Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS
READ:  Luke 5

REFLECT:  What caused Peter to respond this way to Jesus when the boat began to sink?

RESPOND:  List 3 things the gospel has given you power to "leave to follow Him."

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"And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him."

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS
READ:  John 1

REFLECT:  What did Jesus bring that Moses could not?

RESPOND:  Identify all terms which describe Jesus in this chapter.  Which ones especially speak "good news" to you?

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"We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS
READ:  1 Corinthians 1 - 3

REFLECT:  What caused the divisions among the Corinthians?

RESPOND:  List 3 people in whom you have attempted to find your identity.

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"I don’t want to hear any of you bragging about yourself or anyone else. Everything is already yours as a gift—Paul, Apollos, Peter, the world, life, death, the present, the future—all of it is yours, and you are privileged to be in union with Christ, who is in union with God." (The Message)

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS
READ:  Deuteronomy 2

REFLECT:  Who had to die before the Lord would allow His people to move forward into the promised land?

RESPOND:  Describe one way you have attempted to "go to war" without God.

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"Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for His wrath. For it is written: 'Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay,' says the Lord...Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good." (Romans 12:19-21)

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS
READ:  2 Peter 1:1-11

REFLECT:  How did we obtain the "faith of equal standing?"

RESPOND:  Identify 3 things you feel like you really know.

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"Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God. The best invitation we ever received!" (The Message)

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS
READ:  Matthew 22:1-14

REFLECT:  What were the limits of the king's ultimate invitation to the feast?

RESPOND:  Identify 2 ways you have attempted to enter the feast without the "wedding garment."

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"But now you have arrived at your destination: By faith in Christ you are in direct relationship with God. Your baptism in Christ was not just washing you up for a fresh start. It also involved dressing you in an adult faith wardrobe—Christ’s life, the fulfillment of God’s original promise." (Galatians 3:26-27 - The Message)

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS
READ:  1 John 3:11-24

REFLECT:  What is "the message we have heard from the beginning?"

RESPOND:  List 3 practical ways you have seen God share His love with others through you.

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"For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves."  (The Message)

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS
READ:  Acts 14:8-17

REFLECT:  What was the means that God used to heal the man?

RESPOND:  List 5 works of God that you could not accomplish by your own doing.

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"We don’t make God; He makes us, and all of this—sky, earth, sea, and everything in them...When your bellies were full and your hearts happy, there was evidence of good beyond your doing.”  (The Message)

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS
READ:  Luke 4:14-21

REFLECT:  What part of this experience was most shocking to the crowd?

RESPOND:  Identify the aspects of Christ's ministry that can only be realized through His power.  How do these aspects correspond to you personally?
 

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"You’ve just heard Scripture make history. It came true just now in this place.” (The Message)

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS
READ:  1 Peter 1:10-25

REFLECT:  How valuable must this gospel be if "angels longed to look into it?"

RESPOND:  Name 3 of the oldest living things in our world.  Then, describe how they compare to the Gospel.
 
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"The old life is a grass life, its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers; Grass dries up, flowers droop, God’s Word goes on and on forever.  This is the Word that conceived the new life in you." (The Message)

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS
READ:  Romans 7:21 - 8:11

REFLECT:  How did Paul feel bound by "another law in his members?"

RESPOND: List your 5 greatest strengths.  Then, describe how these "strengths" are powerless in the battle of overcoming temptation without the true power of the Spirit.

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"Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle but never get around to exercising it in real life. Those who trust God’s action in them find that God’s Spirit is in them—living and breathing God!" (The Message)

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS
READ:  Colossians 1:3-14

REFLECT:  How did Paul know the Colossians had been affected by the gospel?

RESPOND:  List 2 areas of your life that seem to remain attached to the "domain of darkness."  Pray for the power of God to break these bonds.

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"The lines of purpose in your lives never grow slack, tightly tied as they are to your future in heaven, kept taut by hope." (The Message)

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS
READ:  Titus 2:11 - 3:8

REFLECT: What has the power to train us for good works?

RESPOND:  Identify an evil work the Gospel empowers you to eliminate.  Confess this sin and speak renewal through a good work the Lord will produce in its place.

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"But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit." (Titus 3:4-5)

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS
READ:  John 8:31-38

REFLECT: What is the "truth" that sets us free?

RESPOND:  Acknowledge one person, activity, or thing in your life that has promised more freedom than the Gospel.

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"Freedom is the desire, ability, and opportunity to do what gives you the most joy a thousand years from now." (John Piper)

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS

READ:  Romans 1:1-17

REFLECT:  Why does Paul call the gospel - "the power of God?"

RESPOND:  Name one person who has used the Gospel to break through a seemingly unbreakable barrier.

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"I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome." (Romans 1:14-15)

Faith WOD

TODAY'S STEPS

READ:  Galatians 1:3-10

REFLECT:  Why is it a serious offense to distort the gospel?

RESPOND:  Identify 3 key words in this passage that demonstrate the power of the gospel.

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"We have Americanized the gospel or spiritualized the American dream.  Take your pick.  But neither one comes close to the true gospel.  When you try to add something to the gospel, you aren't enhancing it.  Any addition is really a subtraction.  The gospel, in its purest form, is as good as it gets." (Mark Batterson, All In)