Psalms of Discipleship (Grace) Principle #8, March 4, 2012

Hello my dear friends! I'm one day late this week with Psalms of Discipleship due to my son's wedding this past weekend. It has been rather surreal: the entire experience went by so fast and so slow at the same time, if you know what I mean. Time and time again, I was reminded of how blessed I am, a man who has been forever changed by the abundant provision of God's grace. Remember, grace is getting something we don't deserve. For me, grace is expressed in a wife who loves me just as I am, adult children who respect me as a dad and consider me to be their friend, and now, a new daughter in law who loves me too.

Today's Psalms of Discipleship will be an encouragement to you as a wonderful reminder of what grace can do for the person who needs to saved.

Saved, and I love to proclaim it!

Denny

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Psalms of Discipleship—Principle #8

Life Principles For Those Who Choose To Follow Jesus And Live The Discipled Life

Key Scripture: For You have delivered my soul from death, Indeed my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God In the light of the living. Psalm 56:13

Core Value: Grace

It’s good to be saved. Saved from a life of no direction or purpose, saved from a life marked with no hope, saved from a life of darkness and spiritual death.

It's good to be saved.

It’s good to be saved for a life where Jesus is our Good Shepherd and He will lead us wherever we need to go. It’s good to be saved for a life where hope and joy spring forth no matter how challenging our circumstances might become. It’s good to be saved for a life where God’s light focuses like a beam and wherever we walk, the testimony of God’s saving grace is seen in us and through us loud and clear.

It’s good to be saved. It’s good to be saved, saved by grace.

Principle #8 & Personal Application: Quality disciples rejoice in all that Jesus has done on the Cross, empowering them to walk before God’s life-giving light. God’s grace allows the believer . . .

• To have one’s soul delivered from death

• To keep one’s feet from stumbling

• To walk (or live) with assurance and safety before God’s life-giving light

Reflect & Respond: Some Really Good Questions To Ponder…

How has the grace of the Gospel impacted the way I live before the Lord?

I need to think back over the events of my life and ponder these words: “I may walk before God In the light of the living.” Can I think of an example where I sensed God’s life-giving light (in facing temptation, etc.)

Prayer:
Lord Jesus, how I thank and praise You for delivering my soul from death. Without Your intervention on the Cross, my feet would always stumble and I would never be able to live or walk before You in Your life-giving light.

The Essential Core Values Of The Quality Disciple Are…
Grace—Worship—Bible Study—Prayer—Community—Service—Evangelism

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