Discipleship Point and Prayer
FRIDAY'S BIT OF
DISCIPLESHIP
Humility before God's word means we will always be willing to re-examine our beliefs in light of Scripture - making sure they are rooted in the Bible and not just tradition.
p.134, The Prideful Soul’s Guide to Humility, Fontenot/Jones
Humility Prayer
(The goal of providing such prayers is training you to turn teachings into prayers for yourself and others. Here is a short example based on the reading above):
Father God, help me always be willing to re-examine my beliefs in light of Scripture and make sure they are rooted in the Bible – even more so that I am rooted in the Bible -- and not just tradition. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
MISSIO DEI
Discipleship Point
SO, WHAT THEN IS THE MEANING OF BEING SENT INTO THE WORLD?
Today we focus on part one:
Because it is the object of Christ’s redeeming love, the world is on the receiving end of the sending of God and the mission of the church. Being sent means that the community of saving faith is fully aware that it is sent to more than the church. It is sent to more than simply the land or the earth, the sea or the animals, the plants, or the sky. Being sent means more than going to geographical places – nation states, cities, and villages. The primary target of God’s love is His created people (anthropos, homo, mensch, man). The community of faith is being sent into the “world” which was decorated and adorned (κόσμος or cosmos) with His created mankind – with families, men, women, and children. This “world,” this “decoration,” is a humanity that desperately needs to be saved.
See the following Scriptures in your bible or on pp. 268-269 of The Great Sending book: John 17:14-16, John 17:18, 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, Romans 8:17-18, Philippians 1:29
Discipleship Prayer
Father God, while the ways of the world are often seen as opposed to Your will, the people of this world – Your creation – are still the target of Your love and Jesus’ gracious gift of forgiveness. Thank You for the reminder that people are not the enemy, but the asset. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Proverb for the Week
Proverbs 20:5
The purposes of a person’s heart are… what?
one who has insight… does what?
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