The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. (Acts 11:26). Christos=anointed, M’siha, Messiah, filled with grace. Jn 14:9: If you have seen me, you have seen the Father. In the seven I AM statements, Jesus reveals his face and his function. As Christians, we are called to emulate those seven functions.
I am the Way, the Truth and the Life": Easter 4th Week, Friday and Easter 5th Sunday - Prayer
Jesus: I am the Way, the Truth and the Life
Jesus Christ, you are the Saviour, the Way to the Father,
The Truth we depend on, the Life that we need.
We trust you, believing! We listen, receiving
The joy of the gospel by which we are freed.
The Truth we depend on, the Life that we need.
We trust you, believing! We listen, receiving
The joy of the gospel by which we are freed.
Easter 4th Week, Friday, May 8th
Acts 13:26-33 / John 14:1-6
Jesus makes a promise:
“I will come back.”
After the
Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in World War II on December 7,1941, they invaded
and occupied the Philippines. Three months later, on March 11,1942, General
Douglas MacArthur was forced to flee from the Philippines. Before leaving for
Australia, he told the islanders, “I shall return.” Two and a half years later,
on October 20,1944, he kept his promise. Landing on Leyte Island, General
MacArthur said, “I have returned.” Jesus, too, promised to return after he
departed from this world. Like MacArthur, he will reappear someday and say, “I
have returned.” When Jesus returns at the end of time, will we greet him with
the same joy that the islanders greeted MacArthur? “I am going to prepare a
place for you.” John 14:2
Easter 4th Week: Thursday, Prayer Reflection
We are the Disciples of the Lord
We are Jesus’ disciples, following him even as he moves toward the cross. Even as he wraps a towel around his waist. Even as he kneels to wash the filth from the feet of his friends.
We are Jesus’ disciples, longing to be faithful even as the night grows dark. Even as betrayers loom. Even as the powers that oppose the way of Christ press in around us.
We are Jesus’ disciples, following him even as he moves toward the cross. Even as he wraps a towel around his waist. Even as he kneels to wash the filth from the feet of his friends.
We are Jesus’ disciples, longing to be faithful even as the night grows dark. Even as betrayers loom. Even as the powers that oppose the way of Christ press in around us.
Easter 4th Week, Thursday, May 7th
Acts 13:13-25 / John
13:16-20
Jesus teaches about
service: “No slave is greater than his
master”
Eastern
Mennonite College ran an unusual ad in Campus Life magazine. After
describing how everyone today is striving to be “on top,” the ad noted that it
wasn’t much different in Jesus’ day. Even Jesus’ closest disciples wanted to be
“on top.” Jesus made a dramatic statement about this attitude. He simply tied a
towel around his waist and washed their feet. In other words, he dramatized in
action what he had taught in words:
Jesus, the Good Shepherd: We pray for other sheep and shepherds- #4
Jesus, the Good Shepherd: We pray for other sheep and shepherds- #4
Prayer for Others
Lord, we ask for the
courage and compassion of the Good Shepherd, who lays down his life for his
sheep.
Easter 4th Week, Wednesday, May 6th
Acts 12:24 - 13:5 /
John 12:44-50
Jesus talks about his mission: “I came into the
world as light.”
A group of
Chinese Christian clergymen invited an American professor of Scripture to give
them a workshop on the Bible. In the course of the workshop the professor asked
the clergymen to pick out the episode in the Gospel that impressed them most.
To his surprise, they did not choose the Sermon on the Mount, the crucifixion
of Jesus, or the resurrection of Jesus. They chose Jesus’ washing of his
disciples’ feet. The choice of the Chinese clergymen fits in perfectly with
what Jesus says in today’s gospel about his mission: He came into the world to
be its light. In other words, he came into the world to serve.
Jesus, the Good Shepherd: I need a Shepherd - #3
Jesus, the Good Shepherd: I need a Shepherd- #3
I believe I need a
shepherd.
Because I am sometimes timid and other times overconfident,
because I often don't know the best path yet pretend I do,
because I rush into dead ends or lead others into hazardous places, because my brightest ideas are seamed with darkness,
because the things I crave may not be what is good for me.
Because I am sometimes timid and other times overconfident,
because I often don't know the best path yet pretend I do,
because I rush into dead ends or lead others into hazardous places, because my brightest ideas are seamed with darkness,
because the things I crave may not be what is good for me.
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