Insights quoted from and/or based on this devotional by Robert S. McGee

Day 1

He has given us complete security and challenging purpose. These are not based on our abilities, but on His grace and the power of His Spirit.

My worth is not conditional (i.e, performance based), but it is based on the truth of the unconditional love, forgiveness and acceptance of God.

My daily declaration must be, “Not my will but yours be done.” I need to declare it until it becomes an existential extension.

What’s God’s will?

I must live in an obedient pursuit of His will. The more I live in His will the less I’ll have to look for it.

When he reached the place, he said to them, ‘Pray that you may not come into the time of trial.’ Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed, ‘Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; yet, not my will but yours be done.’ [[ Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and gave him strength. In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.]] When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping because of grief, and he said to them, ‘Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not come into the time...

A disciple loves God deeply, loves others sacrificially.
Discipleship is intentional relationship with others to see their lives changed.