9 Disciplines Of Growing Christians

"God has called us to alive holy lives, non impure lives" (1 Thessalonians 4:7), and Psalm 119:9-16 gives us nine "spiritual disciplines" for achieving that goal.

1. Live according to God's Word.
2. Seek God wholeheartedly.
3. Keep the faith (don't stray).
4. Hide God's Word inward our hearts.
5. Ask God to learn us.
6. Speak God's Word often.
7. Delight inward obedience.
8. Learn God's ways.
9. Never fail God's Word.

Sometimes nosotros mistakenly mean value that God's grace exempts us from difficult work. Not true.

We aren't saved past times works, but nosotros are saved as well as then that nosotros volition create proficient industrial plant prepared inward advance for us (Ephesians 2:10), as well as nosotros can't create these industrial plant if nosotros aren't seeking to alive pure lives.
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Living According To God's Word

"God has called us to alive holy lives" (1 Thessalonians 4:7), as well as Psalm 119:9-16 gives us ix steps for achieving that goal.

First on the list: Live according to God's Word (Psalm 119:9).

The Hebrew for "word" inwards this passage includes God's commands, promises as well as revelation. 

It's all-encompassing. 

If nosotros rattling dear God, we'll obey His commands because nosotros believe inwards His grapheme as well as trust His promises. 

We'll obey from the heart, non the head, as well as we'll try to delight Him, non exactly escape punishment.

We'll forgive, consider others ameliorate than ourselves, honour our parents, dear our neighbor, parent our children, assistance the needy, utilisation pure language, part the gospel, as well as create other expert works,(1) non exactly because it's our duty but because nosotros dear our Lord as well as nosotros desire to delight Him past times living according to His Word.

We tin obey God without loving Him, but nosotros cannot dear God without obeying Him.
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(1) References:
forgive: Colossians 3:13
consider others better: Philippians 2:3
honor parents: Ephesians 6:2-3
love our neighbor: Mark 12:33
nurture our children: Ephesians 6:4
help the needy: James 2:14-17
use pure language: Ephesians 5:4
share the Gospel: Matthew 28:18-20
do expert works: Ephesians 2:10 

This is utilisation of a serial on Psalm 119. See the entire series HERE.
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Seek God Wholeheartedly

"God has called us to alive holy lives" (1 Thessalonians 4:7), in addition to ane way nosotros do that is to assay God wholeheartedly (Psalm 119:10).

The Bible uses the give-and-take heart to depict the essence in addition to focus of our beingness - what "makes us tick."

Only equally nosotros assay God wholeheartedly tin nosotros know Him in addition to percentage inwards His forcefulness in addition to wisdom. 

We dear to recite Jeremiah 29:11 that says God has practiced plans for us, simply to a greater extent than of import is the hope 2 verses later: "You volition assay me in addition to notice me when you lot assay me amongst all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13

Imagine that...the God of the universe promises to bring out Himself to individuals who assay Him fully, seriously, deliberately. 

Hebrews 11:6 adds an additional promise: God "rewards those who earnestly assay him." 

The rewards are rich: non alone does God tending us brand correct choices, he offers us sweetness fellowship!
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Keep The Faith

"God has called us to alive holy lives" (1 Thessalonians 4:7), exactly it's slowly to stray if our devotion is less than wholehearted:

"I attempt yous amongst all my heart; produce non permit me stray from your commands." Psalm 119:10

Many people come upward to faith inward Jesus amongst fervor together with single-mindedness exactly gradually skid dorsum into their sometime ways of life.

It's normally a gradual move, a boring alter inward one's perspective, a continual giving of one's pump to "other gods."

Some methods of evangelism attract people to the Gospel past times promising peace, joy, love, hope, together with role together with never explaining the toll of next Christ (Luke 14:27-33). 

Perhaps that's why our acquaint Christian civilization oft overlooks together with excuses weak faith together with back-sliding.

Let's brand certain that nosotros never lower God's standards to adapt our lifestyle. Instead, let's estimate our goals, values, together with "treasures" amongst Scripture. 
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Hiding God's Give-And-Take Inwards Our Hearts

"God has called us to alive holy lives" (1 Thessalonians 4:7), together with 1 agency nosotros make this is past times "hiding God's Word inwards our hearts" (Psalm 119:11). 

Have y'all always idea nearly the word hide inwards this verse?

Typically nosotros mean value of hiding equally a agency of concealing something from others, but Psalm 119:11 isn't talking nearly concealment. 

Quite the opposite. It's describing our require to brand God's words purpose of our being, non only an external influence.

God's Word should live on then much a purpose of who nosotros are (Hebrews 10:16), that people run across it reflected inwards everything nosotros produce (James 1:22-24). 

That's why regular reading, study, memorizing together with reciting of God's Word is essential. Then when nosotros require direction, comfort or encouragement, nosotros tin depend on all that we've "hidden" away.

When God's Word is hiding (residing) inwards our hearts, it volition live on the get-go affair that comes to hear inwards every situation.
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3 Reasons Nosotros Fail God's Word

We can't await to alive godly lives inwards Christ if nosotros fail God's Word.

"I please inwards your decrees; I volition non fail your word." Psalm 119:16

Often nosotros fail reading as well as studying God's Word for 1 of these reasons:
1. Satan tempts us to waste matter our fourth dimension on less of import things.
See Doin' the Proverbs four Walk.

2. We don't actually believe God's Word is essential to our lives.
See Talk or Power.

3. We permit proficient things inwards life crowd out the best things.  
See American Idols.

In his pamphlet "Tyranny of the Urgent," Charles Hummel suggests keeping rail of the means you lot pass your fourth dimension for a week. Each black earlier bed, write downward everything you lot did, valuable activities too equally "time-wasters," operate as well as leisure.

Then decide the areas where you lot aren't spending fourth dimension wisely as well as inquire God's assistance inwards creating a "time budget." It shouldn't endure an inflexible schedule, simply a "plan" to assistance you lot faithfully as well as regularly read as well as written report God's Word.
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