Eastside Baptist Church, Winfield, Alabama

Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
by Donald Whitney 
Evangelism…for the purpose of godliness: Chapter 6 
The Discipline of Evangelism
Ø 
“Disciplined faith is a faith that is likely to
survive and lead to faith in others.” – Alister E. McGrathØ 
“Talking to a person about Jesus can be an
intensely rewarding experience for any believer.”
Ø 
“And yet nothing causes anxiety more quickly
among a group of Christians than talking about our responsibility to
evangelize.” 
What Is Evangelism?
Ø  “Presenting
Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit to sinful people, in order that
they may come to put their trust in God through Him, to receive Him as their
savior, and to serve Him as their King in the fellowship of His church.” 
Evangelism is ExpectedØ  Commanded
by Christ
Ø  Not
Just for the original 12 apostles
Ø  Not
just for those with a “gift” of evangelism
Ø  Expected
of all believers
Ø  Disciples
make other disciples. 
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in
heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded
you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matt.
28:18–20, NIV) 
But you are a chosen
people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you
may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his
wonderful light. (1 Pet. 2:9, NIV) 
Questions:
Ø  Will
every Christian be equally gifted at evangelizing others?
Ø  What
are some different methods or strategies for personally sharing the gospel with
others? 
Evangelism is Empowered
Ø  The
power of Evangelism is the Holy Spirit (not our eloquence).
ü  Power
for witnessing (Acts 1:8)
ü  Gospel
itself is embedded with power (Rom. 1:16)
ü  Illuminating/Regenerating
power (Eph 2:8-9/Titus 3:5)
ü  A
holy life adorns the gospel.
Questions:
Ø  Why
are we often afraid to evangelize?
Ø  Will
the Holy Spirit’s empowerment always manifest itself the same way? 
Evangelism is a Discipline
Ø  Should
be a natural outflow of a regenerated life, but also requires discipline.
ü  Discipline
of Godly Living
ü  Discipline
of Study
ü  Discipline
of Timeü  Discipline
of Relationships
ü  Discipline
of Telling 
Be wise in the way you
act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation
be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer
everyone.  (Col. 4:5–6, NIV) 
Final Applications:Ø  Because
evangelism is expected, will you obey the Lord and witness?
Ø  Because
evangelism is empowered, will you believe God can use your words in the
salvation of others?
Ø  Will
you plan for evangelism? 
Evangelism and Godliness
“The more we pursue Christ, the more we want to proclaim
Christ.”

“Faithfulness Is
Success” (Revelation 3:7–13)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/October 5, 2014 
7 "To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David.
What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. (Rev. 3:7,
NIV) 
22 I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of
David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. (Isa.
22:22, NIV) 
8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open
door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have
kept my word and have not denied my name. (Rev. 3:8, NIV) 
9 I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who
claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars-- I will make them come and
fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. (Rev. 3:9, NIV)  
14 The children of your oppressors will come bowing before
you; all who despise you will bow down at your feet and will call you the City
of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 60:14, NIV)  
10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I
will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole
world to test the inhabitants of the earth. (Rev. 3:10, NIV) 
9 I know your afflictions and your poverty-- yet you are
rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but
are a synagogue of Satan.  10
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will
put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten
days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your
victor's crown.  (Rev. 2:9-10, NIV)  
14 I have given them your word and the world has hated
them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.  15 My prayer is not that you take
them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.  16 They are not of the world, even
as I am not of it.  17
Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 
18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the
world. (John 17:14-18, NIV)  
11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no
one will take your crown. (Rev. 3:11, NIV) 
10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell
you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer
persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will
give you life as your victor's crown. (Rev. 2:10, NIV) 
12 The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the
temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name
of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is
coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new
name. (Rev. 3:12, NIV) 
13 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to
the churches. (Rev. 3:13, NIV) 
Main Idea: Faithfulness to the
infallible, authoritative word of Christ is success.

