Rooted

ACTIVE & PASSIVE DISCIPLINE PT. 1

Pastor Hope Flask

April 26, 2026

Main Scriptures: Genesis 39:1-9

Additional Scriptures: Philippians 3:9, 12, 4:12-13, Jeremiah 17:9, Matthew 6:1, Proverbs 13:3, 1 Corinthians 10:13

POINTS:

• Active Disciplines: the spiritual disciplines you begin learning as a Christian and continue to put into practice when pressure comes

• Passive Disciplines: the spiritual disciplines that you can only learn through trials.

• The product of active and passive disciplines is that we will become more like Jesus.

• Two common responses to trials during adolescence is shame and blame.

• The purpose of adverse circumstances for a Christian is always intended for our good and growth.

• One of the surest signs that we are in the adolescent phase of our spiritual growth is our surprise at opposition.

• If you find yourself in the dirt of yesterday, dig for God’s hand in the dirt; He is there, and He is the only Hope that doesn’t disappoint.

• The Pattern of Growth: Test, Training, Temptation.

• Test: Adverse circumstances that reveal what is really going on in our hearts.

• Training: means applying disciplines you already know more vigorously (active discipline) and learning new disciplines you could not otherwise learn (passive discipline).

• Going through it: complaining, blaming, shaming, whining, worrying, and gossiping.

• Growing through it: thanking, giving, loving, leading, hoping, and persevering.

• Active disciplines we must learn: 1. The fundamentals of Christianity 2. How to feed ourselves spiritually. 3. How to participate in active discipline in the context of Kingdom Community.

• You have to be faithful as a servant before you will be promoted to a steward

• Temptation: the solicitation to do evil.

• We resist temptation by remaining in Christ.