Disciple Moment: How to Build Brotherhood

1. Biblical Brotherhood

Being Provoked, Abomination, Reconciliation

1. True brotherhood means submission to each other
   1. Ephesians 5:21 Place yourselves under each other's authority out of respect for Christ. (NLT)
2. You get a blessing for unity
   1. Ps 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, Coming down upon the beard, {Even} Aaron's beard, Coming down upon the edge of his robes.3 It is like the dew of Hermon Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For there the LORD commanded the blessing--life forever.
3. Being mature in faith means you don’t get to be offended at your brother
   1. 1 Cor 13:5 (Love) does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong {suffered,}
4. Prov 6:16 What God calls an Abomination
   1. Prov 6:16 There are six things which the LORD hates, Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him: 17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,18 A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil,19 A false witness {who} utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.
5. Matt 18:15 What to do if your brother sins
   1. Go to him privately: don’t spread it all around
   2. If he will not listen, take another brother.
   3. Final step is to make it known to the brothers
6. FINAL THOUGHT: We need to change how we communicate
   1. Eph 4:29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such {a word} as is good for edification according to the need {of the moment,} so that it will give grace to those who hear.

Disciple Disciplines 4 – Readiness and Submission

Disciple Disciplines 4 – Readiness and Submission
WATERS: The Word Abides in our Thoughts of Encouragement, Readiness and Submission. Disciplines are something we walk in daily, to find our destiny 
1.READY to speak the Word, serve and pray for others
2.If I am so tied up in my need and my problem, I never see what others need.
2.1.1 Pet 3:15 always be ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;
2.2.2 Tim 4:2 preach the word; be ready in season {and} out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.
3.SUBMIT yourselves one to another and Biblical leadership
4.Submission: Under the mission
5.Your destiny is not for you alone.
6.You cannot reach your destiny alone, or without leadership
7.Why we need prophets….
7.1.Ephesians 5:21 Place yourselves under each other's authority out of respect for Christ
7.2.Heb 13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
7.2.1.Your blessing comes through biblical submission
7.3.1Cor 16:16 Ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.
7.4.1 Cor 4:15 For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet {you would} not {have} many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
8.FINAL THOUGHTS: When the Word is in us, we are ready to use it to further God’s kingdom, that is our mission. Just like any soldier on a mission, we must understand the structure and leadership of God’s army.

Disciple Disciplines 3 – Thoughts of Encouragement

Disciple Disciplines 3 – Thoughts of Encouragement
WATERS: The Word Abides in our Thoughts of Encouragement, Readiness and Submission. Disciplines are something we walk in daily, to find our destiny 
1.THOUGHT life is controlled and given to God
1.1.Focust on the positive:
1.1.1.Phil 4:8 Whatever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report; any virtue, any praise, think on these things.
1.2.The Thought life is spiritual warfare:
1.2.1.2 Cor 10:3-5 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 
2.ENCOURAGE the brothers every time you see them
2.1.The world tears down, we build up!
2.1.1.Eph 4:29 Speak edification…so that it will give grace to those who hear.
3.FINAL THOUGHT: Edifying others takes genuine thought. Pray that you will understand how to praise others!

Disciple Daily Disciplines 2 – The Word Abides

Disciple Disciplines 2 – The Word Abides 
WATERS: The Word Abides in our Thoughts of Encouragement, Readiness and Submission. Disciplines are something we walk in daily, to find our destiny 
1.WORD Time Daily
1.1.Eph 5:26 Cleanse it with the washing of water by the word
1.2.Finding ourselves in scripture
1.3.Proverbs challenge
1.4.Psalms Challenge
1.5.Asking God to guide our reading
1.6.Reading the ‘Red Letters’
2.ABIDE in Christ through prayer and listening
2.1.John 15:7 "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
2.2.1Th 5:16 Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In everything give thanks.
2.3.IS 55:6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 
3.FINAL THOUGHT: The more we read, the more we speak the word, the more we speak the word, the more great things happen in our lives.

Disciple Daily Disciplines 1 - Overview

1.Disciple Disciplines 1 - Overview

WATERS: The Word Abides in our Thoughts of Encouragement, Readiness and Submission. Disciplines are something we walk in daily, to find our destiny 

1.WORD Time Daily

1.1.Eph 5:26 Cleanse it with the washing of water by the word

2.ABIDE in Christ through prayer and listening

2.1.John 15:7 "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

2.2.1Th 5:16 Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In everything give thanks.

3.THOUGHT life is controlled and given to God

3.1.Phil 4:8 Whatever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report; any virtue, any praise, think on these things.

4.ENCOURAGE the brothers every time you see them

4.1.Eph 4:29 Speak edification…so that it will give grace to those who hear.

5.READY to speak the Word, serve and pray for others: If I am so tied up in my need and my problem, I never see what others need.

5.1.1 Pet 3:15 always be ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;

5.2.2 Tim 4:2 preach the word; be ready in season {and} out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.

6.SUBMIT yourselves one to another and Biblical leadership

6.1.Ephesians 5:21 Place yourselves under each other's authority out of respect for Christ

6.2.Heb 13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

6.3.1Cor 16:16 Ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.

6.4.1 Cor 4:15 For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet {you would} not {have} many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

7.FINAL THOUGHT: Disciplines are something we walk in daily, when we want to see something change in our lives.