Discipleship Tape Ministries

In this lesson, our excursion continues as we try to examine what the Psalmist meant when he asked God to open his eyes. We want to know what it means to “behold wondrous things”. May God’s precious grace enable us to stand even more in awe of Him and His Word as we do. Read lesson: 1317B

We will be scanning the pages of the written Word for information about how that Word can change our lives. The doorway we will use to enter will be Psalm 119. Nowhere in Scripture is Scripture more clearly defined than in that one chapter. Rather than taking that chapter verse by verse, we will take it topically, cross-referencing each subject with the rest of Scripture. Our goal will be to find...

What about those nagging unanswered questions that surface again and again when the will of God is discussed, and that surface again and again when we are counseling or seeking counsel? We would like to discuss at least a handful of those before we close this series. As we conclude this series, we also need to address the subject of God's timing. God will always seem slow and there may often b...

How can we engrave Scripture on our hearts, so that when decision-time comes we will know what the Word of God says? This lesson lays before us the concept of memorizing a thread of Scripture in which one Scripture leads to another. Each builds on the one before it, until we possess a Scriptural package that surfaces the will of God about a given subject. After knowing the will of God on a certain...

How do we pray for the will of God, and what does praying for the will of God really mean? Once we are in harmony with God's absolutes, how do we find His specific will for our lives? Prayer is the answer to finding the will of God. As we pray, we are to continually and expectantly give every day and every hour over to His Lordship, specifically asking that His will be done on Earth as it is i...

We can make wise decisions. By examining the absolutes of Scripture in the light of God's character and laying them over the grid of the purpose and the priorities of the Christian life, we can discern what is His good, and acceptable, and perfect will. In this lesson we will look at what God's purpose is and what the priorities of our Christian life should be, so that we can establish tha...

In this lesson we will begin to look at some of the absolutes in Scripture and the principles that spring from them, and apply those absolutes and principles to the kinds of decisions we are each faced with on a daily basis. From this lesson we will learn how to take some of the absolutes of Scripture, then search for the principles that will help us make wise decisions. Read lesson: 1117B

Our society no longer considers that there are absolutes - nothing is considered certain or unchanging. Making a correct decision in a world like that is virtually impossible. On what do, we base our decisions. However, there are absolutes, and they are found in the nature of God and His Word. Absolutes are God's permanent laws that apply to every child of His, in every age. In this lesson and...

Perhaps you are struggling to find the will of God, praying daily for insight, but somehow God seems to have His ears closed. It is as though He does not hear. So many studies on the will of God overlook this one key: A heart that is not right with God cannot receive the leading of God because its cries cannot reach the ears of God. God cannot hear your cry for direction unless the sin and the reb...

The first key to finding the will of God is to accept him as Savior and Lord. We can't know God's Spirit, if God's Spirit is not living in us. The next step is to seek God's will, not doing what we want to do then asking God's approval. We have a new purpose now, and it is a spiritual purpose. Every decision made is based on how if affects the Kingdom of God. That will not alwa...

Just what is the will of God? Our purpose in this study will be to let the Scriptures provide their own definitions. We will learn that the will of God is good, acceptable, and perfect. The moment we become Christians, doing the will of God will become our total objective in life. From these basic observations that the Word makes about the will of God, we will begin to formulate a definition of Go...

How would you like to fill the shoes of Elijah? That was the task to which God had called Elisha. It is also the story that begins our series "The Will of God". We will look at the realities of Elisha's calling and his response to that calling. It will be our goal to look at this in the light of how God calls His children: from what, to what, when, where and why. This is the first in...

The purpose of this lesson is for us to see adultery from God's perspective - adultery of the eye, mind, will, body, spirit - and having seen it from God's perspective, never again to toy with immorality. Can we walk through fire and not be burned? Can we toy with immorality and not be burned? We cannot. God has erected sign posts in His Word that clearly warn us: "Danger: Hot Coals -...

In this lesson, we will take a look at both the character of God, which makes morality possible, and the portrait of His holiness, which makes our morality essential. The power to behave is not based on our determination, but on God's nature, imputed to us by virtue of the new birth. His Spirit placed in us gives us the capacity to behave. We must choose to behave so that the portrait of our S...

Envy. It will surface in your prayer life, both in who you pray for and who you don't. It will surface in your thought life - the people to whom you compare yourself. It will surface in your relationships and how you spend your money. How do you combat this enemy called envy? Let's begin by asking some hard questions from the Scriptures concerning envy. Read lesson: 1326B

Taming the temper involves redirecting the energy of anger into transforming, revolutionary spiritual power so the curse becomes a blessing, and the enemy is not only withstood but totally defeated. God is calling us to resist the devil, to choose not to get angry, and then to go on the offensive. Let that temptation to anger become a springboard to loving, blessing, praying, and doing good until...

In this fourth of a series on dealing with anger, we are given three practical ways of dealing with our anger. These three principles, if put into practice, will give us victory over anger. Victory will not come overnight, but one day we will awaken to find an ebbing of the old urge to retaliate, a softening taking place in the spirit. The bitterness and rage will be gone. It starts when we begin...

Much of our anger comes from claiming rights we do not have. The violation of those imaginary "rights" brings about a response in us that God never intended us to have. The result is that we demand our day in court, or boil with resentment, or explode in a rage because we have assumed the place of God. What rights are we claiming that are not ours? Read lesson: 1325A

The essence of anger surfaces in detail in the New Testament which seems to reflect three expressions of anger that simply are not acceptable to God. As we look at these different types of anger, we need to ask God to search us for what rights we are clinging to that we have not given to God. What should our proper response be? Read lesson: 1324B

Anger is the emotion that, if not properly handled, unravels reasons, distorts the truth, and releases a venom that falsely accuses, denies sensibility, and becomes on occasion vicious, vengeful, and vindictive. Is it any wonder that a life under God's control must also have under control the enemy of ungodly anger? Is it any wonder that taming the temper is no option for the Spirit-controlled...

God's perfect motive for obeying is to please and serve one another as a means of expressing love. This is God's ultimate goal. Unfortunately, throughout our Christian lives, there will be many times when we will not obey through love. Therefore, there needs to be a healthy understanding of the fear of the Lord. What does it mean to fear the Lord? What are we afraid of? The fear of the Lor...

In the second part of our lesson concerning receiving instruction, we will look at eight things to consider in the ones who give us counsel. We are to look at their lives and counsel in light of the Word of God. We are to consider such things as their spiritual gift, their life message, their life-style and others. With all of this taken into consideration, what are we to do if this person gives u...

God expects us to reject counsel, instruction and relationships that encourage disobedience. There are those who would have us set up other gods such as success, money, or acceptance; but we cannot accept anything that draws us from Christ being the center of our lives. How do we deal with someone who has given us wrong counsel? What are things to consider when seeking counsel from someone else? I...

God has given us ample illustrations of obedience in nature and in His Word. God has convinced us through His Word that of ourselves we cannot obey. We do not have the authority or the energy apart from Him to obey. But, we have available in Him all that we need to continually be obedient to His perfect will. Let's take a look to see what it takes for us to plug into the power of God. It is th...

God still rewards obedience. We will not only receive rewards in this life, but there is a reward platform in heaven that you and I will come before one day. What kind of rewards will we receive, and what will we do with our rewards? The Scripture is clear that we will be so grateful for what He has done in our lives that our rewards will be used to further worship Him. Read lesson: 517A