"Don't Fumble the Ball on Discipleship"

 ¹My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart. ² If you do this, you will live many years, and your life will be satisfying.³ Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart. ⁴ Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will earn a good reputation.

PROVERBS 3:1-4 (NLT)

1 Kings 4:33-34 (NLT) ³³ He (King Solomon) could speak with authority about all kinds of plants, from the great cedar of Lebanon to the tiny hyssop that grows from cracks in a wall. He could also speak about animals, birds, small creatures, and fish. ³⁴ And kings from every nation sent their ambassadors to listen to the wisdom of Solomon. 

3 Ways to Develop Your Faith

1. Keep ___________________.

PROVERBS 3:1 (NLT) “My child, never forget the things I have taught you.”

Deuteronomy 6:4-7 (NLT) ⁴ “Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. ⁵ And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. ⁶ And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. ⁷ Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.

2. Keep _________________.

Proverbs 3:1 (NLT) “store my commands in your heart”

When it comes to LEARNING or RETAINING

• 5%.... from straight LECTURE.
• 20%...from both LECTOR & VISUALS.
• 50%...from GROUP DISCUSSION.
• 75%... from PUT into PRACTICE what you LEARNED.
• 90%....from TEACHING SOMEONE ELSE what you LEARNED.

3. Keep _________________.

PROVERBS 3:3 (NLT) Never let loyalty & kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart.

MATTHEW 22:37-40 (NLT) ³⁷ Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ ³⁸ This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹ A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ⁴⁰ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”

PROVERBS 3:4 (NLT) Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will earn a good reputation.