Three-D Discipleship

🎙️ Welcome to the Leadership Podcast Care Like Christ: Physical Care 𝐂𝟓𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, & 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 with Pastor Matt and Pastor Bill 📖1 Kings and John 11  Today, we're continuing our discussion on C5 Leadership, part of Westminster Baptist Church's discipleship efforts to commission people for building healthy churches in Carroll County and beyond. C5 stands for...

Parenting is one of the greatest callings and challenges. Proverbs offers timeless wisdom to guide us in raising families that honor God.   📌 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 🏡🌿Are you ready to build a family that honors God in every way? 🙌   📖 Scripture Focus: Proverbs 22:6 "Start a youth out on his way; even when he grows old he will not depart from it.   " Challenge yourself to: 📖 Build a home...

The tongue is an overflow of the heart, and it's crucial that we align our words with truth and integrity. As we dive into Proverbs 4:20-27, we’ll explore the importance of guarding our hearts, speaking the truth in love, and living in a way that mirrors what we say.   📌 The Power of the Tongue: Words can build up or tear down. What we speak comes from the heart. To speak life, we must have a hea...

If we want to grow, we must see danger, take cover, and love discipline. God is not a part of our Growth Plan, He is the whole part.   "As a dog returns to its vomit, so also a fool repeats his foolishness." Proverbs 26:11   Gospel Response: What leads you back to vomit? Growth Plan?   ✨ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐖𝐚𝐲: 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐎𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 🛤️🌿 Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

As we dive deeper into the book of Proverbs this week, let's reflect on the call to humble ourselves before God. Fear of the Lord is the path to true wisdom—it reminds us to admit our limitations, trust in God's provisions, and build confidence not in ourselves, but in Him. Grace helps us see our failures, knowing they don’t define us, but remind us that He is our source of strength.   "When arrog...

The Humble will Fear the Lord. The Wise and disciplined will Live without Dread. Discipline is not mean, a lack of discipline is cruel. If we don't fear God, we most likely believe we are God. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge because it's the beginning of one learning from the creator. We become wise when we fear the foolishness of not being connected to God. We become discipline...

Christian worship reveals God to be worth more than all else through allegiance, sacrifice, and praise. Christian worship is not music, but music can be worship. Biblical praise lifts up God in worship and others in faith. 🙏 Let’s commit to worshiping God with our lives daily, allowing music to enhance our connection to Him, but not define it. 🙏   Gospel Response: 🎶 Why Do You Sing? 🎶 Is your...

Love one another as brothers and sisters in the church. What will remain when things are shaken?   𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶ Hebrews 13:1-6 Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Give thanks for our new Kingdom, and worship our new King. A Real kingdom to be excited about, the new kingdom is unshakeable. Do you feel unworthy to worship? God has a plan for you! - The giving of the Law was powerful and evoked fear. - The giving of the Law separated God from the world's sinfulness. - Jesus restores broken sinners to God. - Be thankful and worship because of God's mercy.   Gos...

Move Forward BUT Beware. We are called to endure. What does it look like to be a believer that's going to endure not through just sin issues but through suffering? When we are enduring we must keep our eyes fixed on Christ. Christ is the perfect picture of endurance. Gospel Response: Peace and Holiness can only be found in Christ. - What are you enduring that you need help and encouragement? - Do...

We train through the power of God for endurance by discipline, consistency, and grit. How are you going to endure? You will be defined long term by what you do consistently, not what you do occasionally. - Craig Groeschel   - Discipline: wisdom in training. - Discipline is knowing the right step to take to accomplish the goal. - Consistency: discipline on repeat. - Grit: consistent discipline in a...

We train through the power of God for holiness and rest. The devil is scheming to destroy you. Are you fighting back? Jesus calls us to train. Jesus didn't save you from discipline and training, he saved you from death. Training Regiment #1 - Meditate on what is good. - Build your team. - Strategize in the morning.   Training Regiment #2 - Daily Habits: 1. Work Hard. 2. Honor God. 3. Fight Tech. 4...

Do you have discipline in your life to accomplish what you want to accomplish? Be disciplined to do what is right. Discipline in your spiritual life will affect every other area of your life. Christ's victory on the cross comes with discipline and training so we can take the cross. "Discipline, in this context, is not a sign of God's anger or punishment but his favor and acceptance." - Tom Schrein...

