Today during our Mothers Together meeting Michelle Pemberton is going to teach us
more about being a disciple of Christ and explain a tool that will
help us become better listeners of what God is trying to say to us. We
will call this tool "The Learning Circle". Being able to confidently
recognize the Lord's voice and know when God is at work in
our lives helps us to learn and experience growth in our spiritual
journey with Christ.
The Learning Circle
May 2, 2012
Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there
by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see
who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he
ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming
that way. When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him,
“Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” So he came
down at once and welcomed him gladly All the people saw this and began to
mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.” But Zacchaeus stood up and
said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to
the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four
times the amount.” Jesus said to him,
“Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of
Abraham. For the Son of
Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:1-10
My sheep listen to my voice; know them, and they follow me. John 10:27
The word
“disciple” is sort of a religious word we don’t use very much in other
settings-no one would know what we’re talking about. Actually it’s not a
religious word at all. It’s simply a word that refers to somebody who chooses
to learn. In Greek, it’s the word mathetes. The word simply means
“learner” or “pupil” Jesus said this: Go
out into all the world and make learners out of the people you meet. If you’ve
become a learner, then make other people learners. If you’ve learned how to
learn from me, then go and teach other people how to learn from me. Go and
disciple them-make them learners.
Learners of what? What is it specifically
that Jesus wants us to learn? He wants us to learn how to be like him.
From Continuous
Breakthrough by Mike Breen
Discussion questions-
1. What is a nudge from God that you are willing
to share with the group? You don’t have
to have it all figured out.
2. Who will
you share and discuss a nudge with in the next week? When?
Action step-We
learn the learning circle by practicing it.
By next Wednesday practice the right side of the learning circle and
reflect on a nudge and then discuss it with a safe person. Maybe you will develop a plan from that
discussion.
