BECOMING A DISCIPLE OF JESUS

Christian growth is a deeply personal and spiritual choice that recognizes our unending need for Jesus not only as Savior but also as LORD over our lives. That recognition sometimes comes after losing the things that seemed to matter most and humbly acknowledging before God that we need a new life and not just a better version of the old life, which produced little of lasting value. Discipleship is not and never can be a self-improvement program, because self is actually a big part of the problem. Transforming our lives is not something we can do, because even on our best days, our sin nature opposes such transformation. As the Apostle Paul said, ",For the good that I wish, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not wish", (Rom. 7