pray for him to receive his sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Ananias carried out the Lord’s instruction to the letter.
I pray that the grace to become Christ’s true disciple will be yours as from today, in the name of Jesus.
MFM Daily 24 Feb 2024 Prayer Points
𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
1. Father, help me to be a good disciple for Your kingdom and give me the grace to disciple others, in the name of Jesus.
2. Father, reveal to me my weaknesses and give me the strength to grow in these areas so that I am a better example to those that I disciple, in the name of Jesus.
3. O God, help me to advance Your Kingdom everyday, in the name of Jesus.
𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
4. O Lord, give me the grace to carry my cross and follow or go wherever You send me, in the name of Jesus.
5. O Lord, give me the heart of true love for my fellow believers, in the name of Jesus.
6. Lord, make me a disciple that loves and lives by Your word, in the name of Jesus.
7. My Lord, help me to always follow Your instructions to the letter, in the name of Jesus.
