David praises and blesses God's name for His wonderful works. He preaches to himself, telling his own soul and everything within him to bless God. The first and most important reason God is owed praise is for forgiving our sin. We can never take our salvation to granted.

Jesus gives us the example of what it means to have a servant's heart. It is a heart of love and humility. Not only does He model it for us. He tells us that we must follow His example in serving one another.

Paul exhorts the Philippians to unite with one another. Believer must invest themselves in one another because of what Christ has done for them. Seeing each other through the lens of the gospel, we are to do nothing from conceit, but to count others better than ourselves and look after the interests of one another

In Ecclesiastes, Solomon examines meaning in various aspects of life. One of these, is the necessity for community. In his description of companionship, we find principles which illustrate true New Testament Fellowship looks like in the Christian context. This is essential to growing as a disciple of Jesus

The writer of Hebrews gives a stern warning to his readers. Because many are departing from the faith, He warns them to watch carefully their hearts by exhorting one another daily. He shows that the Christian life is lived in community and disciples cannot grow without it.

Paul describes to Timothy what a "good servant" looks like. He is told to nourish himself on the word and train himself for godliness. Paul compares this growing in discipleship to the disciplining of the body.

Paul shows the Colossians what their Christian worship looks like. They are to do everything around the word, singing and giving thanks to God. He also shows that corporate worship is essential for spiritual growth

In the first days of the church, 3000 came to faith at one time during Peter's sermon. The church took shape and began to disciple one another. They were a worshiping church, a connecting church, and a serving church, and because of that, disciples grew and the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.

Jesus gives final instructions to his disciples in the gospel of Matthew. This commission to the church is the fulfillment of God's purposes from the beginning of creation until the end of all things. We are to be making disciples

Jesus makes several demands on those who would follow Him. There is a cost to following Jesus and those who would follow Him must count that cost.