An Incredible Journey: A Bible Study on Discipleship

By John Birch

A five part Bible study on Discipleship following the journey made by the first disciples of Jesus.
Compare your own spiritual journey with that of Jesus' early followers.
Challenging discussion questions to get the grey cells engaged!

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Jul 4, 2014
• ISBN: 9781483532608

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An Incredible Journey

A Bible Study on Discipleship

John Birch

Published by Thanksgiving Press 2014

©2014 John Birch. Permission is given to reproduce copies of this Bible Study for individual church usage. It should not be republished in any other way or offered for sale without the express permission of the author

Contents

Study 1. - Getting Started

Study 2.- Setting Out

Study 3.– On the Road

Study 4.– Blazing a Trail

Study 5. – Keep to the Path

Starting Prayers

Ending Prayers

References

Study 1. - Getting Started

1. Gathering

Imagine you could take the holiday of a lifetime, maybe to somewhere you have never dreamed of going before. Where might you go, and why?

Whose is the most inspirational voice you have ever listened to, and can you remember the effect it had upon you?

2. Our Guide....

(John 1: 35-42, NIV)

The next day John (the Baptist) was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God!’

When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. Turning round, Jesus saw them following and asked, ‘What do you want?’

They said, ‘Rabbi’ (which means ‘Teacher’), ‘where are you staying?’

‘Come,’ he replied, ‘and you will see.’

So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.

Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, ‘We have found the Messiah’ (that is, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus.

Jesus looked at him and said, ‘You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas’ (which, when translated, is Peter).

3. Starting Points

All physical journeys start somewhere, be it browsing through the pages of a holiday brochure, becoming enthused by a travel writer’s adventures, or simply having a desire to explore the world in which we live.

Spiritual journeys often begin with a heart-felt conviction that there is something lacking in our lives - that familiar image of a God-shaped hole that cannot be filled with earthly things.

Alternatively it might be the words and actions of another person which have spoken directly to our hearts, and set us on a particular path.

In order to understand discipleship,