The Family Disciple me conversations

Your whole life flows from your heart, so guard it! In other words, protect your heart, watch over it, be diligent about it! What you allow INTO your heart affects what comes OUT OF your heart.

To be loving is to seek what’s best for others; to be faithful is to be reliable and trustworthy. This is how God wants us to earn a “good name” – or “likes” – with people.

Being “righteous” isn’t nearly as interesting or popular as being “right,” but God sees and rewards not our “rightness” but our “righteousness.” Let’s worship Him by being more interested in being “righteous” than “right.”

You can protect and defend the “city” of your life with self-control, or you can leave broken walls through which enemies can attack and destroy you. It seems an obvious choice, but it’s one you must make every day.

For Christ followers, Scripture teaches that your enemy is not someone you hate but someone who hates you. God wants us to be kind to our enemies and even serve them in loving ways like these.

God encourages us to be picky about our people. He commands us to love everybody, of course, but His Word tells us to cautiously select those who are our closest companions.

The “poor and needy” are close to God’s heart, and He wants us to have them close to our hearts, too. When we speak up and defend those who cry out for our help, we reflect God’s character.

During hard times, people get angry, get violent or get frustrated. However, God wants His people to get wisdom and understanding even if it “costs you all you have.” This will show in how we live.

God gives us power to act for the good of others. We can all do something to help stop hate and act in love for somebody in need. Who needs us “to act” on their behalf right now?

Hate crushes lives, devastates families and shatters communities. As we are surrounded by powerful hate in this world, our family can love ALL our brothers and sisters, friends and neighbors, in “deed and in truth” today.

In a family, God gives parents the responsibility to teach and kids the responsibility to be teachable. To be teachable means willing to learn, and a teachable spirit is something that matters for a lifetime.

One of the most important keys to any relationship is communication. If you love somebody, you find a way to communicate with them because they matter to you. How is your communication with God? Make prayer a priority!

God’s works are marvelous, great in wonder; all He does is truly extraordinary! It really comes down to perspective – how we see. Are you looking through the Word’s eyes? Praise Him for ALL the great things He has done!!!

No prayer is ever wasted. God promises, “When they call on me, I will answer” (Psalm 91:15). He hears every single prayer you pray. They are seeds planted just waiting to spring up. Keep watering and watching!

We are reminded many times throughout Scriptures that God wants us to come to Him ALWAYS! In 1 John 5:14 we are reminded to have confidence in this! “He hears us”!

We serve a risen Savior! In His Presence is life and hope, peace and purpose. Because He lives, our lives can be filled with joy and gladness.

It’s easy to lose sight of our purpose when life is hard, but Jesus calls us to follow Him through it all. As we follow Him, He will show us how to serve Him and live our purpose.

In the weeks before Jesus’ crucifixion, His disciples were filled with dread about the scary unknown. In spite of everything, Jesus told them to “take heart,” which is another way of saying “be courageous!”

God gives us so many gifts to help us through our fears, then we can worship Him by helping others through their fears in His Name.

Fear is everywhere around us, and the unknown can fill us with dread and worry. But we don’t have to live in fear because God gives us “power, love and sound judgment.” His gifts help us overcome our fear!

To “Speak Him” is to tell your story of how God is impacting your life. Your “Jesus Story” is one that only YOU can tell; it’s as unique as your fingerprints. Don’t keep this story to yourself!

The one true God wants us to know Him, and this is an invitation we don’t want to turn down! He is near to us, right here, right now, inviting us to “Seek Him.”

Everyone in the world can be loving in some things, but God wants us to be loving in ALL things. “ALL things” includes ALL things, no part of your story left out.

Everyone in the world can be loving in some things, but God wants us to be loving in ALL things. “ALL things” includes ALL things, no part of your story left out.

God wants us to love not just in some chapters, but in all chapters, of our lives. With His love, our love stories will be strong, faithful, hopeful and persistent.