The 21 Laws of Discipleship

1. Transformed by the renewing of your mind.

2. Transformed by training.

3. Transformed by worship.

4. Transformed in community.

5. Transformed by habit.

6. Transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit.

7. Transformed by imitating a godly example.

8. Transformed by trying really hard. (Yes, discipleship does include trying really, really hard.)

9. Transformed by faith.

10. Transformed by speaking the truth. We are changed more by what we say than by what we hear.

11. Transformed by pain.

12. Transformed by the gospel.

13. Transformed by service.

14. Transformed by finding and using the way of escape.

15. Transformed by going all-in.

16. Transformed by time.

17. Transformed by prayer.

18. Transformed by understanding and using the principle of replacement.

19. Transformed by confessing sin.

20. Transformed by living life in the kingdom.

21. Transformed by sovereign grace.

There is an app for that.

There are some good apps for Scripture Memory. I want to recommend Bible Memory. There is a free version that will allow you to experiment with how the app works. There is a small fee for the full version.

Bible Memory has many wonderful features, but the one I love best is the feature that allows you to listen to the verses you are working on recorded in your own voice. This way, you can memorize verses the same way you memorized John 3:16.

Most church-going Christians can quote John 3.16 although they never consciously tried to memorize it. They just heard it so many times that it magically lodged in their brain. I am using Bible Memory to do the same thing with 1900 plus verses that I am working on. Every day I work on a few during my Quiet Time and listen more when I walk or when I drive.

Slowly by slowly these verses are being programmed as the new map in my mind. My mind is being transformed into a unit the Holy Spirit can speak to.

They say that the real test of learning a new language is when you get to the point where you can think in that other language—when your automatic thoughts can be processed in the new language. This is when you know you are close to mastery of the new language.

I will never forget the day I noticed my automatic thoughts being Scripture. When you listen, read, study, memorize, and meditate on the word, your mind is transformed. When your mind is transformed, you don’t have to try really hard to be good, you just do what the programming calls for.

Josh Hunt, The 21 Laws of Discipleship (Good Questions, 2024).

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