Oct 30, 2020 … Mentored to Mentor Others

Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 304 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Mandisa singing … Overcomer … powerfully singing of the encouragement that stronger Christians should be speaking into the lives of lesser-mature, weaker Christians, … being strong mentors for them to follow.  

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Highlight Passage:  Titus 1:4  [ESV] ... 

4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith: …  

…   Paul considered himself to be the mentor and disciple leader of Titus.  

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …  Titus 1:4, 2:1-8 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Paul, exhorts Christians on how to become discipling mentors of lessor mature Christians. 

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Reference Passage: …  Psalms 145:4 [ESV] … 

4  One generation shall commend Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts.

…  God charges each generation of Christians to teach the next generation about God’s mighty works. 

Reference Passage: …  Proverbs 27:17 [ESV] … 

<i>  17  Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.</i> 

…  Solomon shows the value of each believer working together with fellow believers to become stronger in the Lord.

<b><u>Reference Passage</u>: …  1 Corinthians 11:1 [ESV] … </b>

1  Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.   

…  Paul confidently was willing to lead [i.e., mentor] other Christians because he knew he (Paul) was following Christ. 

Reference Passage: …  1Peter 5:1-5 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

…  Peter instructs the more mature Christians (i.e., Elders/Overseers) to be examples to the lesser mature believers and for the younger ones to humbly follow their Elders.  

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Alyson Kieda, AT THIS LINK uses a story of a new supervisor who showed his new employees the value of being a caring leader, willing to listen and mentor his new mentees.   

Dr. Howard Hendricks, the former Chancellor of Dallas Theological Seminary, touted the value of mentor by teaching, … ”Every disciple … needs a ‘Paul’ who can mentor him and challenge him … And he needs a ‘Timothy’ … someone that he can pour his life into.” And of course Hendricks was applying this to ALL disciples of Christ, … female as well as male. 

And Hendricks, as well as the Scriptures above, are challenging us, as Christians, to have had, or currently have, a mentor to follow to become closer to Christ; … and also whether we have others in our lives whom we can help (or “mentor”) into a more abiding relationship with our Lord. … I pray we do because it’s SO, SO important to our growth in Christ and becoming “iron sharpening iron” Christians.   

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for having a strong brother in Christ to lead me and help me learn to mentor others to a closer relationship with You.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray that all reading here will join me today to do all we can to be led my stronger Christians and to become stronger leaders of other Christians.  … Amen

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