A Fresh View of Discipleship Part 5, Inside Out!

Scripture Reading:  Mark 1:35-38
Memory Verse:  "No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it." Hebrews 12:11

1. Solitude and Prayer in preparation for the preaching mission. Mark 1:35-38 
   
2. Private Ministry to the needy without self exaltation! Mark 1:43-45
   
3. Appropriate Use of God’s gifts: Celebration, Fasting, Provision, Sabbath:  Mark 2:18-28
   
4. Specific and earnest Prayer for Discernment for building accountability and ministry training: Mark 3:13, Luke 6:12-13 Choosing the Twelve Disciples
   
5. Specific and earnest prayer for surrender to God’s will for our own sanctification through personal suffering. Mark 14:32-42 The Garden of Gethsemane
   
6. Retreat for the purpose of renewal and rest! Mark 6:30-32, Mark 6:45-46
   
7. Reminding/validating experiences with Jesus that invoke God’s initial embrace of us as sons/daughters. Mark 9:2-13 Transfiguration 
   
8. Remembering Jesus at His table! Mark 14:12-31 The Last Supper