Living a Life Worth Living – Writings by Robin McKinley
Discipleship the Christian sense is the process of making someone become like Christ. The disciple of Christ becomes like Christ in everything. The primary purpose of Jesus’ coming to the world established the kingdom of God through his death.
Discipleship, meant to pass on the wisdom and leadership of Christ to every person who seeks to follow him. … We see the model laid out in the Bible, beginning with Jesus, and the whole point should raise up believers dedicated to Him, and as a result, step into the calling that God has given.
The process of making disciples consists of a journey someone goes through to become more like Jesus. A process through which they learn more about God, His Word, and grow in spiritual maturity, and make more disciples. … In fact, Jesus modeled for us how to disciple others and lead them into a relationship with the Father.
The Bible reveals a wonderful story of when God spoke to Moses from a burning bush. It happened one day as he led his father-in-law’s sheep into the wilderness. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in … Read more
As Christians, we should maintain a desire to serve the Lord. A problem arises because some people don’t know what that looks like. To effectively serve the Lord we must steer clear of what the Pharisees did. I believe the Pharisees’ attitude hinged on the statement. “What you see is what you get,” because they … Read more
What’s happening in your life right now? The storms of life can show up at any time. Sometimes we can predict them while other times they just happen. Either way, Jesus calms any storm that surge in our lives. Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The … Read more
The Psalmist referred to the benefits of God as our shield several times. In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul also mentioned a shield and its beneficial use for Christians. Therefore we need to know how important the shield is. God is my shield, saving those whose hearts are true and right. Psalm 7:10 The … Read more
Years ago, Larry Norman sang a song with these lyrics. Walking backwards down the stairs, trying to get higher. In Philippians 3, we are told to focus on the progress we have already made. Just looking in the right direction doesn’t do it. We must progressively move in that direction. But we must hold on … Read more
How can we know the difference between right and wrong? When putting everyone’s opinions together, it’s hard to find a distinct line to separate the two. The Apostle Paul though helped us in this area. By using God’s word we can easily know when we are doing the right things. All Scripture is inspired by … Read more
In this devotion, we’ll take a quick look at each of the disciples and where they came from. These men were unexpected choices made by Jesus to be His disciples. These are the twelve he chose: Simon (whom he named Peter), James and John (the sons of Zebedee, but Jesus nicknamed them “Sons of Thunder”), … Read more
Prosperity has been a controversial subject when it involves Christians. It shouldn’t be though, because God spoke about it in Psalm 1 and throughout the Bible. When the Lord talks about prosperity, He doesn’t always point to our financial means. He will, however, meet our physical needs, He is more concerned about our spiritual prosperity. … Read more
One of Jacob’s 12 sons was named Joseph. Joseph was called by God at an early age but didn’t know what that would look like for him. His brothers sent him down a path in life that was full of bad experiences. What Joseph needed to do was to make it through life’s difficult times. … Read more
Today we are looking at one of the parables Jesus used to correct an impression that people had about the Kingdom of God. In the story we are challenged to made a good investment for God’s kingdom. Let’s take a look at how we can do that. A nobleman was called away to a distant … Read more