WEEK 1 - DAY 2

Join the Way

DAILY DIRECTIONS JOURNAL

Use a sentence or bullet points to finish these statements.

UP - Lift Up Your Praise

Lord, I praise You for …

DOWN - Bow Down In Repentance

Lord, I repent of …

IN - Take In God’s Word

In the Book of Acts, the church is called The Way because they followed Jesus who is The Way and because they followed His way of life. In a world—that goes its own way and strongly entices us to follow along—following Jesus is not easy nor should it be attempted alone. We need all the help we can get. And we have it! We have three great sources of help, namely, 1) The Bible, 2) The Holy Spirit and 3) each other. God’s Word reveals to us Jesus and the way He lived. God’s Spirit within us inspires us to trust and follow Jesus. And your discipleship huddle will encourage you to keep going and growing. Follow The Way will help you connect deeply with all three sources of help so you can join Jesus and His way of life.

Matthew 7:13-14 (ESV)

Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. [But] the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

Matthew 9:9-13

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Acts 9:1-5

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.

“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied.

Lord, I hear You saying to me …

Now, with Your help I will …

OUT - Pray Out Your Requests

Lord, I pray for …

STOP - Stop, Look and Listen

Lord, what do You want to show me or say to me?

GO - Go Through Your Day

Lord, I pray for Your help as I anticipate these events today …