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Discipleship in this Culture: Pastor Matt McMillan and others talk about discipleship in today's culture and churches going through revitalizations. Discipleship is learning to bow on earth, become on earth, and battle on earth like you will in Heaven.
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Run On Purpose 💪 Paul’s picture is simple: life isn’t a casual trail-run where you wander wherever you feel—it's a race with one path and one prize. Paul admits he’s not “there” yet, but he runs with everything he’s got because Christ has already taken hold of him. That changes how we run: not to earn the prize, but because the prize is promised and secured.
Paul contrasts two ways of living:
- Running aimlessly (no clear “why”)
- Running backward to “filthy scraps” (old sins, old status, old confidence in the flesh)
- Running forward toward the prize—righteousness in Christ and resurrection life with Christ
And the key mindset shift is humility: the path to the prize goes through the cross, not around it. Suffering, setbacks, and refinement aren’t interruptions—they’re part of the race God is using to form us into Christ’s image.
When we pursue the right prize we will know the right path! What are you running for—Christ’s prize, or the filthy scraps behind you?
Gospel Response: Jesus didn’t just point to the prize—He ran the race for us: He lived the life we couldn’t live, died the death we deserved, and rose again in victory over sin and death. Because Christ has taken hold of you, you don’t run to prove yourself—you run in faith, repentance, and obedience with your eyes fixed forward.
So respond today by:
👉 Repenting of whatever you keep turning back to (the “dung/filthy scraps”).
👉 Trusting Christ alone for righteousness (not your performance).
👉 Pursuing Him with purpose—forget what’s behind, reach for what’s ahead. Taking a next step (resources/discipleship like Alpha, community, accountability) so your “why” reshapes your “how.”
⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫
📖 Philippians 3:12-14
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Tuesday Feb 03, 2026
Tuesday Feb 03, 2026
Filthy Scraps vs. the Prize 🏆 This week in Philippians 3, we were challenged to put everything on the table and ask: Is this feeding my soul… or is it just “filthy scraps”? Stop satisfying your soul with filthy scraps—pursue the Prize: Jesus.
📖 “I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.” - Philippians 3:8
Gospel Response: Repent of whatever you’re using to satisfy your soul, and trust Jesus as your greater treasure—so you can be found in Him, not in your own righteousness. The world offers “more”—more status, more noise, more cravings… but none of it can satisfy like Jesus. Real freedom starts when we’re found in Him, not chasing what was never meant to fill us.
👉 Ask God to reveal what needs to be laid down.
👉 Walk in humility.
👉 Don’t do it alone—confess, repent, and pursue Christ together. Expose the “filthy scraps” — name what’s competing for your heart (addictions, excess, unhealthy relationships, pride/status).
⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫
📖 Philippians 3
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Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
You don’t clean yourself up to come to Jesus. You come to Jesus, and He makes you clean. In John 15:1–3, Jesus says He is the True Vine—real life is found by staying connected to Him. And because of His Word, believers can walk in the confidence of this promise: “You are already clean.”
Forgiveness isn’t earned. Freedom isn’t achieved. Life is found by staying connected to the True Vine.
👉 Stop striving.
👉 Start abiding.
👉 Live from grace, not for it.
📖 “You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.” — John 15:3
Gospel Response: - Overcoming Lies with Truth: Where has guilt started turning into shame—and what truth from God’s Word do you need to believe instead? - Morning & Night Journaling (“I’m guilty… God’s grace… I’ll live different”): Will you intentionally name your struggle, receive God’s grace, and choose one “victorious step” to live differently today?
⏫ 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 ⏫
📖 John 15:1–3
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Tuesday Jan 13, 2026
Tuesday Jan 13, 2026
When resolutions fail, grace still stands. 🙌 Israel made strong commitments in Nehemiah 10—but by Nehemiah 13 they’re already breaking them. Nehemiah returns and finds worship neglected (temple compromised, Levites unsupported), Sabbath ignored, and compromise spreading through unhealthy alliances. He responds with firm leadership and new rules, but the core problem remains: external pressure can’t transform a heart. Nehemiah is a great leader, but he isn’t the Savior—this chapter is meant to point us to Jesus, the only One who can purify, forgive, and change us by the Holy Spirit.
Am I trying to change through rules and resolutions, or am I seeking true heart transformation from Jesus?
Gospel Response: Jesus did what we can’t do. He forgives and frees us, then gives us His Spirit to live differently. So don’t just add more rules—confess your sin, trust Christ, and depend on the Spirit for real change and a life that shines His light in a dark world. Will you commit to a heart transformation in your life?
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📖 Nehemiah 13:1-31
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Tuesday Jan 06, 2026
Tuesday Jan 06, 2026
Dedication of the Wall 🧱 As the Nehemiah series nears its close, the church is reminded that God is a promise keeper—He brought His people back, restored worship, raised up leaders, rebuilt what was broken, and stirred obedience in their hearts. Nehemiah 12 captures a milestone moment: the wall is finished, opposition has been overcome, and God’s people don’t simply admire what they accomplished—they dedicate it to the Lord with public worship.
The dedication is marked by thanksgiving, singing, and joyful celebration, with the Levites and singers gathered and two large processions marching on the wall giving thanks. Before the celebration, the priests and Levites purify themselves and the people, highlighting that worship is not merely outward activity but must flow from an inward reality—clean hands and a pure heart. In Christ, believers are made clean, yet we still must examine the heart: unconfessed sin and “going through the motions” can make worship hollow.
If God has done the work—equipping, enabling, restoring, and sustaining—will my life respond with worship that is heartfelt, joyful, and generous (not just attendance and routine)?
