This morning we are returning to our series “On Being A Disciple” with a focus
upon “The Mission of Discipleship.” So far we have looked at:
• The Plan of Discipleship
• The Cost of Discipleship
• The Evidence of Discipleship
In all of these messages the emphasis has been on living as a disciple of Christ
— on “being a disciple”. This morning let’s move into our series one step
further and look at what a disciple is to be doing in mission.
The Mission of Disicipleship
July 27, 2014 • Pastor Ron Finch
More from
Being A Disciple
The Prayer of Discipleship (Part 2)
August 10, 2014 • Pastor Ron Finch
Last week we focused upon The Prayer Life of Jesus in our “Being A Disciple” series. Prayer is vital to the life of a disciple! Jesus’ Disciples recognized this and asked Him to “teach us to pray”. He did teach them, but what did He teach? That is the task before us this morning — learning from Jesus about prayer. Someone has said, “Some things are more caught than taught.” Prayer is one of those things! We learn to pray by being around people who pray, but we also learn how to pray by what Jesus taught! That was certainly true of Jesus’ Disciples, they watched Him but they also listened!
The Prayer of Discipleship
August 3, 2014 • Pastor Ron Finch
Jesus was a man of prayer and it had an impact upon His disciples! It is interesting that prayer was the only thing that His disciples specifically asked Jesus to instruct them in. If it was that important to the disciples that He called, it must also be important for us as His disciples, today. Let us remember the words of Jesus when He said, “A disciple is not above his teacher, a disciple when he is fully taught will be like his teacher.” (Luke 6:40). Therefore, as a disciple of Jesus, we must learn from Him regarding prayer. Come with me this morning to examine The Prayer of Discipleship by first looking at the Prayer Life of Jesus.
The Power of Discipleship
July 6, 2014 • Pastor Ron Finch
This week as I drove East on I-10 I saw a billboard that said, “We are not taking applications, we’re looking for commitments!” I thought, that’s a description of DISCIPLESHIP if I ever read one! Although the U.S. Marine’s placed that Ad on the billboard, it certainly describes Christ’s call to DISCIPLESHIP. We do not become a disciple of Christ because we “apply” for a job; we become a Disciple because by FAITH we receive Christ as Savior and become a FULLY COMMITTED FOLLOWER of Him. A BIG difference between the Marine’s call to commitment to be a Marine and Christ’s call to commitment to be His Disciple is one of how it is to be accomplished. The Marines say it is through sheer self-determination, self-effort; Christ says it is by self-denial, dying to self and being dependent upon a supernatural power source — the Holy Spirit! Let’s look at this in more detail this morning from John 14.