Spiritual
Disciplines for the Christian Life
by
Donald Whitney 
Worship…for
the purpose of godliness: Chapter 5 
The
Expectation of Worship 
“It
is the duty (and privilege) of all people to worship their Creator.” – Whitney,
102
“Come,
let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;” (Psalm
95:6) 
WLC
# 1What
is the chief and highest end of man?
Man’s
chief and highest end is to glorify God and fully to enjoy him forever. 
Worship
Is…
Ø  Focusing
on & Responding to God
ü  “My
Lord and my God!” (Jn 20:28)
ü  “Holy,
Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty” (Rev 4:8)
ü  “Worthy
are you, our Lord and God…” (while falling before him) (Rev 4:11) 
Worship
Is…
“To
worship God means to ascribe the proper worth to God, to magnify his
worthiness, or better, to approach and address God as He is worthy.” – Whitney,
103-4
ü  Fully
acknowledging the glory and majesty of God and responding with our total being. 
Questions:
Ø  In
what ways is God revealed to us, so that we might respond appropriately in
worship to him?
Ø  How do
the other spiritual disciplines lead us to worship?
Ø  How
is worship itself a discipline? 
Worship
Is…
Ø  Done
in Spirit and Truth
ü  Before
we can worship in spirit & truth we must have within us the One who is the
“Spirit of Truth” (John 14:17).
ü  Spirit’s
regenerating and illuminating work leads us to worship the Triune God.
ü  To
worship in spirit is to worship from the inside out with sincerity in our acts
of worship.
ü  Worship
in truth is worship in accordance and agreement with the truth of Scripture and
in the means Scripture prescribes. 
Questions:
Ø  How
do we engage our spirits in worship and not just go through the motions?Ø  How
do we keep worship anchored to the truth?
Ø  How
do worshiping in spirit and truth balance each other? 
Worship
Is…
Ø  Expected
both Publicly and Privately
ü  Public
worship is to corporately and physically gather with God’s people as his
church.
ü  Private
worship is individual or family worship apart from the gathered church. 
Worship
Is…
Ø  A
Discipline to Be Cultivated
ü  Worship
is both an end and a means.
ü  We
emulate what we think about. To think often about God is to become more and
more like God. 
Final
Applications:
Ø  Will
you commit yourself to the discipline of daily private worship and regular
corporate worship?
Ø  Will
you put actual worship into your acts of worship?

“A Prophetic Act of Supreme Devotion”
(John 12:1–11)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/October 5, 2014 
John
12:1–11 (NIV)12 Six days before the Passover,
Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the
dead. 2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served,
while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. 3 Then
Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on
Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the
fragrance of the perfume.
4 But
one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, 5 “Why
wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s
wages.” 6 He did not say this because he cared about the poor
but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself
to what was put into it.
7 “Leave
her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume
for the day of my burial. 8 You will always have the poor among
you, but you will not always have me.”
9 Meanwhile
a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because
of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 10 So
the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well, 11 for on
account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.  
Ø  The
majesty of Jesus Christ and his kingdom are worthy of our supreme devotion and
sacrifice. 
Ø  Our
devotion to Christ should overpower any thought of shame or hesitation to
publicly identify with him. 
Ø  External
displays of religion can often mask inner deceit and depravity. 
Ø  External
displays of religion can never substitute for true internal piety and worship. 
Main Idea: Often, what we truly treasure is measured not by what we keep but by
what we give away and to whom we give it.

“Are You
Dead or Alive?” (Revelation 3:1–6)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/September
28, 2014 
"To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of
him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. (Rev. 3:1a, NIV) 
4 John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia:
Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and
from the seven spirits before his throne, 
5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the
firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who
loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,  (Rev. 1:4-5, NIV) 
5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and
peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are
the seven spirits of God. (Rev. 4:5, NIV) 
6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain,
standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures
and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven
spirits of God sent out into all the earth. (Rev. 5:6, NIV) 
6 So he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to
Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD
Almighty. (Zech. 4:6, NIV)  
2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him-- the Spirit of
wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of
the knowledge and fear of the LORD-- (Isa. 11:2, NIV)  
I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
(Rev. 3:1b, NIV)  
2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die,
for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. (Rev. 3:2, NIV)  
21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will
enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father
who is in heaven.  22 Many
will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and
in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?'  23 Then I will tell them plainly,
'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!' (Matt. 7:21-23, NIV) 
3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard;
hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief,
and you will not know at what time I will come to you. (Rev. 3:3, NIV) 
4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled
their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.
(Rev. 3:4, NIV) 
12 In a loud voice they were saying: "Worthy is the
Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and
honor and glory and praise!"  13
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on
the sea, and all that is in them, saying: "To him who sits on the throne
and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and
ever!" (Rev. 5:12-13, NIV) 
5 The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in
white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but
will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels. (Rev. 3:5, NIV) 
6 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to
the churches. (Rev. 3:6, NIV) 
Main Ideas: 
We need to be sure that our church is as alive as we say it is. Spiritual life cannot be assumed; it must be evident in the worship,
witness, and works that accompany true spiritual life.

