Waylon Moore has been discipling believers for more than 50 years. I am indebted to him for the way he has mentored me through his writings and in person. Waylon suggests that every believer memorize 100 key Bible versestopics. I included the list below for convenience, but make sure to visit his website for more insights about memorizing scripture and mentoring disciples. mentoring-disciples.org
100 Bible Verses Every Christian Should Memorize (Waylon Moore - mentoring-disciples.org) The Word — Matthew 4:4; Hebrews 4:12; Jeremiah 15:16 Prayer — John 16:24; Matthew 21:22; Philippians 4:6, 7 Obedience — Romans 12:1; John 14:21; Hebrews 5:8 Witnessing — Matthew 4:19; Proverbs 24:11, 12; Acts 1:8; Romans 1:16; Matthew 28:19, 20 Salvation — The Bridge Verses: Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23; Hebrews 9:27; Romans 5:8; Ephesians 2:8, 9; John 5:24; John 1:12; Revelation 3:20 Assurance — 1 John 5:13; John 5:24 Guidance — James 1:5; Isaiah 30:18; Proverbs 3:5, 6 Victory — 1 Corinthians 10:13; Romans 8:37 Christ the Lord — John 3:30; Galatians 2:20; John 13:13, 14; 2 Corinthians 5:15 The Holy Spirit — 1 Corinthians 3:16, 17; 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20; John 14:26 The Father — John 4:23; Psalm 103:13, 14 His Love — John 3:16; Jeremiah 31:3 His Presence — Isaiah 49:15, 16; Hebrews 13:5 His Peace — Isaiah 26:3; John 14:2, 3 His Provision — Romans 8:32; Philippians 4:19; Luke 6:38 His Power — Psalm 147:3-5; Psalm 62:11; 1 Chronicles 29:11, 12 Images of Christ — Matthew 11:28-30; John 1:14; Hebrews 1:9 His Faithfulness — 2 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 Corinthians 1:9 His Grace — 2 Corinthians 9:8; 2 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Peter 1:2, 3; Hebrews 4:15, 16 His Strength — Psalm 18:2; 2 Corinthians 12:9 His Attitude — Colossians 3:23, 24; Proverbs 13:10; Philippians 4:13 Humility — Philippians 2:3, 4; John 13:13, 14 Handling Pressure — Isaiah 26:3; Psalm 46:1, 10; Psalm 18:1, 2 Disaster — Isaiah 63:9; Psalm 61:2; 2 Chronicles 14:11 Provision — Psalm 1; Psalm 23; Psalm 84:11 Waiting on God — Psalm 62:5; Psalm 27:14; Isaiah 40:31 Return of Christ — 2 Peter 3:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17; Revelation 20:15 Praise and Adoration — 1 Chronicles 16:10-12; 1 Chronicles 29:11, 12 The Tongue — Ephesians 4:29; Proverbs 17:27, 28; James 1:19, 20 Faith — Hebrews 11:6; Romans 4:17b, 20, 21; Hebrews 10:38 Christ's Disciple — Luke 9:23; Matthew 28:19, 20; John 8:31 Holy Walk — Isaiah 32:17; Colossians 2:6, 7 Seeking God — Psalm 107:9; Psalm 27:4, 8 Multiply Your Life — Isaiah 43:4; Deuteronomy 1:11 Family Promises — Deuteronomy 6:6, 7; Genesis 22:18; Isaiah 59:21 Consequences — Galatians 6:7; Ecclesiastes 10:1; Ecclesiastes 8:11; 1 Samuel 15:22, 23 100 Bible Verses Every Christian Should Memorize (Waylon Moore - mentoring-disciples.org) Below is an excerpt from my book about dealing with the problem of Internet Pornography.
I have always liked the Biblical account of Caleb. Moses sent Caleb and Joshua along with ten other men to explore Canaan in preparation for their journey into the land. The explorers were to go up into the hill country to see what the land was like. Were the people there strong or weak, few or many? Were the cities unwalled or fortified? How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? How good is the fruit of the land? The explorers journeyed into the land until they came to the region of Hebron. There they found fertile land and good fruit, but they also found the descendants of Anak—giant fierce warriors who made them tremble with fear. The explorers returned to Moses where only Joshua and Caleb suggested they should attempt to take the land. The other ten explorers believed the dangers of the land too powerful to overcome. These ten men convinced the Israelites to turn back in fear and they refused to enter the Promised Land. As a result, the Israelites spent forty years wandering in the desert. When Joshua finally led them into Canaan, the Israelites began occupying the land, but no one, it seemed, was willing to take on the challenge of the hill country where the giant descendants of Anak lived. Was there anyone among the people of God willing to face the giants? Faithful Caleb was willing, and he stepped up to Joshua and said, I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions, but my brothers who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear. I, however, followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly. So on that day Moses swore to me, 'The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance and that of your children forever, because you have followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly.' "Now then, just as the LORD promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the desert. So here I am today, eighty-five years old! I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I'm just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then. Now give me this hill country that the LORD promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the LORD helping me, I will drive them out just as he said." Joshua 14:6-15 (NIV) There was a job to do. Giants were still in the land and someone needed to deal with them. Caleb believed that he was called by God to take on those giants, and with God’s help he drove them from the land and the people had peace. Once again, there is a job to do. Internet pornography threatens our society and our families. It is a multibillion dollar industry with powerful allies in government and business, and its secret and efficient distribution system can reach instantly into any home with a computer. Internet pornography is a giant that few seem willing to deal with. Download free PDF of the book Get a print copy of the book At a recent conference for pastors and church leaders on discipleship, the speaker emphasized how important it was for disciples to be able to read, understand, and apply Scripture for themselves. Yet, he lamented: "In the church, far too few followers of Christ are able to do this."
