Community, ....encourage one another

Don't travel life's journey alone, if you can help it.  Be available to encourage each other as you talk about Jesus, ....read your Bibles together.  PRAY together.  Stuff like that.  ....I'm in a men's Bible study group, and its great to be following Jesus together, ....encouraging each other.  

Find a good church and travel life's road together with other Believers, sharing Jesus.  .......Hmm?, ....yes, looks like I keep saying "together". SMILE....

Be an encourager.  Be a mentor.  Be a friend.

Which brings to mind THE "Discipleship" question....

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What is your assignment from Jesus?

I ask, ....because we've traveled together through several — perhaps all — of these Know Your Worldview pages.  ....And here we are in this last chapter, because you have a passion for more of God in your life.  ....Which leads me to ask if you know what God's plans are for you?  Because....‍

As Jesus' Disciple,

....what SKILLS and TALENTS do you have, ....what STUFF YOU ENJOY DOING FOR OTHERS, ....that JESUS WANTS TO USE in proclaiming HIS LOVE to people who need a Savior, Lord, and Friend?  What Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) ....HAVE YOU BEEN GIVEN by the Holy Spirit ....TO SHARE WITH OTHERS?

....Be encouraged to listen for His voice calling you, because....  

GOD HAS GIVEN EACH OF YOU A GIFT from his great variety of spiritual gifts. USE THEM WELL TO SERVE ONE ANOTHER. Do you have the gift of speaking?  Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you.  Do you have the gift of helping others?  DO IT WITH ALL THE STRENGTH AND ENERGY THAT GOD SUPPLIES.  Then everything you do will BRING GLORY TO GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.  All glory and power to him forever and ever!  Amen.
    — 1 Peter 4:10-11 NLT

And when God gives you an assignment....

He is always there to guide and help you....
....as He makes a way for you to complete your assignment....
....as you trust Him and just STEP OUT IN FAITH TO FOLLOW HIM.  

Perhaps you can relate to my story....

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God did not leave me guessing....

Let me tell you about the "God-Moment" ....confirming this website assignment....

You read my story in Chapter 15, when God "suggested" I write this website. Well, here's "my" problem.  I'm 80-ish, retired, and don't have funds to hire website programmers.  Years ago, I wrote online training content, but writing techie web code was and still is beyond me.  ....So, how am "I" going to launch this website?  

This is how God did it.... ‍

After God suggested writing this a website, I started thinking about it.  Went through a "what's this going to look like" phase, asking God about direction.  ....Then ....I ....JUST ....STARTED ....WRITING in late-January 2024.  The more I wrote, THE MORE I UNDERSTOOD where God wanted to go in creating this website ....to know Him more.

....and here's the "God-Moment" confirming
writing this discipleship study assignment.

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‍Then in early February 2024 (about two weeks later), I received a surprise email from GoDaddy.com ....with an offer to purchase my Arkeo.com domain name.

Arkeo.com was my media company's website address since late 1990s, ....and I kept the name for good memories sake after retiring in 2009 (name is Strongs G714).

‍For the PAST 15 YEARS, Arkeo.com domain name was PARKED UNUSED, ....until God sent someone to purchase the name ....and fund web programming for KnowYourWorldview.org.  SMILE, ....interesting timing, ....obvious God was assuring/encouraging me to build this website!

Shortly after, God led me to two great programmers, Nic and Marc.  God's got this!

.......So, here we are nearing the end of our Quest journey together.  And time to think seriously about "THE Discipleship" question, ....What's your assignment from Jesus?

In my God-Moment story above, God did not leave me guessing.  He sold Arkeo.com — my "old" internet name — within a couple of weeks after I stepped out in faith and ....just ....started ....writing.  Knowing that internet name had been "parked" unused for 15 years got my attention.  .......When GOD GIVES US an assignment,
He is ALWAYS THERE to make it happen ....AS WE STEP OUT IN FAITH!  

And here's a fact we need to understand....

And perhaps YOUR QUEST journey to know God more
....is the reason this website was created.
....God does stuff like that!  

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So, download "Let's Talk..." journal 9, and ....let's talk about it....

What's your assignment from Jesus?

....How do you relate to Jesus telling "The Parable of the Sower"?

The farmer plants seed by taking God's word to others.  ....And the seed fell on good soil represents those who hear and accept God's word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!"  
    — Mark 4:14; 20 NLT

Can you see yourself as this "farmer"?  ....PLANTING God's Word in peoples lives by TELLING your personal testimony of JESUS LIVING IN YOU.  ....And SOWING your SKILLS and TALENTS (1 Peter 4:10-11) ....that JESUS WANTS TO USE in declaring HIS LOVE to people who need a Savior, Lord, and Friend.

So, what assignment from God would help you to plant such seeds? .......Think deeply about this, BECAUSE....

Whether your assignment from God is big or small (could be as simple as telling someone that "Jesus loves them"), ....perhaps today is a confirmation or....

....a starting point for your assignment working with Jesus.

Do you know what God is asking you to do?  Are there any challenges or "problems" that you think are too difficult to proceed?  Got questions, doubts?  ....SMILE, ....by now you already know the verse that comes to mind....

My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.”
And my heart responds, “LORD, I am coming.”
    — Psalm 27:8 NLT

.......I'll stay here awhile with you.  ....Continue when you are ready....

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Well, ....there it is, ....nearly everything you need to know about knowing your Biblical worldview.  ....For the rest of the details personal to you, ....ask Jesus, ....He knows everything!

Okay, ....that's enough, ....I'm retired you know. SMILE....  Its been a great Quest!  Really enjoyed traveling with you.  .......If you ever want to talk more about Jesus, ....come find us out on the dock.  There is no better way to travel through life ....than with Jesus.  SMILE, ....and you can quote me on that!

Before you go on, let me pray for you....

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Since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
    — Hebrews 12:1 NLT

Amen.  Maranatha!

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