Part Five: The Disciple’s Prayer
Part Five : The Disciples Prayer Parents Family Friends Youth - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Part Five : The Disciples Prayer Parents Family Friends Youth - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Part Five : The Disciples Prayer Parents Family Friends Youth leaders SS workers Teachers Pastors Every disciple should be discipling someone somewhere Who is this in YOUR life? #truediscipleship
- Parents
- Family
- Friends
- Youth leaders
- SS workers
- Teachers
- Pastors
Every disciple should be discipling someone somewhere
Who is this in YOUR life?
#truediscipleship
Luke 10:1
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.
Multiplication
At a personal level
Luke 10:2
He told them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
The workers
Are in the harvest !
Luke 10:3
Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves
“Go on mission” they said
“It will be fun!” they said
Luke 10:4
Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.
The empty handed …
missionary !
Luke 10:5-7
‘When you enter a house, first say, “Peace to this house.” If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to
- you. Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they
give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
Look for …
The Person of Peace
Who is this in YOUR life?
#truediscipleship
Luke 10:10-11
But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, “Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you.
It’s ok to move on
Jesus said
Luke 10:8-8
‘When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you. Heal those there who are ill and tell them, “The kingdom of God has come near to you.”
Stay, eat, pray, speak
The Kingdom is near
Acts 3:6
Then Peter said, ‘Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.’
Stay, eat, pray, speak
The Kingdom is near
John 5:8-9
Then Jesus said to him, ‘Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.’ At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.
The prayer Jesus modelled
- 1. Pray first
John 5:8-9
Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. Jesus said to the man with the shrivelled hand, … ‘Stretch out your hand.’ He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored
The prayer Jesus modelled
- 2. Pray there and then!
Matthew 6:7
And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
The prayer Jesus modelled
- 3. Pray short and simple
Luke 11:20
But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
The prayer Jesus modelled
- 4. Proclaim the Kingdom of God
Matthew 11:4-5
Jesus replied, ‘Go back and report to John what you hear and see: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.
The prayer Jesus modelled
- 4. Proclaim the Kingdom of God