Day 38 of 50

READING GUIDE:

• Read today's devotion below and Matthew 17.
• During days 36-42 (at your own pace) read chapter 19 from Joining Jesus on His Mission.
• After days 36-42, meet with your small group and follow the back-of-the-book discussion guide for SESSION 6.

GATHER - "And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves." (Matthew 17:1 ESV)

GO - "And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to [Jesus]..." (Matthew 17:14a ESV)

GATHER - "As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them..." (Matthew 17:22a ESV)

GO - "When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter..." (Matthew 14:24a ESV)

Finke shares in chapter 19, "Throughout time, the rhythm of God's people has been to gather and then go, to come together for worship and Bible teaching and then go out for life and mission, to gather for word and sacrament and then scatter into the harvest fields." Look at the pattern of gather and go in Matthew 17.

What advantages, for you personally, do you find in this cycle of gathering and going? How are you experiencing this cycle in your life? Where are you finding interruptions to this cycle? What needs to happen to keep this cycle moving fluidly?