"Encountering Deeper Intimacy With Jesus" (Luke 24:28-32)
SERMON NOTES
Sermon Series: Encountering the Risen Jesus
Sermon Title: Encountering Deeper Intimacy With Jesus
Passage: Luke 24:28-32
1. An Invitation Extended (v28-29a)
1st Question: What do we learn from the travelers?
We learn that we must allow our lives to be interrupted by Jesus in order to deepen our intimacy w/ Jesus.
2. An Invitation Accepted (v29b-30)
2nd Question: What do we learn about Jesus?
We learn that Jesus always accepts the invitation to deeper intimacy.
3. Intimacy Experienced (v31-32)
3rd Question: What do we learn from Jesus?
We learn that Jesus always initiates the interruptions that lead to deeper intimacy
Reflection: Spiritual Practice of Examen
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SERMON FOOTNOTES
“Only with an invitation to ‘come and stay with me’ can in interesting encounter develop into a transforming relationship.” - Henri Nouwen (With Burning Hearts, p57)
“Discernment is an increasing capacity to recognize and respond to the presence of Christ - in ordinary moments and also in the larger decisions of our lives.” - Ruth Haley Barton (Life Together in Christ, p138)
Discernment is “finding God in all things, so that we might love and serve God in all (things).” - St Ignatius of Loyola (from Life Together in Christ by Ruth Haley Barton, p137)
“Discernment requires us to move beyond our reliance on (our own) cognition and intellectual hard work to a place of deep listening and response to the Spirit of God within us and among us.” - Ruth Haley Barton (Discerning God’s Will Together: Discovering a Process of Leadership Discernment)
Recommended Reading:
Surrender to Love: Discovering the Heart of Christian Spirituality by David Benner
Life Together in Christ: Experiencing Transformation in Community by Ruth Haley Barton (based on the story of the road to Emmaus)
Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life by Henri Nouwen
With Burning Hearts: A Meditation on the Eucharistic Life by Henri Nouwen (reflection on the the story of the road to Emmaus)