“Human Plots and the Divine Purpose”
(John 11:45–57)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/September 28, 2014 
John 11:45–57 (NIV) The
Plot to Kill Jesus45 Therefore
many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did,
believed in him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and
told them what Jesus had done. 47 Then the chief priests and
the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin.
“What
are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man performing many signs. 48 If
we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans
will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”
49 Then
one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, “You know
nothing at all! 50 You do not realize that it is better for you
that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
51 He
did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that
Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, 52 and not only for that
nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and
make them one. 53 So from that day on they plotted to take his
life.
54 Therefore
Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea. Instead he
withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he
stayed with his disciples.
55 When
it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem
for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover. 56 They
kept looking for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple courts they asked one
another, “What do you think? Isn’t he coming to the festival at all?” 57 But
the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out
where Jesus was should report it so that they might arrest him.  
1.       The stone-cold hardness of unbelief. 
2.      The wicked plots of unfaithful men. 
3.      The immovable gracious purpose of God. 
Main Idea:
God’s sovereign purpose used the most
wicked scheme in the history of mankind to accomplish the greatest good – the
redemption of sinners (through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ).

Spiritual
Disciplines for the Christian Lifeby
Donald Whitney 
Prayer…for
the purpose of godliness: Chapter 4 - Albert
Edward Day“We
Protestants are an undisciplined people. Therein lies the reason for much of
the dearth of spiritual insights and serious lack of moral power.” 
Prayer
Is ExpectedØ  Jesus
Expects Us to Pray
ü  Matt
6:5 – “And when you pray…”
ü  Matt
6:6 – “But when you pray…”
ü  Matt
6:7 – “And when you pray…”
ü  Matt
6:9 – “Pray then like this…”
ü  Luke
11:9 – “Ask…Seek…Knock…”
ü  Luke
18:1 – “they should always pray and not give up.” 
Ø  God’s
Word Makes it Clear
ü  Col
4:2 – “Devote yourselves to prayer…”
ü  1
Thess 5:17 – “Pray continually...”
ü  Heb
4:16 – “Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we
may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” 
Prayer
Is Learned
Ø  By
Praying
Ø  By
Meditating on Scripture
Ø  By
Praying with Others
Ø  By
Reading about Prayer 
Prayer
Is Answered 
 7 "Ask and it will be given to
you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  8 For everyone who asks receives;
the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be
opened.  (Matt. 7:7-8, NIV) 
Questions:
Ø  What
makes prayer challenging?
Ø  What
makes consistent, regular prayer challenging?
Ø  What
are some ways to stay focused and disciplined in prayer?
Ø  What
are some biblical components of prayer?
Ø  How
should we prioritize the content of our prayers?
Ø  How
does prayer relate to the sovereignty of God? 
Final
Applications:
Ø  Because
prayer is expected, will you pray?
Ø  Since
prayer is learned, will you learn to pray?
Ø  Since
prayer is answered, will you persistently pray? 
Luke
11:5–13
5 Then Jesus said
to them, "Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and
say, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 
6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no
food to offer him.'  7 And
suppose the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The door is already locked,
and my children and I are in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.'  8 I tell you, even though he will
not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your
shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.  9 "So I say to you: Ask and
it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be
opened to you.  10 For
everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks,
the door will be opened.  11
"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake
instead?  12 Or if he asks for
an egg, will give him a scorpion?  13
If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask
him!"

