Tuesday, December 15, 2015

no more than ending addiction – v5

We are called, we are commissioned,
to go and make disciples
to go to the ends of the earth
This is the Great Commission
to the followers of Christ
but no one can make disciples
changing another’s heart;
We can offer a blessing,
sowing seeds of God’s love,
and we can pray for them and their heart;
We cannot make one single disciple
while we walk the earth

We cannot make a stranger
a loved one, our brother
to become a disciple of Christ;
We cannot make one single disciple
while we walk on earth;
They have free will, we are not in control;
We can lead them, we can pray
we can guide them;
but we cannot change a human heart
no more than we can end addiction
of a loved one, a neighbor
we cannot make one single disciple
while we walk the earth

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edited December 15, 2015
no more than ending addiction – v5

(merging edits to original and version 2 and version 4)
edited July 8, 2014
no more than ending addiction – v4
(editing original)
edited May 20, 2014
no more than ending addiction – v3
May 17, 2014
no more than ending addiction – v2
May 17, 2014
no more than ending addiction
&
Edited September 28, 2013
“Love them where you love them – v3”
Edited July 2, 2013
“Love them where you love them – v2
July 1, 2013
“Love them where you love them”
answer to question and
presentation by Chester (Chet) Birmingham
on addiction and recovery at
Jeremiah’s Corner,
led by Ellen Dickinson
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
July 1, 2013
&
May 17, 2014
no more than ending addiction
May 17, 2014
no more able than Christ
May 17, 2014
the truth of the Great Commission
May 17, 2014
we can make members
May 17, 2014
the Big Lie of the Great Commission
May 17, 2014
disciples by choice
May 17, 2014
We cannot make disciples
May 17, 2014
God makes disciples
Matthew 28:18-20
Daniel 1
Daniel 2
and Men’s Bible Study
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
May 4, 2014
  
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