Gospel Response: Because Jesus lived the perfect life we couldn’t live, died to forgive and free us, and rose to give us new life, we don’t worship to earn God’s favor—we worship from God’s favor.
👉 Return with a clean heart: confess sin, lay down bitterness, and refuse “meaningless offerings.”
👉 Recommit to worship in community: don’t settle for isolated convenience when God calls His people together.
👉 Rejoice with God-given joy: praise Him for what He has accomplished—even when life feels heavy.
Release grateful generosity: give time, treasure, and talents because we are His sheep—not to become His sheep. God built more than a wall—He rebuilt a people. Our right response is worship.
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📖 Nehemiah 12:27-47
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Monday Dec 29, 2025
Monday Dec 29, 2025
Jesus Chose Obedience Over Comfort. In Matthew 26:37–39: Jesus is grieved, troubled, asking for the cup to pass…“Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
Thank God Jesus didn’t choose comfort. Because His discomfort—His suffering, sacrifice, and obedience—secured: forgiveness, hope, and the promise of true eternal comfort for those who believe.
Gospel Responses:
1) Repent: Identify where comfort has become an idol. Not just guilt—turning.
2) Reorder: Submit your schedule to God: prayer + Word, service, simplicity + Sabbath. Obedience when God calls you to stay or go somewhere uncomfortable
3) Renew: Like the “tithe” of people moving into Jerusalem: offer your whole self to God—time, home, gifts, habits, plans.
God may sacrifice our comfort—but never our good—because He’s after holiness, order, and hope.
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📖 Nehemiah 11–12:26
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Monday Dec 29, 2025
Monday Dec 29, 2025
Are you trying to live on promises you’ve made to God…or resting in the promise God made to you in Jesus? In Nehemiah they made a covenant they couldn’t keep. In Jesus, God makes a covenant He will keep—forever.
Gospel Response: Stop bargaining with God (“I’ll do better if…”). Come to Jesus with honest faith: He was born, lived perfectly, died for sinners, and rose again—so you can be forgiven and freed. Not just believing He exists—believing He is the Son of God and your Savior. This Christmas, the best news isn’t that we can finally “get it together.” It’s that Jesus came because we can’t—and He gives life anyway.
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📖 Nehemiah 9–10 + Luke 2
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Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
Nehemiah 9 | From Guilt to Grace 🧱 As God’s people gather after hearing the Word, they don’t rush past their failure—they confess it. But this chapter makes one thing unmistakably clear: guilt and shame are not repentance. Biblical repentance doesn’t start with how bad we feel or getting caught—it starts with who God is. The people rehearse God’s faithfulness from creation, to Abraham, to Exodus, to the wilderness—over and over declaring: “We were unfaithful, but You were not.”
Their confession moves in a gospel pattern:
- Who God is – gracious, compassionate, slow to anger
- What God has done – saved, provided, protected
- What they have done – rebelled, forgotten, failed
Yet again and again, God responds with mercy. Even when they turned away, He did not abandon them. This chapter points us forward to Jesus—the One Israel longed for—who would finally deal with sin once and for all, replacing shame with forgiveness and guilt with freedom. True repentance doesn’t trap us in despair. It lifts us toward grace.
When you face your sin, does it drive you toward guilt and shame—or toward the grace of God?
Gospel Response: Jesus came to do what repentance alone could never finish. He takes the guilty and makes them forgiven, the bound and sets them free. Will you turn to Christ—not hiding in shame, but trusting His mercy to make you new? You are not defined by what you’ve done — you are defined by what Jesus has done for you.
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📖 Nehemiah 9
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Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
God’s Word Shapes His People 📖 After rebuilding the wall, the people of God gather—not to work, but to worship. Ezra opens the Book of the Law, and from daybreak to noon, they stand, listen attentively, and weep as they hear God’s Word. But Nehemiah and Ezra remind them: “Do not grieve, because the joy of the Lord is your strength.” (Nehemiah 8:10)
As the Word is read, explained, and applied, revival breaks out. Families study together, leaders teach one another, and obedience leads to celebration. The people rediscover joy—not in what they built, but in the God who built them. God’s Word doesn’t just inform us—it transforms us. It moves from head to heart to hands, shaping who we are and how we live. Will you let God’s Word shape you—and His joy be your strength?
📖 “Do not grieve, because the joy of the Lord is your strength.” — Nehemiah 8:10 (CSB)
Gospel Response: Jesus is the Living Word who restores us through grace. Will you draw near to Him daily—hearing, reading, studying, memorizing, and meditating—until His truth becomes your greatest joy and strength?
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📖 Nehemiah 8
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Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
From Foolish to Free ⛓️💥 We’ve spent weeks walking with Nehemiah—a valiant warrior, humble servant, and faithful leader—and yet even his best efforts couldn’t bring spiritual restoration. The wall was rebuilt, but the people’s hearts still needed renewal. Now in Titus 3, Paul shows us what Nehemiah couldn’t do: only Jesus can change who we are from the inside out.
We were once foolish, deceived, enslaved to sin, and hurting others out of our brokenness. But when the kindness and mercy of God appeared, He saved us—not by works of righteousness we had done, but according to His mercy. Through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit, we are not only forgiven, but set free. We are no longer slaves of Satan—we are children of God, sealed by His Spirit and secure for eternity.
Now we live out good works not to earn salvation, but to reflect it—to show the world who our Father is. Do you still see yourself through the lies of your old life, or through the truth of who you are in Christ?
Gospel Response: - Jesus didn’t come for the perfect—He came for the broken. - Will you believe today that you’re not a slave, not a fraud, not an imposter — but a child of God, made new by His mercy and sent to do His good works?
📖 “He saved us—not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy—through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.” — Titus 3:5 (CSB)
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📖 Titus 3:3-8
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