๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ฃ
โข What do you think makes a person ordinary? Give two to three examples from daily life.ย ย
โข Would you say you follow instructions well? Recall an instance explaining this.
โข Tell us about your greatest accomplishment as a team in the last twelve months. How did you get it done and how did it feel after?
๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ย
๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐บ-๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต.โ ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ:๐ญ-๐ฎ
(Read also ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ:๐ฏโ๐ฎ๐ญ.)
Following Jesus is not easy because it takes everything we have, because we donโt follow Him alone, and because it should not stop with us. Jesus sent His disciples to proclaim the good news of the kingdom to anyone willing to listen. The world was never the same because of this, and today the task remains to be fulfilled by the Church. While we are called to love our church community or people of the same faith, we are also designed to build relationships with those who have yet to encounter Jesus. Today, we will look at who God calls, what He calls us to, and what He promises as we follow Him and fish for men.ย ย
๐ญ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ.ย
๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐บ-๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ.ย ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ:๐ญ
The twelve disciples and the seventy-two Jesus sent out were ordinary people. They did not have great credentials or religious superiority. In fact, the seventy-two remained unnamed in the Bible. Yet, still, Jesus called them to preach, heal the sick, and cast out demons. This is a relief. We donโt need to be extraordinary to follow God. We ordinary people are called to pray for others, preach the gospel, and serve God in community. How do you think the seventy-two felt as they went to different places two by two?
๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ธ.
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต. ๐๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ; ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด. . . . ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.โโ ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ:๐ฎโ๐ฏ, ๐ดโ๐ต
Jesus sent those ordinary unnamed followers to proclaim His kingdom to those in different towns and cities. They faced some who did not receive them, but then they also experienced many people coming to know God. They proclaimed the gospel of the kingdom of God and confirmed their message by meeting the needs of the people with miracles from God. In Mark 16:15โ18, why do you think Jesus promised that the extraordinary task of proclaiming the gospel would be accompanied by miraculous signs?
In the same way the disciples were called to declare and demonstrate the gospel of His kingdom, God invites us to participate in this extraordinary task. As we do so, many more people would turn to God and, thus, bring joy to Him. We can give thanks to God knowing that preaching His word will lead to our ultimate joyโour โ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏโ (Luke 10:20)โthat is a new citizenship in Godโs kingdom.ย
๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
โข How do you react to the idea of telling people about Jesus? What makes you do it anyway?ย
โข Why do you think Jesus sent His disciples out two by two with those instructions? What do you think His instructions would be to your Victory group today?
โข This week, as we study, work, or go about our daily lives, pray that God would lead us to people He intends us to be a blessing to, so that they may be open to hear the gospel and come to the saving knowledge of Christ.
๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ
โข Thank God for calling you as โ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏย โ and for making a way for your names to be โ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ.โย
โข Thank God for making you ordinary and yet for calling you to an extraordinary task. Ask Him for strength, wisdom, and boldness to preach the gospel.ย ย
โข Pray for your family members and friends to know Christ. Ask God to soften their hearts and draw them closer to Him.