STEP THREE

THE WHEEL ILLUSTRATION

1.     Personal daily devotions.

1.1       Christ's example--Mark 1:32-35

1.2       Begin with 7 minutes a day:

--2 minutes      pray, ask God's leading

--3 minutes      read the Word

--2 minutes      pray to put into practice

what you have learned

1.3       Needed:  a time, a place, a plan and a Bible (a pen and a notebook)

2.    The wheel illustration* (Shows the relationship of the themes of each STEP that follows in these Discipleship Encounter Outlines).

2.1      CHRIST--the axle, the center of life--Phil 2:9-11

2.2      HOLY SPIRIT--the hub--Eph 5:18; John 16:13,14; Luke 3:16

2.3      The VERTICAL SPOKES (God speaks to us through his Word and we speak with God through prayer).

THE WORD--Psalm 119:9,11; Matt 4:4

PRAYER--Phil 4:6,7; John 15:7

2.4      The HORIZONTAL SPOKES (We reach out to Christians in fellowship and to non-Christians through our witness).

FELLOWSHIP--I John 1:7

WITNESS  --I John 1:3

2.5      OBEDIENCE--John 14:21; Luke 6:46-49 - the tire or rim -- that which holds everything together.

Homework:

Begin or continue a

personal devotional time.                  [  ]

Memorize  John 15:5                      [  ]

And the parts of the Wheel.             [  ]

*Adapted from the Navigators’ Wheel Illustr.

 Used by permission.