Growing Deeply

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Week of February 13- February 18
Sunday Sermon
Ordinary Disciples - February 12
Scripture: Luke 6:12-16 (NRSV)

Luke 6:12-16
A Few Thoughts about Disciples...
Peter, James and John (The inner circle)
Peter (The Rock) a leader among the disciples. One who spoke the most and
had quite a few demonstrations of faith, pride, and doubt.
James - We dont hear from James though he is always mentioned with the others
named here. A fisherman, like his brother and dad Zebedee, he was part of the
miracle of the fish when he threw his net on the opposite side of the boat.
John Also known as the Beloved Disciple. He would be banished to an island
named Patmos mentioned in Revelation 1.
CONSIDER: Jesus commission to make disciples. With whom are in you
relationship with that Jesus is calling to be a disciple? For whom can you be
praying to answer the call to follow Christ?
Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the
night in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose
twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter,
and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and
Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was called the
Zealot, and Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
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My Notes:

To Be Called
The disciples had lives and made a living by various professsions prior to Jesus
calling and them saying yes. The first disciples didnt go back to their previous
jobs. For modern-day disciples, our work and social lives are places in which we
represent and live the gospel of peace, forgiveness and hope.
CONSIDER: What is it like for you to be a disciple at work? At school? In the
community?

Disciple Characteristics
We could list many traits of a disciple. Inherent in the name is one who learns
and follows Jesus Christ. Looking at the lives of the first 12, imperfection is one
way to describe them.
PRAYER: Like the early disciples, I am imperfect and yet faithful, I am bold and
yet I fear. No matter, I continue to learn and follow, with my head, heart and
hands.
ACTION: List as many traits of a disciple as you can think of. Then, with a
different color pen or pencil, circle the ones you exhibit. Say a prayer of thanks
and prayer of willingness for God to continue to shape you.
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