If fou nd , please return to: Name Phone Location Table of Contents Devotional Time.............................8 Memorization List........................10 How We Got the Bible.................12 Chapter 1: Abide.....................27 Bible.............................................28 Prayer...........................................37 Meditation...................................38 Rest...............................................40 Missionary Story - Brother Yun....44 Chapter 2: Connect.................47 Be Community..............................48 Build Community.........................49 Missionary Story - Bonhoeffer....53 Applied Resource........................55 Chapter 3: Disciple.................61 Be a Disciple................................62 Make Disciples.............................64 Missionary Story - Taylor............53 Applied Resource.........................73 Chapter 4: Send.......................93 Made for Mission.........................94 Take the Gospel...........................96 Missionary Story - Moon...........110 Missionary Story - Elliot............112 Applied Resource........................114 Applied Resource.......................121 Closing Thoughts......................125 Bibliography...............................128 Devotional Time Week 1 Monday: 1 John 1 Tuesday: 1 John 2 Wednesday: 1 John 3 Thursday: 1 John 4 Friday: 1 John 5 Saturday: Psalm 1 Sunday: Rest, worship, serve, and reflect Week 2 Monday: James 1 Tuesday: James 2 Wednesday: James 3 Thursday: James 4 Friday: James 5 Saturday: Psalm 16 Sunday: Rest, worship, serve, and reflect Week 3 Monday: Matthew 5 Tuesday: Matthew 6 Wednesday: Matthew 7 Thursday: John 14 Friday: John 15 Saturday: Psalm 119:1-24 Sunday: Rest, worship, serve, and reflect Week 4 Monday: Ephesians 1 Tuesday: Ephesians 2 Wednesday: Ephesians 3 Thursday: Ephesians 4 Friday: Ephesians 5 Saturday: Ephesians 6, Psalm 27 Sunday: Rest, worship, serve, and reflect Week 5 Monday: Philippians 1 Tuesday: Philippians 2 Wednesday: Philippians 3 Thursday: Philippians 4 Friday: Philippians 5 Saturday: Psalm 40 Sunday: Rest, worship, serve, and reflect 8 Week 6 Monday: 1 Peter 1 Tuesday: 1 Peter 2 Wednesday: 1 Peter 3 Thursday: 1 Peter 4 Friday: 1 Peter 5 Saturday: Psalm 42 Sunday: Rest, worship, serve, and reflect Week 7 Monday: Colossians 1 Tuesday: Colossians 2 Wednesday: Colossians 3 Thursday: Colossians 4 Friday: Psalm 40 Saturday: Psalm 51 Sunday: Rest, worship, serve, and reflect Week 8 Monday: Romans 1 Tuesday: Romans 2 Wednesday: Romans 3 Thursday: Romans 4 Friday: Romans 5 Saturday: Romans 6, Psalm 63 Sunday: Rest, worship, serve, and reflect Week 9 Monday: Romans 7 Tuesday: Romans 8 Wednesday: Romans 9 Thursday: Romans 10 Friday: Romans 11 Saturday: Romans 12 Sunday: Romans 13, rest, worship, serve, and reflect Week 10 Monday: Romans 14 Tuesday: Romans 15 Wednesday: Romans 16 Thursday: 2 Timothy 1-2 Friday: 2 Timothy 3-4 Saturday: Psalm 139 Sunday: Rest, worship, serve, and reflect 9 Memorization Abide “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” - John 15:4-5 “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” - Romans 8:1 “By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.” - 1 John 2:6 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold the new has come.” - 2 Corinthians 5:17 Connect “And all who believed were together and had all things in common.” - Acts 2:44 “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests but also to the interests of others.” - Philippians 2: 3-4 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” -John 13: 34-35 “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the day drawing near.” - Hebrews 10:24-25 10 Disciple “And He said to all, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.’” - Luke 9:23 “So, Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ‘If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’” - John 8:31-32 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God— this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”-Romans 12:1-2 “A n d he said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.’” -Matthew 4:19 Send “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the Earth.” -Acts 1:8 “And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on Earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.’” -Matthew 28:18-20 “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, ‘the righteous shall live by faith.’” -Romans 1:16 “In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” -1 John 4:10 11 How We Got the Bible By: John F. MacArthur, Jr. Ever since Eve encountered Satan’s barrage of doubt and denial (Gen. 3:1-7), mankind has continued to question God’s Word. Unfortunately, Eve had little or no help in sorting through her intellectual obstacles to full faith in God’s self-disclosure (Gen. 2:16,17). Now the Scripture certainly has more than enough content to be interrogated, considering that it’s comprised of 66 books, 1,189 chapters, 31,173 verses, and 774,746 words. When you open your English translation to read or study, you might have asked in the past or be currently asking, “How can I be sure this is the pure and true Word of God?” A question of this kind is not altogether bad, especially when one seeks to learn with a teachable mind (Acts 17:11). The Scripture invites the kinds of queries that a sincere student asks. A whole host of questions can flood the mind, such as: • Where did the Bible come from? • Whose thinking does it reflect? • Did any books of the Bible get lost in time past? • What does the Scripture claim for itself ? • Does it live up to its claims? • Who wrote the Bible- God or man? • Has Scripture been protected from human tampering over the centuries? • How close to the original manuscripts are today’s translations? • How did the Bible get to our time and in our language? • Is there more Scripture to come, beyond the current 66 books? 12 • Who determined, and on what basis, that the Bible would be composed of the traditional list of 66 books? • If the Scriptures were written over a period of 1,500 years (ca. 1405 B.C. to A.D. 95), passed down since then for almost 2,000 years, and translated into several thousand languages, what prevented the Bible from being changed by the carelessness or ill motives of men? • Does today’s Bible really deserve the title “The Word of God?” Undoubtedly, these questions have bombarded the minds of many. A study of the Scriptures alone settles all questions to the extent that there is no need to be bothered by them again. Scripture gives this assurance. Scripture’s Self Claims Take the Bible and let it speak for itself. Does it claim to be God’s Word? Yes! Over 2,000 times in the Old Testament alone, the Bible asserts that God spoke what is written within its pages. From the beginning (Gen. 1:3) to the end (Mal. 4:3) and continually throughout, this is what Scripture claims. The phrase “the Word of God” occurs over 40 times in the New Testament. It is equated with the Old Testament (Mark 7:13). It is what Jesus preached (Luke 5:1). It was the message the apostles taught (Acts 4:31; 6:2). It was the Word the Samaritans received (Acts 8:14) as given by the Apostles (Acts 8:25). It was the message the Gentiles received as preached by Peter (Acts 11:1). It was the word Paul preached on his first missionary journey (Acts 13:5,7,44,48-49; 15:35-36). It was the message Paul preached on his second missionary journey (Acts 16:32; 17:13; 18:11). It was the message Paul preached on his third missionary journey (Acts 19:10). It was the focus of Luke in the book of Acts in that it spread rapidly and widely (Acts 13 6:7; 12:24; 19:20).