WEEKEND WORSHIP:
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Week 1: Deep End - Spiritual Depth
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You can be a Christian and not follow in the way of
Believing in Jesus is how we
Following the way of Jesus is how we
“Christianity is more than a theory about the universe, more than teachings written down on paper; it is a path along which we journey - in the deepest and richest sense, the way of life.”
You can be convinced of something, but not
1. The Deep End (Following Jesus) is for
Mark 1:16-20
One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living. Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!” And they left their nets at once and followed him. A little farther up the shore Jesus saw Zebedee’s sons, James and John, in a boat repairing their nets. He called them at once, and they also followed him, leaving their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired men.”
Mark 2:13-14
Then Jesus went out to the lakeshore again and taught the crowds that were coming to him. As he walked along, he saw Matthew son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.
Mark 3:13-19
Afterward Jesus went up on a mountain and called out the ones he wanted to go with him. And they came to him. Then he appointed twelve of them and called them his apostles. They were to accompany him, and he would send them out to preach, giving them authority to cast out demons. These are the twelve he chose: Simon (whom he named Peter), James and John (the sons of Zebedee, but Jesus nicknamed them “Sons of Thunder”), Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeus, Simon (the zealot), Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).”
Before we
2. Swimming in The Deep End (Following Jesus) takes
“If we’re not intentionally choosing to be discipled by Jesus, we’re being unintentionally discipled by the world.” - Chris Cruz
Make it a
Matthew 14:23
“After sending them home, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night fell while he was there alone.”
Mark 1:35
“Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray.”
Luke 5:16
“Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness to pray.”
“Our souls were not created for the kind of speed to which we have grown accustomed. Thus, we are a people who are out of rhythm, a people with too much to do and not enough time to do it… Our lives can easily take us to the brink of burnout. The pace we live at is often destructive. The lack of margin is debilitating. We are worn out. In all of this, the problem before us is not just the frenetic pace we live at but what gets pushed out from our lives as a result; that is, life with God.”
- Rich Villodas, “The Deeply Formed Life”
3. The Deep End (Following Jesus) is where we find
John 14:6
“Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”
His
“The Jesus way wedded to the Jesus truth brings about the Jesus life.” - Eugene Peterson
“There is a way of life - modeled personally by Jesus Himself - that is far beyond anything else on offer in this world. It can open you up to God’s presence and power in ways most people only dream. But it requires you to follow a path marked out for you by Jesus Himself.” - John Mark Comer
The reward for following Jesus is
Questions for reflection:
1. Who am I following?
2. What could I say no to in order to say yes to spending (more) time alone with the Lord each day?
3. Am I willing to be led into the Deep End spiritually?
3 things you can do today:
- If you’re curious, step into the water.
- If you’re convinced, swim into the deep end.
- If you’re committed, keep swimming further out.
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