Luke 10: 2 – 16
What is your favorite source for national and international news?
What makes you value that source over other potential sources?
Imagine you were an ancient agricultural worker. How would it feel to have a harvest that was ready to be acquired without the workforce to accomplish the task?
Why does Jesus ask them to pray for more harvesters and then immediately send them out on the dangerous journey of harvesting themselves?
What factors make the harvesting of souls dangerous work?
What is it about this dangerous catch that makes it worth it to Jesus to risk his disciples’ safety?
What are some of the risks that you take to share the gospel with your co-workers and friends?
How can we discern when is the appropriate time to take the risk of connecting words with our actions?
Describe Jesus’ instructions for these new messengers as the go out on their mission.
Why does it seem that Jesus is stacking the deck against their success?
Why does he tell them to rely upon the hospitality of others?
What kinds of actions are they specifically to do in their ministry to these towns?
How might these instructions be applied to our ministry to our friends and neighbors?
How does someone develop a humble enough attitude to accept hospitality?
Share with me specifically the message that God has called us to tell our friends?
How would you describe the tone of Jesus’ discourse in verses 13 – 16?
What is it about these towns that cause Jesus to lament so deeply?
What does his lament tell us about the gravity of accepting or rejecting the gospel message?
How does a person determine when they are to move on to ministering to a different group, block, or neighborhood?
How hospitable is your heart to the message of Jesus?
Monday, February 23, 2009
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