4. Whoever wants to BE my disciple Mk 8:34 Come…and I will make Come and take

5. Take my yoke upon you…

7. COME
TAKE
LEARN
FIND REST

8. JESUS’ RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
I and the father are one. Jn 10:30
HOW CAN I SHARE THIS RELATIONSHIP?
God so loved the world, he sent his son….
From the Infinite to the Finite
From Eternity to Time
From Heaven to Earth
From Space to Confinement
From Limitlessness to being limited
From Invisible to Visible
From Governing to Obedience
From Equal to Dependent

9. THE WORD BECAME FLESH
In the body of a baby
In the body of Mary
In the body of you ( by his Spirit)
THIS IS MY SON WHOM I LOVE. Mt. 3: 16-17
THIS IS MY SON WHOM I LOVE. Mt. 17:5
MY FATHER IS ALWAYS AT WORK. Jn 5:17

10. JESUS’ RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
Intimate – Jn. 5:19 ‘The son can do nothing by himself, he can only do what he sees the father doing…for the Father loves the son and shows him all he does.’
Outworking – Jn. 5:16 ‘My father is always at work to this very day and I too am working’ Not passive sitting around with feet up!
Dependent – Jn 5:30 ‘By myself I can do nothing’
Unselfish Jn. 5:30 ‘I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.’

11. MANY OF US REFUSE TO GROW WHERE WE ARE PUT, CONSEQUENTLY WE TAKE ROOT NOWHERE.
OBEY THE LIFE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU.
Obedient
Jn. 8:28 ‘I do nothing on my own but speak just what the father has taught me….for I always do what pleases him.’
Jn. 14:31 ‘I love the father and do exactly what my father has commanded me’

12. THE SECRET OF JESUS’ PUBLIC LIFE WAS HIS PRIVATE LIFE COME WITH ME TO A QUIET PLACE AND GET SOME REST Mt 6:31 Jesus promises a home in heaven Jn 14: 1-4 Jesus has created a home on earth – ME / YOU! Jn 14: 15-23

13. HE APPOINTED THE TWELVE THAT THEY MIGHT BE WITH HIM…. Mk
HE APPOINTED THE TWELVE THAT THEY MIGHT BE WITH HIM….Mk. 3:14 …AND THAT HE MIGHT SEND THEM OUT CLOSENESS  COMMUNION COMMISSION AS THE FATHER HAS SENT ME SO HAVE I SENT YOU…..

15. The Secret Place is… A Place of SOLITUDE – PSALM 40:7-8
A Place of SILENCE
A Place of STILLNESS
A Place where God SPEAKS
A Place in SCRIPTURE
A Place of SINCERITY
A Place of STOPPING
A Place of SURRENDER
A Place of SEEKING