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STEP THREE

THE WHEEL ILLUSTRATION

  1. Personal daily Bible reading and prayer.
1.1 Christ's example--Mark 1:32-35
1.2 Begin with 7 minutes a day:
--2 minutes -- Ask the Lord to speak and the Holy Spirit to teach you.
--3 minutes -- Read the Word until something catches your attention.
--2 minutes -- Interact with God about it. Adjust your life to His agenda. Obey and
watch God work in and through you.

1.3 Needed: a time, a place, a plan and a Bible (a pen and a notebook)

  1. The wheel illustration* (Shows the relationship of the themes of each STEP that follows in these Discipleship Encounter Outlines).

    2.1 CHRIST--the axle, the center of life--Phil 2:9-11
    2.2 HOLY SPIRIT--the hub--Eph 5:18; John 16:13-14; Luke 3:16
    2.3 The VERTICAL SPOKES (God speaks to us through his Word and we speak with God
    through prayer).
    THE WORD    --Psalm 119:9-11; Matt 4:4
    PRAYER    --Phil 4:6,7; John 15:7
    2. 2.4 The HORIZONTAL SPOKES (We reach out to Christians in fellowship and to non-
    Christians through our witness). FELLOWSHIP--I John 1:7 WITNESS --I John 1:3
    2.5 OBEDIENCE--John 14:21; Luke 6:46-49 - the tire or rim -- that which holds
    everything together.





 

HOMEWORK: Begin or continue a personal devotional time.

  

 

Memorize John 15:5 and the parts of the Wheel.

  

 

*Adapted from the "Navigators'" wheel illustration. Used by permission.


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