14/06/2026
He’s listening. Prayer.
Talking to God, listening to him and abiding in the vine.
“The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.”
John 1:35-39 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/jhn.1.35-39.NIV
What does it mean to be a deciple. Mathitis in Greek. Or apprentice.
1 Follow him - how do we follow Jesus today? The goal of the apprentice is not just in following but learning how to do the jobs of the master. We need to try to
2 Be like him - examples of how when you work with people you sound and pick up their phrases and mannerisms.
3 We do as he did. The critical journey.
Suffering builds perseverance.
“Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”
Romans 5:3-5 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/rom.5.3-5.NIV
Great friendships
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”
Proverbs 27:17 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/pro.27.17.NIV
Prayer
“And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.”
Ephesians 6:18 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/eph.6.18.NIV
Prayer is not just talking to God but also listening to his answers - the whispers, the gut feelings, the seeing the same thing happening over and over from different places or avenues. Hold it up against scripture. How does it stand up?
Being with God - for example being in the car and not talking to each other. That’s spending time with someone. That’s what prayer can be like. Prayers is a continuous being with God and in his presence. It’s recognising that presence and being deliberate with it.
A continuous interactive relationship with God.
Abide with me song
“Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him. He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” “What things?” he asked. “About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.” He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them. When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.”
Luke 24:13-35 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/luk.24.13-35.NIV
Sounds like they had the lords supper together.
Looking at stained glass and how it was the earliest colouring pages and how it told the story of Jesus to those who could not read. Dunfermline abbey example of Jesus on the road to Emmaus
Came a nice with me. Come be with me. To stay with us all the time.
“Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
John 15:4-5 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/jhn.15.4-5.NIV
“Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.”
Matthew 7:17-20 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/mat.7.17-20.NIV
Learn to pray like Jesus to stay connected to the vine.
““This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. ’”
Matthew 6:9-13 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/mat.6.9-13.NIV
“Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.”
Luke 5:15-16 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/luk.5.15-16.NIV
“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.”
Matthew 4:1-2 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/mat.4.1-2.NIV
You shouldn’t feel bad about falling asleep while praying as it’s just like God tucking you in at night.
Fasting like a type of prayer.
Be with Jesus, God is listening.
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