Spiritual Soaring
Becoming the Follower God Wants You to Be
Parable of the Ducks
Isaiah 40:29-31
He [God] gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. 30 Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. 31 But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
SOAR
S• Self-Feeding. – take responsibility for their
own spiritual understanding, character development and growth.
– do not depend on a priest or a pastor or teacher to spoon feed them as though they are spiritual infants.
– take the initiative to learn the skills necessary for their own spiritual development.
SOAR
O• Obedient to the Spirit. – Not legalism, which is
religious enslavement to a written code of laws.
– a relationship of faith in and faithful obedience to the One God who loves us and lives in us through His Spirit and guides us in all areas of our lives.
SOAR
A• Alert for
Opportunities. – alert to opportunities for
ministry. – take the initiative to
share their lives, gifts, understanding in compassionate and Christlike ways.
SOAR
R• Reproducing
Spiritually– reproduce spiritually by
making disciples of all people groups, including their own,
– passing on to new believers all that they know about following Jesus .
Spiritual Self- Feeding• Feed Ourselves through God’s Word– The first task of every follower of Jesus is to
become equipped to interpret and apply the Scriptures to your life.
Spiritual Self- Feeding• Learn How to Pray for Ourselves-– We need to be able to be self-feeding in terms of
prayer – not live off of somebody else’s prayer life.
– It is through prayer that we come to know the mind of Christ – that we sense His leadership – that we commune with Him.
– Too many followers of Jesus don’t really know how to pray, or what to pray for.
Spiritual Self- Feeding• Participate in Body Life–putting into practice second part of the
Great Commandment (Matthew 22:37), where Jesus said, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” – This is the theme of a whole group of Bible
verses known as the “one anothers” of Scripture.
What to Do1. Make a commitment to God that you want to
learn 1. to read and interpret the Scriptures for yourself 2. to pray without ceasing and 3. love your neighbor as yourself. It begins with
your commitment.
2. Find a more mature Christian than you and ask him/her to disciple you.
What to Do3. Start attending one of FMBC’s Bible studies.4. Come to Bible Study next Sunday morning
and sign up for a new Bible Study class that will teach you to self-feed.
5. Go to www.fmbcdallas.org and get the resources there called Thirty-Six Core Competencies. Learn them.