- Dena Lackey fell and is in the hospital in Kerrville, please keep her in your prayers.
- VBS- will be July 26-27, we will leave the church at 2:00 PM. Ages-Finished Kindergarten through finished 5th grade. Registration forms and a food signup sheet for Friday and Saturday VBS are on the table at the back of the church. Pre-K children come at 5:00 on Saturday for a craft and time to swim before dinner.
- ALL Church Fish Fry Saturday July 27, 6:00 PM at the McMillan Cabins.
Scripture
Luke 9:51-62 (ESV)
51 When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him. 53 But the people did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. 54 And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” 55 But he turned and rebuked them. 56 And they went on to another village. 57 As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 59 To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 60 And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” 61 Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” 62 Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Questions for Reflection
1. About what sorts of things do you get enthusiastic?
2. When working on a group project, what excuses do people use to postpone or avoid fulfilling their obligations?
3. To what lengths did the first man say he would follow Jesus? (9:57)
4. In what way were foxes and birds of the air more secure than Jesus? (9:58)
5. What did the second man want to do before following Jesus? (9:59)
6. How did Jesus respond to the obligations of family life? (9:60, 62)
7. What did the third person want to do before following Jesus? (9:61)
8. Who is not fit for the kingdom of God? (9:62)
9. Given Jesus’ replies to the three would-be followers, what do you suppose their conflicting loyalties were?
10. What did Jesus want the three men to do?
11. With which of these men do you most easily identify?
12. What loyalties conflict with our allegiance to God?
13. From this account, how would you summarize the costs of following Jesus?
14. What are the costs of following Jesus?
