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Walking with Jesus
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• Read the Gospel of Mark. Try to read two chapters a
WALKING
WITH JESUS
PA R T O N E
day; you’ll be finished in just over a week.
• Try starting every day with a short prayer to Jesus.
Add it to the very beginning of your morning rou-
The Traits
of a Christ
Follower
tine. You can come up with your own prayer or try
this prayer used by Christians around the world for
centuries: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy
on me, a sinner.
• Try setting an alarm at certain points throughout
the day to remind you to check in with Jesus. Say a
brief prayer when the alarm goes off, inviting Jesus
EVERY LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE—which means, among
to speak into whatever is going on for you at that
other things, that every life will involve complexity, con-
moment or asking for his help in something coming
fusion, challenge. Thankfully, we are not left to our own
up later in your day.
devices to make it through our lives. We are accompanied through life by a God who is for us and, as the
• Ask a friend to help you keep in contact with Jesus.
angel announced to Mary, is Immanuel—“God is with us”
Make plans to pray with and for each other and to
(Matthew 1:23). So the first responsibility of Christian
discuss what you’re learning about Jesus.
adulthood is to be with the God who is with us. Here are
some Bible passages to help you reflect on what that
means and what it looks like.
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PARTICIPATING IN
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY
PA R T T W O
HOW CAN I MAKE
WISE CHOICES?
Questions
Adults Ask
WISDOM IS A CENTRAL CONCERN of the Scriptures, runWE OFTEN DRIFT INTO thinking we are going through life
ning from beginning to end. How we live, how we make
alone. We’re not—we’re accompanied by Immanuel—God
decisions, what we give consideration to— these are
with us. But when we follow Jesus, we are also invited
critical questions for adulthood and critical matters of
into a community of fellow followers of Jesus. Compared
discipleship. Fortunately, God is generous with wisdom
to a body, a family, a temple, and more in the Scriptures,
and “gives grace to the willing humble” (James 4:6). What
Christian community connects us to people who can
follows are passages that point you in the way of wisdom
rejoice with us, weep with us, pray for us, and support us
as you face critical choices.
in our growth even as we support them in their growth.
What follows are some Bible passages that speak to this
Trust GOD from the bottom of your heart;
don’t try to figure out everything on your own.
generous gift of God to us.
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