Tag: discipleship

  • Space to Care

    Space to Care

    November 2 2 Kings 4.8-10 8 One day Elisha went to Shunem.  And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal.  So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat.  9 She said to her husband, “I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of…

  • Distractions

    Distractions

    November 1 Luke 10.38-42 38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came…

  • Serving By Speaking

    Serving By Speaking

    October 31 Proverbs 31.8-9 8 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,    for the rights of all who are destitute.9 Speak up and judge fairly;    defend the rights of the poor and needy. Those years of school were fun for some, not so much for others.  Not thinking of the classroom struggles, but the playground struggles.  Those moments…

  • Seeing the Need

    Seeing the Need

    October 30 Leviticus 19.9-10 9 “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.  10 Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen.  Leave them for the poor and the foreigner.  I am the Lord your…

  • Seeing Who We Are Made to Be

    Seeing Who We Are Made to Be

    October 27 Psalm 1 1 Blessed is the one    who does not walk in step with the wickedor stand in the way that sinners take    or sit in the company of mockers,2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,    and who meditates on his law day and night.3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,    which yields its fruit in seasonand whose leaf does not…

  • Meditate on These Things

    Meditate on These Things

    October 25 Philippians 4.8-9 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me — put it into…

  • Looking for Everyone

    Looking for Everyone

    October 24 Mark 1.35-39 35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. 36 Simon and his companions went to look for him, 37 and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!” 38 Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to…

  • Seeing God Before Us

    Seeing God Before Us

    October 23 Joshua 1.7-9 7 “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful…

  • Hospitality of God in Completeness

    Hospitality of God in Completeness

    October 18 Revelation 21.1-5 1 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice…

  • Hospitality as Our Response

    Hospitality as Our Response

    October 17 Matthew 25.31-46 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his…