There are two important points that surfaced for me, after reading today’s study.
One is that Jesus is honest with His followers, for example, He told His disciples (just after He told then the great news, that He was the Christ) that He was going to suffer and die. Likewise, He does not spare us from an [...]
Selwyn reminds us today, that the call to follow Jesus is a call that takes ownership of every second of our lives. We follow a Master, who demands our full and continuous obedience. Of course, it’s easy to say that His teachings are wonderful; and, we can be impressed by His miracles while on earth [...]
I thought this part of Selwyn’s study was good.
“At once they (Peter and his brother Andrew), hung up their nets and followed Jesus, but I wonder if they realised exactly what following Him involved. Would they follow by imitating Him, placing themselves humbly under His tutorship, allowing the Spirit of God to reproduce in their [...]
It’s a common experience that when we fall in love with someone – we never stop thinking about the other person. Especially, in the early stages; I guess these days – there are the endless steams of text messages, like: “I’m thinkin of U – Love U.” In the days before computers, we have many examples [...]
We can walk with Jesus every moment of our day. Our relationship with God is not restricted to an hour each Sunday – if, all you do is go to Church on a Sunday, and never seek God’s guidance throughout the week, then you are not one of His flock. It’s that simple.
I liked the following bit from [...]
I agree with Selwyn’s conclusion: “What would it mean to you to go through life like that – to be ‘God intoxicated’, to walk and talk with the Lord in unceasing communion, to be in continuous conscious and unbroken fellowship with the Eternal One? I know what ir would mean to me – everything.”
Yet Selwyn [...]
Whom will you follow?
The last day of this series of study on ‘Authentic Apprenticeship’, the next issue (May/June 2009) covers the subject, ‘The Promised Holy Spirit’. It appears to be a popular subject because my local Christian bookshop has sold out and I have to wait until next Tuesday before I’m able to obtain my copy.
I don’t have [...]
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