Friday's Bit of Discipleship
No parent always does the right thing. Humility about our mistakes draws our children to us. Pride almost always causes a negative reaction.
page 103, The Prideful Soul’s Guide to Humility, Fontenot/Jones
Discipleship Prayer of Humility
Knowing that we don’t always do the right thing, help us to be humble with one another in our family – as spouses, parents and children, swallowing our pride, admitting mistakes and offering forgiveness to each other as You forgive us our sins. Amen.
MISSIO DEI Discipleship Point
What are the root meanings of the words MISSIO and DEI?
Today we look at parts two and three:
To understand the main biblical word for mission (send), three other sending root words in the Bible are used in the context of the main apostolic word to help understand the depth of the biblical sending motif. One is πέμπω (pĕmpō, sending from the subject view or point of departure). Another is ἀφίημι (aphiēmi, the main word for the biblically translated word forgiveness, thus a sending away of sins, a remission of sins, a release, and this Greek word is also translated leave/leaving/left). One other sending word to consider is ἐκβάλλω (ĕkballō, thrust [sending away with velocity] as thrusting the laborers into the harvest field in Matthew 9:38).
“Missio Dei” then is
- The sending of God (God is a sending God)
- The sending by God the Father of Christ into the world
- The sending by God the Father and the Son of the Holy Spirit
- The sending by Christ of the community of Christ-believers into the world
- The sending away of sin by God through Christ
Discipleship Prayer
We return to last week’s prayer for this section:
Lord Jesus, whatever language we use to learn about You, study You, sing to You and share about You – we pray to be rooted in the root meanings of Father God’s mission – Your Mission. Father God sent You to us, our sin from us and our presence to the world. Bless us to live well. Amen.