He then shared an illustration about a pastor who worked with a tribal people who cooked their food by burying it in a sand pit. Apparently, in the process of cooking, a lot of sand would get into the food, which tended to wear down the teeth of the members of the tribe. In this particular tribe, older people who had damaged teeth would get younger people in the tribe to chew the food for them. Unfortunately, because much of the nutrition in food is released during the chewing process, many of these older members of the tribe were suffering from malnutrition. After sharing this illustration, the speaker looked out at the crowd of pastors and church leaders and said, "This is what we do every week in our churches." We prepare our sermons and our Bible studies by chewing on them all week. Then on Sunday morning we take the already chewed food of God's Word out of our mouths and plop it into the mouths the people in our congregations. This is the only intake of God's word many Christians get, and they are starving spiritually because the real nutrition of God's word comes from chewing it for ourselves. If we want to be healthy mature disciples, we must learn to to chew God's word for ourselves. This means learning how to read, understand, and apply the Bible in our own lives. It also means that we must have a strategy for engaging the Bible daily. Here are some resources that can help us learn to chew our own food. Scripture Union Center for Bible Engagement Bible Reading Start-up Guide Mentoring Disciples (Bible Study Tools) Bible Reading Plans George Guthrie (Read the Bible for Life) As a student of the Bible I enjoy reading and studying God’s Word. I am familiar with a number of Bible study methods, and know that it is important to read the Scriptures regularly. To be honest, however, I have been in a bit of a dry spell lately in my devotional life. I was finding my time of daily Bible reading a bit mechanical.
Final Testimony of a Disciple
Today, I was reading in the Gospel of Mark and I came across the following passage. Mark 3:13-15 (HCSB) 13 Then He went up the mountain and summoned those He wanted, and they came to Him. 14 He also appointed 12—He also named them apostles—to be with Him, to send them out to preach, 15 and to have authority to drive out demons. I noticed that Jesus summoned His 12 disciples and he appointed them to do two things: 1) Be with Him 2)Go out and do the work of His Kingdom. It is interesting that Jesus first appointed the disciples to “be with Him”. The first part of a disciple’s call is to spend time with Jesus and be transformed by being with Him. It is by being with Jesus that a disciple is made fit to do the work of the Kingdom. Too often in my life, I have focused primarily on doing the work of the Kingdom and have sometimes neglected my primary call: to be with Jesus. Today, I also came across a video recording of Avery Willis’s final testimony. It was recorded shortly before his death in 2010. Avery Willis was a lifelong disciple maker and creator of the Master Life curriculum. Avery Willis exemplifies what it means to be a disciple. He devoted his life first to being with Jesus, and then to doing the work of His Kingdom. Watch this short video of his final testimony. I hope it is as inspiring to you as it is to me. Catalytic Spiritual Practices
In his book No Little People, Francis Schaeffer explains that the primary threat to the church is not other religions, secular governments, or atheist ideologies. The real problem is this: the church of the Lord Jesus Christ, . . . tending to do the Lord’s work in the power of the flesh rather than of the Spirit. The central problem is always in the midst of the people of God, not in the circumstances surrounding them. Francis A. Schaeffer, No Little People If Christ’s church is going to accomplish the mission that He gave us, we will need to do His work in the power of His Spirit. When the church attempts to do the Lord’s work in the power of the flesh it becomes a mere semblance of the church Christ intended. Fleshly churches resemble the true church of Christ in their façade, but underneath, they seem powerless to affect true life transformation and accomplish the Great Commission. Dallas Willard explains that the starting place for discipleship is the “transformed person.” This is not a call for activism. Instead it is a call for deep inner alignment with God’s purposes. The means by which we align our heart with that of God is prayer, which is the primary means of forming character. It combines our freedom with God’s power, resulting in service through love. Transformed hearts produce transformed persons, through and through, and deeds arise from the heart quickened by faith. The deeds of the kingdom arise naturally out of a certain quality of life. We cultivate that life in its wholeness by directing our bodies into activities that empower the inner and outer person for God and through God. Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy Engaging in catalytic spiritual practices can help direct God’s people toward activities that empower them to stop relying on the power of the flesh and release the power of the Spirit. In Acts 1-2 we see Jesus’ disciples gathering together to study God’s word, pray, worship, fellowship, minister to one another, and proclaim the gospel. It was in the context of these spiritual practices that the first missionary movement of the church was launched and the disciples were empowered to live out the call of the Great Commission to great effect. |
Tony HoffmanCampus Pastor at First Baptist Church in Leesburg, FL where his passion is to help people discover and live out their calling in Christ. Tony regularly consults, speaks, and teaches about discipleship and Christian education. Archives
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