Week 1: Thursday Discipleship

  • Proverbs 1:20-33

    Wisdom cries aloud in the street,
        in the markets she raises her voice;
    at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
        at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
    “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
    How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
        and fools hate knowledge?
    If you turn at my reproof,
    behold, I will pour out my spirit to you;
        I will make my words known to you.
    Because I have called and you refused to listen,
        have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
    because you have ignored all my counsel
        and would have none of my reproof,
    I also will laugh at your calamity;
        I will mock when terror strikes you,
    when terror strikes you like a storm
        and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
        when distress and anguish come upon you.
    Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
        they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
    Because they hated knowledge
        and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
    would have none of my counsel
        and despised all my reproof,
    therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way,
        and have their fill of their own devices.
    For the simple are killed by their turning away,
        and the complacency of fools destroys them;
    but whoever listens to me will dwell secure
        and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.”

  • 2 Timothy 3:1-5

    But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

  • Q-What are the consequences of suppressing God's truth?

    A-Suppressing God's truth leads to a downward spiral into idolatry, moral decay, and eventual societal breakdown. God’s judgment allows this rebellion, but it calls us to repentance and renewal in Him.

  • Proverbs 14:12

    There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

  • *Establish a rhythm of cultivating devotion to Jesus.

    *Learn and internalize the Bible memory verse.

    *Commit the catechism to memory.