A Compelling Testimony: Maintaining a Disciplined Walk, Christlike Character, and Godly Relationships as God's Servant

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A Compe l l i ng Tes t imony

c. God is not limited to the past; the future is an open horizon for him in every way, according to the power of the Spirit that works within us ! Eph. 3.20-21.

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The Laws of Sowing and Reaping: Personal Discipline and Fruitfulness The Law The Explanation You will reap what you sow Sow to the Spirit and reap God’s best

Transcend the harvest you have inherited

You will reap what others have sown

You reap the same in kind as what you sow You reap in proportion to what you sow You reap in a different season than when you sow

Choose wisely what you want to reap before you sow

Sow more to get more in return

Learn to be patient as you await the harvest

It’s going to be better (or worse) than you gave

You reap more than what you sow

You can always transcend last year’s harvest

God gives the growth, so trust in him alone

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IV. Warning Signs and Speed Bumps: Misinterpretations of the Disciplined Life

Discipleship means “discipline!” The disciple is that one who has been taught or trained by the Master, who has come with his ignorance, superstition, and sin, to find learning, truth, and forgiveness from the Savior. Without discipline we are not disciples, even though we profess His Name and pass for a follower of the lowly Nazarene. In an undisciplined age when liberty and license have replaced law and loyalty, there is greater need than ever before that we be disciplined to be His disciples. ~ V. Raymond Edman. The Disciplines of Life . Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1975. p. 9.