This week’s ‘Try something new’ - Stretch class, do your body a favour and stretch out all that covid tension.

To warm up together - have a look at the games on offer in the app section of zoom. (you might need to update) Let me know if you find any good ones - Jacob

Like last week, the plan is to spend a bit of time in the passage alone before spending time in a brief discussion and prayer.

READ: MATTHEW 10:1-20

10 Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.

2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,[a] drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

9 “Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts— 10 no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep. 11 Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave. 12 As you enter the home, give it your greeting. 13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. 17 Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues. 18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Take 5-10 minutes alone with your bible and some paper/pen and worth through the following: (Ie turn off microphones and camera but leave the call active so the leader can call you back.)

Read over this passage lowly
Write Down:

1) Are there any words or phrases that really stand out to you in this moment?

2) Why might Jesus want his disciples to go without any supplies?

3) How do you feel when Jesus talks about the suffering that will come going on his mission?


Come back together.

Discuss:

As you spent time in the passage, was there anything that you felt that God really wanted to highlight for you?

Apply:

What might it look like for us to depend only on God?

What kind of opposition might we expect to face as we seek to share the gospel?


Pray together in response to the passage.