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God's peace can help us live above anxieties as we learn to trust in Him!

The Lord Your Healer: 

Discover Him and Find His Healing Touch by Paul J. Bucknell

Newest! The Lord Your Healer

Discover Him and Find His Healing Touch

First step of discipleship
revive devotions
Advanced Discipleship

The Bible Teaching Commentary on Genesis: The Book of Foundations

Commentaries that specialize on training the teacher!

Overcoming Anxiety: Finding Peace, Discovering God

 

Relational Discipleship: Cross Training teaching series

Relational Discipleship: Cross Training

Paul J. Bucknell


Father - Child: Introduction |
Model Son | Belonging | Responding | Resembling | Projects

Growing in our relationships
with God and people!

Father and Child

Resembling Our Father


God is Our Father

God is Jesus’ Father


1) The Father loves the Son.

God described Jesus at the beginning of His ministry, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.” (Matthew 3:17)

Circle the words the Father uses to describe Jesus.  Like Jesus, we too have the immense privilege of being called the sons of God and sharing in the Father’s love. Jesus Himself said to His disciples,

For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father. (John 16:27)

God loves you! He doesn’t see you as a sinner anymore, but as one of His sons!

2) The Father takes care of the Son.

Once one of Christ’s disciples tried to protect Jesus. Jesus exclaimed, “Don't you realize that I could ask my Father for thousands of angels to protect us, and he would send them instantly?”(Matthew 26:52-53 NLT)

God the Father always watches over the needs of His children. As Creator He is more powerful than any enemy we might face.  Read Matthew 6:7-8 below. What did Jesus teach about how the Father cares for them?

And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition, as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words. Therefore do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need, before you ask Him.

From the verses above, what does Jesus say about talking to your Father?

1. Don’t use  __________________________________.
2. Our Father knows _____________________________.

We need to learn to immediately take every problem or need to our Father instead of worrying about it. As a little child I never worried about my food or clothes. My father made sure I had what I needed. He cared for me.

3) The Father directs and trains the Son.

Jesus spent much time talking to His Father in prayer. Jesus liked spending time with His Heavenly Father and doing what He wanted. Once He said this,

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. (John  6:38)

Our Father wants to make us like Him. He shows us His will through the Bible, parents and teachers that love Him. Sometimes the training also comes through difficult circumstances! We need to be attentive and obedient.

Application: Tell your heavenly Father about your day today. Identify a need you have and trustingly ask Him to take care of it. Next ->


Relational  Discipleship: Cross Training by Paul J. Bucknell

A strategic basic discipleship series designed to help Christians grow not only in their relationship with God but also with other people. BFF Discipleship Traning CDEach section uses a familiar relationship to bring out basic but very practical Biblical teaching.

We highly recommend getting the BFF Discipleship #1 Digital Library which not only includes the Relationship Discipleship book, but slides, summaries, user guide, teacher's reference, etc. This D#1 Library also contains all our other Christian training resources for new believers.


Grow in love for God and for others

These Christian media-enriched resources can also be purchased in the BFF Resource Center.

BFF Discipleship Traning CD


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