“The Resurrection and the Life” (John
11:17–44)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/Sept. 21, 214 Jesus
Comforts the Sisters of Lazarus
17 On
his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four
days. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and
many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their
brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went
out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home. 21 “Lord,”
Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But
I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
23 Jesus
said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha
answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesus
said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me
will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by
believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes,
Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is
to come into the world.”
28 After
she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher
is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” 29 When Mary heard
this, she got up quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not
yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. 31 When
the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how
quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to
the tomb to mourn there.
32 When
Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and
said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When
Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping,
he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34 “Where have you
laid him?” he asked.
“Come
and see, Lord,” they replied.
35 Jesus
wept.
36 Then
the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
37 But
some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept
this man from dying?”Jesus
Raises Lazarus From the Dead
38 Jesus,
once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid
across the entrance. 39 “Take away the stone,” he said.
“But,
Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad
odor, for he has been there four days.”
40 Then
Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of
God?”
41 So
they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you
that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but
I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe
that you sent me.”
43 When
he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The
dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth
around his face.
Jesus
said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.” 
1.       Christ’s Purpose 
2.      Christ’s comPassion 
3.      Christ’s Promise 
4.      Christ’s Person 
5.      Christ’s Power 
Main Idea: The raising of Lazarus from the dead is
but a foretaste of what awaits every disciple of Jesus on the last day, because
Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life.

“Love Does
Not Tolerate False Teaching” (Revelation 2:18–29)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside
Baptist/Sun PM/Sept. 21, 2014 
18 "To the angel of the church in Thyatira write:
These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and
whose feet are like burnished bronze. (Rev. 2:18, NIV)  
14 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as
snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 
15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his
voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 
(Rev. 1:14-15, NIV) 
19 I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and
perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first. (Rev.
2:19, NIV) 
20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that
woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my
servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. (Rev.
2:20, NIV) 
21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but
she is unwilling. (Rev. 2:21, NIV) 
22 So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will
make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of
her ways.  23 I will strike
her children dead. (Rev. 2:22-23, NIV) 
Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds,
and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. (Rev. 2:23, NIV) 
24 Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do
not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan's so-called deep secrets,
'I will not impose any other burden on you, 
25 except to hold on to what you have until I come.'  (Rev. 2:24-25, NIV) 
26 To the one who is victorious and does my will to the
end, I will give authority over the nations-- 
27 that one 'will rule them with an iron scepter and will
dash them to pieces like pottery'-- just as I have received authority from my
Father.  28 I will also give
that one the morning star.  29
Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (Rev.
2:26-29, NIV) 
Main Ideas: 
·        
Love does not tolerate false teaching.
·        
We need to hold fast to the truth of Christ and
not let it go.

Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
by
Donald Whitney 
“Bible
Intake” (Part 2): Chapter 3 
Means
of Taking in the Bible 
Hearing the Bible
Reading the Bible
Studying the Bible
Memorizing the Bible
Meditating on the Bible
Applying the Bible
Memorizing
God’s WordØ  Benefits
ü  Supplies
Spiritual Power
ü  Strengthens
Your Faith
ü  Prepares
Us for Witnessing and Counseling
ü  Provides
a Means of God’s Guidance
ü  Stimulates
Meditation 
Ø  Methods
ü  You
Can Memorize Scripture
ü  Have
a Plan
ü  Write
Out the Verses
ü  Draw
Picture Reminders
ü  Memorize
Word-Perfectly
ü  Find
Accountability
ü  Review
and Meditate Daily 
Meditating
on God’s Word
“Meditation
is deep thinking on the truths and spiritual realities revealed in Scripture or
upon life from a scriptural perspective, for the purposes of understanding,
application, and prayer” (46-47). 
Ø  Benefits
ü  God’s
Blessing and Success
ü  Meditation
leads to obedience and obedience results in God’s blessing.
ü  Greater
Affection for God
ü  Greater
Loyalty to God.
ü  More
powerful prayer life w/ God 
Ø  Methods
ü  Select
an appropriate passage
ü  Select
a method of meditation
1.       
Emphasize different words
2.      Rewrite
in your own words
3.       Formulate
a principle
4.      Think
of an illustration/picture
5.      Look
for applications
6.      How
does this text point to Law or Gospel?
7.      How
does it point to Jesus?
8.      What
question is answered or what problem is solved?
9.      Pray
through the passage
10.   Memorize
the text
11.     Create
an artistic expression of the text
12.    Ask
the Philippians 4:8 questions 
Fix
your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely,
and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
(Philippians 4:8, NLT) 
13.    Ask
questions of the text?
14.   Set
and discover a minimum number of insights from the text.
15.    Find
a link or common thread through paragraphs or chapters
16.   Does
it relate to your situation?
17.    Use
Meditation Mapping 
ü  Don’t
Rush – Take Time
ü  Go
Deeper and Avoid Distractions 
Applying
God’s Word
Ø  Benefits
ü  Blessing
of God (James 1:22-25) 
Now
that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them. (John 13:17,
NLT)
ü  Growth
in Godliness Ø  Methods
ü  Expect
to Discover an Application
ü  Understand
the Text
ü  Meditate
to Discern an Application
ü  Ask
application-oriented questions
ü  Respond
specifically 
Final
Words
Ø  Will
you begin a plan of memorizing God’s Word?
Ø  Will
you cultivate the discipline of meditating on God’s Word?
Ø  Will
you prove yourself an applier of God’s Word? 
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive
yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do
what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after
looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But
whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues
in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in
what they do.” (James 1:22–25, NIV)

“Blindness and Belief” (John 10:22–42)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday AM/September 7, 2014 John
10:22–42 (NIV)Further
Conflict Over Jesus’ Claims
22 Then
came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and
Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade. 24 The
Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in
suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus
answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my
Father’s name testify about me, 26 but you do not believe
because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I
know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and
they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My
Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them
out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
31 Again
his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, 32 but
Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For
which of these do you stone me?”
33 “We
are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy,
because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”
34 Jesus
answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are
“gods” ’? 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of
God came—and Scripture cannot be set aside—36 what about the
one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then
do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? 37 Do
not believe me unless I do the works of my Father. 38 But if I
do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may
know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.” 39 Again
they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.
40 Then
Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in
the early days. There he stayed, 41 and many people came to
him. They said, “Though John never performed a sign, all that John said about
this man was true.” 42 And in that place many believed in
Jesus. 
There is plenty of evidence to show that
Jesus is the Son of God, but those who are blind to the truth will never see
enough evidence to believe. 
No matter how useful evidence and proof
is, it’s not ultimately about proof. It is ultimately about the state of the
heart—the hardness of unbelief or the tenderness of belief. 
Unbelief is not ultimately mental and
intellectual—due to a lack of knowledge. 
Unbelief is spiritual and moral—rooted
in rebellion against God. 
The difference between belief and
unbelief is not the abundance of evidence, intelligence, goodness of character,
family history, or the ability of the person sharing the gospel. 
The difference between belief and
unbelief is grace-given regeneration by the Holy Spirit. 
“Unless you are born again, you cannot
see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3) 
“Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed
in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of
natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.”
(John 1:12–13, NIV)

“Poor but Rich; Defeated but
Triumphant” (Revelation 2:8–11)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/Sept. 7, 2014 
8 "To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These
are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life
again. (Rev. 2:8, NIV) 
8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord
God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." (Rev.
1:8, NIV) 
9 I know your afflictions and your poverty-- yet you are
rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but
are a synagogue of Satan. (Rev. 2:9, NIV) 
28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is
circumcision merely outward and physical. 
29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and
circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written
code. Such a person's praise is not from other people, but from God.  (Romans 2:28-29, NIV) 
10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell
you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer
persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will
give you life as your victor's crown. (Rev. 2:10, NIV) 
11 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to
the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second
death. (Rev. 2:11, NIV) 
13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and
Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according
to what they had done.  14
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the
second death.  15 Anyone whose
name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of
fire. (Rev. 20:13-15, NIV) 
8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the
murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters
and all liars-- they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
This is the second death." (Rev. 21:8, NIV) 
Main Idea:
·        
As Christians, we must be willing to make ultimate
sacrifices for the name of Christ.
·        
In the
midst of suffering, our poverty is actually wealth, and our defeat is actually
victory. 
11 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to
the churches. (Rev. 2:11, NIV)

