Matthew 28:19a

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,

WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP GOD IS ASKING YOU TO TAKE TODAY?

Philippians 3:12-14

12 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 28:19-20

19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

2 Timothy 2:2

and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

1 Thessalonians 1:6-10

6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, 7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8 For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. 9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

"You became imitators...of the Lord"

Ephesians 5:1

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.

"You became imitators of us"

1 Corinthians 11:1

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

Hebrews 13:7

Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.

AM I LIVING A LIFE WORTH IMITATING?

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

"In much affliction"

John 15:18, 20b

18 If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.

20 If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you.

"received the word"

RECEIVE: A WELCOME EMBRACE

“To ‘receive’ is to open life’s door, seat the truth at the head of the table, and order every affair around the honored Guest.”

-Biblehub.com

Jame 1:22

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

1 John 2:3-6

3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, 5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

Hebrews 3:7-8

7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,

“Today, if you hear his voice,

8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,

  on the day of testing in the wilderness,