Daily Discipleship Guide for 30-MAR-2010

Read Luke 22:32; Romans 15:2; and 1 Thessalonians 5:11.  What are the central messages of these verses?  Think of a time when you were able to help others as a result of suffering or difficulties that you had faced.  How did you offer your counsel or assistance?  How did God use you to do God’s good works?

In your own words, rewrite or explain this statement: “There is no pit so deep that God is not deeper still.”  How is your faith changed and your relationship with God made new through your suffering and your struggles?

Through his crucifixion and resurrection, Jesus turned the defeat of death into the victory of eternal life.  From your own life or the lives of others, give some examples where God’s grace was at work to turn defeat into victory.

Please close this session by offering a prayer of thanksgiving to God for seeing you through some troublesome times in your life.

*Portions of this study taken from The Cross Walk