Point of Grace Worship 10.5.25 “Experience Jesus. Really.” Part 1
Am I a Disciple of the Internet?
“Repeated processes shape the soul; this has been core to discipleship for millennia.
It was inevitable that years of Internet life would shape our souls whether we wanted it or not. As a friend said, ‘It’s not that we’ve done something wrong; something wrong has been done to us.’
Discipleship to the Internet has shaped our soul
-to expect immediate answers to your questions,
-given you a deep suspicion to all forms of mystery,
-fueled your addiction that the ‘practical’ is the real stuff of life,
-while eroding your confidence that you can know anything for certain because
yesterday’s facts are savagely overturned.
We are all worn out from this way of operating in the world because there is not life in it.
There is no life in it.
No wonder people have a hard time ‘experiencing’ Jesus….” Experience Jesus. Really. By John Eldridge
Luke 11:38-42
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked,
“Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things,
but few things are needed—or indeed only one.
Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Jesus reorients life so it is oriented around the experience of Him who leads us
from “many-ness” to “one-ness”
from “scattered” to “gathered”
from “fragmented” to “wholeness”
from “many gods” to “One God”
from “more content” to “One truth”
from “many worries” to “one peace”
from “many anxieties” to “one refuge”
from “many ……..” to “one ……..”
Maturing in the fullness of life in Jesus is a journey to be taken.
In October we are invited into a deeper experience of life with Jesus.
- Four weekly sermons and themes
- A daily guided prayer experience (am and pm)
Download the “One Minute Pause” app and go to the “Experience Jesus” program
- Read the book, “Experiencing Jesus. Really.”
- Some of our Grow Groups are taking this journey in community.