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

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and flesh out our personal testimony with clarity and conviction in the life situation God has placed us in.

• Exegete a selected text in the Scriptures related to the theme of maintaining a compelling testimony for Christ before others in one’s personal world. • Memorize and be tested upon a selected Scripture text on the theme of the compelling testimony and witness of a Christian leader. True discipleship involves living a disciplined walk–walking in the Holy Spirit and disciplining one’s body, soul, and spirit as one walks with God and with the people of God, the Church. The price of living a life that glorifies God is embracing the rigor of self-discipline. Such clear obedience produces a remarkable and compelling tes timony, one that is obtained by persistent submission to the Spirit through the personal and corporate disciplines of the Christian life. May the Lord grant you grace to experience firsthand the power of living a disciplined life, in order that he may use your life as a compelling testimony of the grace of God to your family, church, and larger life circle, to the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

~ Don Davis

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