Discipleship Point and Prayer
FRIDAY'S BIT OF
DISCIPLESHIP
The truly humble person, the person who stands in awe before God, will make it through the tests of suffering and be stronger on the other side. He may struggle and wrestle with God, but ultimately, he will come back to God in full surrender like Job did: Then Job replied to the Lord: "I know that you can do all things: no plan of yours can be thwarted. You asked, 'who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know." Job 42:1-3
p.126, The Prideful Soul’s Guide to Humility, Fontenot/Jones
Humility Prayer
Father God, I desire deliverance from suffering. But when I have go through suffering, help me stay humble in the midst of it. While I seek to understand, help me to stay surrendered to You even when I lack understanding, even gaining your promised peace that goes beyond understanding. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
MISSIO DEI
Discipleship Point
What establishes mutual commitment and trust for participating and serving together in the Missio Dei?
Participating and serving together as a fellowship of the baptized begins with a relationship with Jesus and a trust in Him. Once we are in relationship with Him, He creates in us a trust in and unity with one another. Christ and His love alone can create a mutual trust, which exists in His Body, the Church. That creative Christ- love gives birth to commitment, where we participate and serve together. To think that trust and commitment is built on a simple agreeing with one another or collaborating on building projects, practices, activities or missions, is at best a fleeting hope. It is like living in the same house but not married and having nothing but a shallow existence with no mutual trust or unity. As the members of the Body of Christ embrace Jesus, they embrace His mission with the fruit of partnering in the One Body with a seminal trust and unity in Christ. That is, what results in a mutual trust is squarely built on relationship with Christ.
See the following Scriptures in your bible or on pp. 274-276 of The Great Sending book: Ephesians 2:8-9, Psalm 51:10-12, John 8:31-36, John 15:1-5, Romans 12:1-3.
Discipleship Prayer
Jesus, I trust You as my Lord and Savior, my way to the Father and my source of life. Lead me to fellow believers with whom I can trust and celebrate unity and growth and mission. In your name Jesus I pray. Amen.