True discipleship is to crave Him
More than just singing a praise hymn
Desire for His heart
Consumes every part
Til we are living like His sim!
Today I will consume to assume
True discipleship is to crave Him
More than just singing a praise hymn
Desire for His heart
Consumes every part
Til we are living like His sim!
Today I will consume to assume
I am flying an enormous paper airplane
Via remote control
Around some kind of course
It seems made from a yard of tan butcher paper
No engine
Just some featherweight controls
Lord, I want God as my pardner
So I can best do what I oughter
With you at my side
I’m your secure Bride
And we raise the world like our daughter!
So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
John 5:19
I am walking my dogs Qhuinn and Frolic on their yoke leash, as usual.
I pass a bit of small dog poop.
I wonder if I should pick it up.
This is not a simple question…
Continue readingJames 1:2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
Jesus calls us onto His trial trail
To grow a faith that will not fail
For when we are tested
Our weakness is bested
By joy from the sorrow of His grail
The truth that my heart has been brewing
Is that Christ-likeness comes from UN-doing
Trusting in Jesus
Means that He frees us
From lesser things that we’re pursuing
The charge of God
Is what attracts
Joy in what
The world detracts
Details TBD: Probably Labor Day Weekend somewhere in Northern California
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Continue readingSearching for THE right question.
Continue readingIs this how we become like Jesus?
Continue readingI wanna be a loser
So Christ can be the winner
I wanna be the kind of saint
That everyone thinks a sinner
[The latest iteration of Discipling by Jesus]
A co-devotional practice for listening to God, Scripture, each other, and your own heart
Growing Closer to Jesus in Relationship | Character | Impact
Continue readingDiscipleship is not about:
Though they all help!
It is about submitting every thought — and emotion! — to Christ, so we more consistently manifest the Fruit of the Spirit.
[By denying our Self so we can follow Jesus all the way to the Cross]
Which is how others learn to enjoy Him.
#AmygdalaGospel #TheTransition #FruitOfTheCross
To see
The world
Through Another’s
Eyes
Is Love
Is Empathy
Is Essential
Is Impossible Continue reading
[A 12-week class I might build. Feedback welcome!]
As Christians, we all want to live and love more like Jesus. But books, sermons, Bible study, quiet times, and even counseling only get us so far.
To fully address our strongholds, woundedness and blind spots requires encountering Jesus in a supportive community that models how to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him. In practice, not just in theory.
Fruit of the Cross (FOTC) is a 12-week online course, built around the Fruit of the Spirit, where we learn how to help each other identify and surrender those parts of our “flesh” that hinder us from growing closer to Jesus. By the end, you will be equipped and certified to host your own online or offline FOTC courses, using or adapting our free materials. You also gain membership in our missional social network, where you can continue to grow and plan with like-minded believers.
The course is built around active learning, inspired by Discovery Bible Study and the Minerva Project. Each week focuses on practicing a different Fruit-related learning objective, via:
The course is being developed via the Maven Accelerator Program in January 2022, and we hope to host our first cohort by Lent. Cost will be $14 per student, but scholarships and group discounts are available. For more information, please contact ernest.prabhakar@gmail.com.
My current best understanding of what we are trying to accomplish in DBJ.
Tickets now available for our inaugural season, starting February 25th/26th
Discipling by Jesus is a novel public co-devotional format, where we help each other learn and demonstrate how to keep growing closer to Jesus, via His Word & Spirit, Body & Blood. We come together online for seven weeks to read, meditate, journal, and respond to how Jesus discipled Peter in the gospels.
Continue reading[Shout out to blog reader Kate for pushing me to publish this early!]
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