We know Friday was not the end because Sunday was coming! We endure the cross because we wait for the crown. In this situation, live by faith as we wait for reality. The humble savior takes a thorn crown and then raises into His rightful place as King of the universe. - Let Us Consider One Another. - Let Us Hold On. - Let Us Draw Near.   Gospel Response: Process through your cross and the crown yo...

A World of Thorns. What do you hope for? In this situation, live by faith as we wait for reality. Stay near to God, hold on, consider one another, so that you don't fall into sin that drains life. Faith is a story, not a moment. 💜 Don't commit deliberate sin 💜 Remember the story of endurance   Deliberate sin is doing your will with no care for God's will. - Receive the challenge to endure. - Be...

Stay near to God, hold on, and consider one another, so that you don't fall into sin that drains life. Is God powerful enough to exact this kind of vengeance upon the people? Yes! Why? Because we need a God that strong! If He couldn't then how can we be saved? Sin drains life. 💜 Don't commit deliberate sin. 💜 Remember the story of endurance. Numbers 15:30   Deliberate sin is doing your will with...

Draw near, hold on, get help. 💜 Let Us Draw Near. 💜 Let Us Hold On. 💜 Let Us Consider One Another.   Gospel Response: Let us provoke good works by gathering together. - Draw near to God. - Hold on to Hope. - Get Help from the Family.   𝙹𝙴𝚂𝚄𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 ◀ ＨΞＢＲΞＷＳ ▶ Hebrews 10:19-25 Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

The final sacrifice of the high priest is greater. The new way changes forever. Three Eternals: 1. Eternal Redemption 2. Eternal Spirit 3. Eternal Inheritance   💜 I once was guilty of evil, now I am completely forgiven. 💜 I once was a slave to sin, now I am free to live. 💜 I once was deprived of life, now I have eternal blessings.   Gospel Response: Do an evaluation of old habits and rhythms th...

What does it mean to recommit to your marriage? A Covenant with your spouse and before the Lord is a legal binding agreement but a Commitment is the action to carry out that covenant. If you want your marriage to be imaging Christ, then you have to start with the individuals first. Sunday: Recommit to Following Christ Individually and as a Married Couple. | John 15:1–8 Monday: Recommit to Handling...

Fresh life, fresh way. The new way of life will prevent people from falling away. Our forgiver is praying for us. The way of Jesus is better than the way of the world. The new High Priest gives a new and greater covenant. 💜 Fresh Word 💜 Fresh Relationship 💜 Fresh Knowledge 💜 Fresh Forgiveness   Jesus has Established a New Way of Life. Jesus Has Guaranteed our Forgiveness. Jesus is Working for...

The new High Priest is the greater high priest. Jesus, our forgiver, is praying for us. We need a perfect priest because human priests are imperfect. We have a priest of spiritual and eternal descent, not human descent. Human priests die, Jesus doesn't. - Jesus has Established a New Way of Life. - Jesus Has Guaranteed our Forgiveness. - Jesus is Working for our New Living.   Gospel Response: Praye...

Music can be a form of worship. It can also be a part of discipleship. Let's talk about the formation of discipleship through music in the local church. 

Our great promise in Christ builds faith and hope. Be assured in obedience. God restores the broken. - We are not secure in our disobedience. - We are secure in Christ' obedience. - We are assured in our works.   Gospel Response: Do something that will require you to trust in the power of the Holy Spirit. - What disobedience leads you to doubt your faith and security? - What obedience does Christ...

Can you lose your salvation? It was never yours to win or lose. Jesus accomplished your salvation. So yes, if you have earned a salvation, surely you can lose it. But if your salvation is from the Lord, then no, because He chose you, called you, and will keep you.   💜 Stop being immature. - Grow Towards Maturity. - Depend on God. - Spark a Fire.   Gospel Response: - Hear the Warning. - Repent Now...

Are you living a life of Heaven on Earth? Live out the gospel. Worship freely and uninhibited. - Remember your identity. - Your priorities are a reflection of your identity. - Bear much fruit.   Gospel Response: Living a life of Heaven on Earth. Who, not what is my identity? - What are my priorities? - What behaviors/habits do you need to change in 2024?   𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓝𝓮𝔀 🎄 𝓐 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓼 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 Matt...