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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