A study based on "Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life" Author:  Donald WhitneyChapter 2Cameron Jungels

“The Sleep of Death” (John 11:1­–16)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun
AM/September 14, 2014
John
11:1–16 (NIV)The
Death of Lazarus
11 Now
a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her
sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay
sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with
her hair.) 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one
you love is sick.”
4 When
he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for
God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” 5 Now
Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So when he
heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, 7 and
then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
8 “But
Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and
yet you are going back?”
9 Jesus
answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the
daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light. 10 It
is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”
11 After
he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen
asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”
12 His
disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” 13 Jesus
had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural
sleep.
14 So
then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15 and for your
sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16 Then
Thomas (also known as Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also
go, that we may die with him.”  
1.       A time to wait and a time to go: We
may not understand all that God does and why and when he does it, but we must
understand that all that God does for his children he does in love. 
2.      A time to work and a time to rest: Jesus
is safe as long as he in the Father’s will. They cannot touch him before his
hour has come. Jesus is in the last hours of the daylight of his ministry, but
he must continue to work until his hour comes. The disciples also are safe as
long as they are in the light of Jesus, because he is the light that has come
into the world.  
3.      
A
time to sleep (die) and a time to wake up: Death is but
temporary sleep for those whom Jesus determines to bring back to life. Because
of the power of Jesus, death does not need to be permanent. For those who
follow Jesus, death is but temporary sleep from which they will awake. (John
6:37–40; John 10:27–30; 1 Cor 15:51–58; 1 Thess 4:13–17)

“Commitment or Compromise?” (Revelation
2:12–17)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/Sept. 14, 2014 
15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for
when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you.  16 For the world offers only a
craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in
our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from
this world.  17 And this world
is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does
what pleases God will live forever.  (1
John 2:15-17, NLT)
4 Through these he has given us his very great and
precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine
nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. (2
Pet. 1:4, NIV)
What causes fights and quarrels
among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? (Jas. 4:1,
NIV)As for you, you were dead in your
transgressions and sins,  2 in
which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the
ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are
disobedient.  3 All of us also
lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and
following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving
of wrath. (Eph. 2:1-3, NIV) 
1.       Christ reveals himself as one who judges
his church with the sharp sword of his words of truth. 
12 "To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:
These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword. (Rev. 2:12,
NIV) 
12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than
any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints
and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. (Heb. 4:12, NIV)
15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to
strike down the nations. "He will rule them with an iron scepter." He
treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. (Rev. 19:15,
NIV) 
2.      Christ praises a church that is
committed to the point of death for the sake of his name. 
13 I know where you live-- where Satan has his throne. Yet
you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in
the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city--
where Satan lives. (Rev. 2:13, NIV)
8 "I tell you, whoever publicly acknowledges me
before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of
God.  9 But whoever disowns me
before others will be disowned before the angels of God.  (Lk. 12:8-9, NIV) 
3.      Christ rebukes a church that has
compromised the gospel by engaging in false worship and indulging in the
pleasures of the world. 
14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are
some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice
the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed
sexual immorality.  15
Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
(Rev. 2:14-15, NIV)
16 Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and
will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. (Rev. 2:16, NIV) 
4.     
Christ promises heavenly provision and belonging to the
one who hears and practices his word.
17 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to
the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden
manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on
it, known only to the one who receives it. (Rev. 2:17, NIV) 
Main
Idea: If we are going to be a faithful and vital church,
we cannot allow our sinful desires to pull us away from our loyalty to Christ.

