Find True Identity Discipleship: neXt stepX
God's POWER & PLAN
The first three L's of neXt stepX flow from the first three P's of basiX: God's POWER & PLAN... and are as follows—
...coming to know Jesus more deeply and intimately as my:
- Sovereign Lord: i.e., responding to Jesus in the obedience of faith—both in the:
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‘getting saved’—i.e., captured by repentance & faith… and the—
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‘living saved’—i.e., continuing in repentance & faith
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Forgiving Lamb: ...atoned by—being ‘at one’ with—Jesus in His forever forgiveness; which prompts and motivates the true and surrendered Believer to learn to live forgiven and forgiving
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Saving Life: ...this new Life matures into a total commitment to living a surrendered Life—an exchanged Life—i.e.:
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learning to live from God's saving Life within... i.e.—
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learning this isn't my life to live; rather, it's Jesus' Life to live in and through me
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God's PERSPECTIVE
...coming to know Jesus more deeply and intimately as:
- Saving Life: living a surrendered Life by embracing Jesus as:
- my true identity... and—
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my true intimacy
..coming to know Jesus more deeply and intimately as my:
- Rescuing Liberator: learning to live in step with our new nature, our new identity, and our new destiny; learning biblical strategies for both biblical recovery and discovery... which are:
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Recovery: the real help and healing of God’s Life that produces significant and lasting change (a divine exchange) from life-shattering addictions and betrayals, and from false intimacies to Jesus’ Life of freedom and wholeness
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Discovery: by studying God and others, myself and my struggles from the absolute authority of God’s Word, in the power of Holy Spirit
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Romans 8; Galatians 5; Ephesians 4:17-5:21
..coming to know Jesus more deeply and intimately as my:
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All-Wise Leader: learning to follow Jesus, moment by moment; yes, learning to live from His purpose and fulfillment—i.e., God's good, God’s delight, God’s desire for me; lost in Eden, regained in salvation, and experienced as Jesus lives His Life in and through me...
God's PRESENCE & PEACE
The last two L's of the seven flow from the fourth and fifth P's—God's Presence and Peace. Above we ended with what is entailed to follow Jesus. Now we begin with how to rest in God's PRESENCE & PEACE.
...coming to know Jesus more deeply and intimately as my:
- All-Wise Leader: learning to rest in Jesus's Presence—resting (trusting) in Jesus as my Lord, my Lamb, my Life, my Liberator, and my Leader... so, I may enjoy His goodness, His delight, and His desire for me ..which leads me into—
Ephesians 1-6 (1:6; 4:17-5:21)
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Light-Source of Grace & Truth: learning the purity of walking in Jesus' Life, Light, and Love!
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Perfect Lover of my Soul: basking in the surrendered Life to God—learning and receiving true intimacy from Jesus, our Husband—our Eternal Life and forever Companion!