In order to live and love like Jesus we must apprentice our lives to the mentorship of Jesus.
This mentored life is possible because God's good and just love has been given to you in Jesus Christ; you are supplied with every resource (provision), released from every captivity (freedom), able to see all things in the light of God's love (perspective). You experience every wrong made right (healing) and you know your true identity (Luke 4:18,19)
Because of this new life born in you, you have the power to be like Jesus in every way. You are called to live and love like Jesus.
Like Jesus, you are the chosen and beloved child of God (identity). You enter freely and joyfully this mentored life (volition). You trust the whole of your life to God's good and faithful love (trust). You live to show the greatness and the nearness of God and God's Kingdom (purpose). You belong to the community of God's gather, your life is not your own (humility). You serve others because you know you belong to God (hospitality). You live to die, knowing that obedience unto death brings life (obedience).
Next post we'll talk more about how to put these promises of Jesus into practice.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
What is the Mentored Life?
God, in Jesus Christ, has invited us into abundant life and right relationship. This invitation is given in the life, death, resurrection and indwelling presence of Jesus.
Jesus invites us to follow him (John 1), and promises to give us the power to do all that we’ve seen him do (John 14). Our response to this loving invitation lies in our choosing to follow Jesus and growing in the likeness of God’s character. This is an active, ongoing choice. The results of this choosing are described in “the mentored life.” The mentored life is a vision of the life of a disciple who is learning to live and love like Jesus. None of us have fully attained this life, but it is our promised reality toward which we live. It is possible because of God’s grace and our Holy Spirit-inspired and -empowered effort. Without a destination, how will we know where to go?
With you in the journey,
Debby Bellingham
Jesus invites us to follow him (John 1), and promises to give us the power to do all that we’ve seen him do (John 14). Our response to this loving invitation lies in our choosing to follow Jesus and growing in the likeness of God’s character. This is an active, ongoing choice. The results of this choosing are described in “the mentored life.” The mentored life is a vision of the life of a disciple who is learning to live and love like Jesus. None of us have fully attained this life, but it is our promised reality toward which we live. It is possible because of God’s grace and our Holy Spirit-inspired and -empowered effort. Without a destination, how will we know where to go?
With you in the journey,
Debby Bellingham
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