Day 4 of 50

READING GUIDE:

• Read today's devotion below.
• During days 1-7 (at your own pace) read chapters 1 and 2 from Joining Jesus on His Mission.
• After days 1-7, meet with your small group and follow the back-of-the-book discussion guide for SESSION 1.

the follow-up to yesterday's verses... "And going on from there he [Jesus] saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him." (Matthew 4:21-22 ESV)

Eventually Jesus appointed 12--a small group--to join Him on His mission (see Mark 3:13-19). And the whole world changed...

Finke writes near the close of chapter 1, "Think of a 'pinch of yeast' as it gradually spreads through 'the loaf' of our congregation...We start with the few who are ready and willing to come along with us and put the mindset and practices of a Neighborhood Missionary into play as part of our everyday lives." 

Whether you are reading Greg's book and this devotional on your own or with your small group, we are certainly early enough in this process (only day 4 of 50) for you to invite another, a few, to join you. Who may you invite to to be a part of this 50-day journey? 

You may be wondering, "who would I invite?" One place to look--think of those who may be doing life in the same neighborhood/workplace/etc. with you. The more, joining you in reaching your neighborhood for Christ, the merrier.