by WadeArnold | Oct 25, 2018 | Discipleship
Biblical Case for FastingJesus assumed that His followers would fast. When confronted with the fact that His disciples did not fast, He replied that they didn’t fast because He was present with them, but that after He is taken away from them that His disciples will...
by WadeArnold | Oct 5, 2018 | Discipleship
In my last blog entry, I discussed the difficulties we have in actually setting aside time to pray. Another difficulty that we have in prayer is figuring out what, exactly should we be praying for? What should we be praying for ourselves? Is it selfish to pray for...
by WadeArnold | Sep 21, 2018 | Discipleship
Roadblocks to Prayer For many of us, prayer is the most difficult aspect of the Christian life. We erect so many barriers to prayer. We think, “I need to get my act together before talking with God,” We think, “I need get all these other things done so I can be free...
by WadeArnold | Aug 17, 2018 | Discipleship
When most of us think about meditation we are likely to think of a Buddhist monk sitting crossed-legged in his bright orange robe and chanting. And that certainly is one form of meditation, though it is not Christian meditation. Sadly, many, if not most, Christians...
by WadeArnold | Jun 15, 2018 | Discipleship
[Note: This is the fourth and final installment of a series on discipleship. Click here for part one, here for part two, and here for part three.] Do you want to grow in Christ? Do you want to “feel the power of the resurrection” as Paul said? Do you want to be...
by WadeArnold | Jun 8, 2018 | Discipleship
Note: This is part three in a series of articles on small group discipleship. You can read the first article on John Wesley’s Class Meetings here, and Band Meetings here. At Ocoee Oaks, we have a two-pronged mission: love God and love people (Matthew...
