Would you call yourself a disciple?

Discipleship isn’t something that was reserved just for those faithful few that got to be with Jesus while He was alive. He called them disciples. He trained them as disciples. He wanted them to BE disciples. Then He told them to go MAKE disciples. It was meant to be an ongoing process in and through the church until Jesus comes back for us. Thus there should still be disciples today.

So what is it? It’s for sure more than Sunday morning church attendance. It’s following. It goes beyond actions alone to motive of the heart. It’s not just what people see out in the open; it’s also what happens behind closed doors.

It’s following His….

Take my life and let it be…

My husband went to bed early last night and I was awake and alone at midnight, which doesn’t always happen. As I sat quietly witnessing 2023 hand off to 2024, I found myself reading a section of scripture in Song of Solomon that has been ministering so much hope to my heart lately and quietly talking with the Lord for a few moments. Then I nodded off to sleep.

It wasn’t spectacular. I didn’t get a major prophetic word from the Lord for my year or my life or my family. It was quiet. It was peaceful. It was full of God and yet so soft. It was more like a whisper than a mighty rushing wind. It was real-life relationship with God. It was perfect.

After a short sleep when I realized I wasn’t getting back to sleep…

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