February 4
Our Missional Mandate
John 20:19-22
19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
Join the disciples in the locked room with Jesus, then join Jesus on His mission in the world.
Imagine yourself in the locked room after Jesus' death.
Behold His resurrected appearance.
Receive His breath from His own lungs an Spirit.
Pray that we as a church embrace our King's mission and Spirit.
Pray that we embrace our identity as a sent people in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Imagine yourself in the locked room after Jesus' death.
Behold His resurrected appearance.
Receive His breath from His own lungs an Spirit.
Pray that we as a church embrace our King's mission and Spirit.
Pray that we embrace our identity as a sent people in Christ Jesus our Lord.