A study based on "Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life" Author:  Donald Whitney Chapter 1Cameron Jungels

Psalms 67 -David Kizziah - Sunday AM, August 31

“Encountering Trials with Joy and
Wisdom” (James 1:2–8)
Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Wed PM/August 27, 2014 
2 Consider
it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because
you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let
perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not
lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask
God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to
you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt,
because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the
wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from
the Lord. (James 1:2–8, NIV) 
1.       We can face trials with joy,
because we know that they are used by God to move us toward spiritual
maturity (2–4). 
a.     
Perspective of Joy
b.     
Purpose
of Spiritual Maturity 
2.      In the midst of trials, we can call on
God in faith and he will give us the wisdom that we need (5­–8).
a.     
Our Need: We need wisdom in the midst of
trials, and all times of life as a believer of Christ in a pagan world.
b.     
God’s
Response: generosity and liberality.
c.      
Our
Attitude: Undoubting, single-minded faith.

“Truth & Love” (Revelation 2:1–7)
Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sunday PM/August 24, 2014 Revelation
2:1–7 (NIV) To the Church in Ephesus2 “To
the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds
the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2 I
know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot
tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but
are not, and have found them false. 3 You have persevered and
have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. 4 Yet I hold this against you: You have
forsaken the love you had at first. 5 Consider how far you have
fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will
come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. 6 But you
have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I
also hate. 7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what
the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the
right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.  "To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: (Rev. 2:1, NIV) 
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and
walks among the seven golden lampstands. (Rev. 2:1, NIV) 
10 On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard
behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,  11
which said: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven
churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and
Laodicea."  12 I turned
around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven
golden lampstands,  13 and
among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching
down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest.  14 The hair on his head was white
like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.  15 His feet were like bronze
glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.  16 In his right hand he held seven
stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face
was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. 
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he
placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First
and the Last.  18 I am the
Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold
the keys of death and Hades.  19
"Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take
place later.  20 The mystery
of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden
lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and
the seven lampstands are the seven churches. (Rev. 1:10-20, NIV) 
Christ praises a church that works hard and faithfully defends the
truth in the face of opposition.
 
2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance.
I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who
claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.  3 You have persevered and have
endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.  (Rev. 2:2-3, NIV) 
6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices
of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. (Rev. 2:6, NIV) 
Christ rebukes a church that has grown cold in its love for God
and others. 
4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love
you had at first.  5 Consider
how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do
not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. (Rev.
2:4-5, NIV) 
7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to
the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from
the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God. (Rev. 2:7, NIV) 
Main Idea: In obedience to
Christ, we must strive to be a church that is faithful to the truth while
maintaining a fervent love for God and others.

“Jesus, the Good Shepherd” (John 10:1–30),
part 3Cameron
Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/August 24, 2014 
Main
Idea: Jesus is the good shepherd who
cares for his sheep in this life and the life to come.
1.       Jesus is the only shepherd of the sheep
(all others are frauds) and there is no way but through him  
2.      Jesus is a truthful shepherd who never
misleads or deceives his sheep.  
3.      Jesus is a loving shepherd who knows his
sheep, and they know him.  
4.      Jesus is a rescuing shepherd who saves
his sheep and gives them abundant life. 
5.      Jesus is a sacrificial shepherd who
gives his life for his sheep. 
6.     Jesus is a faithful shepherd who never
abandons his sheep.12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the
sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away.
Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.  13 The man runs away because he is
a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 
14 "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep
know me--  15 just as the
Father knows me and I know the Father-- and I lay down my life for the
sheep.  (John 10:12-15, NIV)
7.      Jesus is a gathering shepherd who draws
sheep from other pens into one fold.
16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I
must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one
flock and one shepherd. (John 10:16, NIV)
8.     Jesus is an unfailing shepherd who never
loses his sheep (27-30).
27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they
follow me.  28 I give them
eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my
hand.  29 My Father, who has
given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my
Father's hand.  30 I and the
Father are one."  (John 10:27-30,
NIV)
36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not
believe.  37 All those the
Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive
away.  38 For I have come down
from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.  39 And this is the will of him who
sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up
at the last day.  40 For my
Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall
have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day."  (John 6:36-40, NIV)
30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he
called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.  31 What, then, shall we say in
response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans
8:30-31, NIV)
38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither
angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,  39 neither height nor depth, nor
anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God
that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 
(Romans 8:38-39, NIV)
Main
Idea: Jesus is the good shepherd who
cares for his sheep in this life and the life to come.