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Wisdom theme · Theme 7

Called from Spectator to Partner

Jesus doesn't recruit fans or passive spectators; He invites ordinary, flawed people to help heal the world.

Discover what happens when you stop watching from the sidelines and step into a mission that outlasts you.

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The sayings in this theme

Key 182 of 365

Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Matthew 4:19

What could change if you followed before you felt ready?

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Key 183 of 365

The gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations.

Mark 13:10

How far do you think this message belongs?

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Key 184 of 365

As the Father has sent Me, I am sending you.

John 20:21

What if peace prepares you to go?

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Key 185 of 365

Whoever wants to be My disciple must deny himself.

Luke 9:23

Who leads when following Jesus becomes costly?

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Key 186 of 365

Take up your cross daily and follow Me.

Luke 9:23

What does following cost on an ordinary day?

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Key 187 of 365

Freely you have received; freely give.

Matthew 10:8

Must every gift become a transaction?

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Key 188 of 365

The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

Matthew 9:37

Do you see other people's need or only your own schedule?

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Key 189 of 365

Pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers.

Matthew 9:38

Will you pray about a need that may involve you?

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Key 191 of 365

You are the salt of the earth.

Matthew 5:13

What do you lose by becoming like everything around you?

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Key 192 of 365

Let your light shine before others.

Matthew 5:16

Who benefits from the light you carry?

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Key 193 of 365

Go and make disciples of all nations.

Matthew 28:19

Can following Jesus stop with your own experience?

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Key 194 of 365

Teach them to obey everything I have commanded you.

Matthew 28:20

Are you passing on ideas or teaching a way to live?

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Key 195 of 365

You are My witnesses.

Luke 24:48

What have you heard that others need to examine?

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Key 196 of 365

Whoever acknowledges Me before others, I will also acknowledge.

Matthew 10:32

Who gets your loyalty when the crowd disapproves?

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Key 197 of 365

If you hold to My teaching, you are really My disciples.

John 8:31

Can agreement become discipleship without remaining in His words?

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Key 198 of 365

My sheep hear My voice, and they follow Me.

John 10:27

Whose voice are you learning to follow?

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Key 199 of 365

Bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be My disciples.

John 15:8

What would show that your learning has become a life?

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Key 200 of 365

Love one another as I have loved you.

John 15:12

Who sets the measure of the love you offer?

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Key 201 of 365

You are My friends if you do what I command.

John 15:14

Can friendship with Jesus leave your choices untouched?

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Key 202 of 365

Whoever serves Me must follow Me.

John 12:26

Can you serve Jesus without following His direction?

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Key 203 of 365

If anyone serves Me, My Father will honor him.

John 12:26

Whose recognition are you working for?

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Key 204 of 365

I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit.

John 15:16

What could your life give that lasts beyond you?

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Key 205 of 365

Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness.

John 8:12

Is the path you follow making darkness familiar?

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Key 206 of 365

By this everyone will know that you are My disciples.

John 13:35

What would make others recognize a follower of Jesus?

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Key 207 of 365

Go home to your own people and tell them.

Mark 5:19

What story could you tell without pretending to know everything?

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Key 208 of 365

I have come to call sinners to repentance.

Luke 5:32

What if admitting the problem is where the invitation begins?

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Key 209 of 365

I will make you fishers of men.

Matthew 4:19

What might Jesus make of the skills you already have?

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Key 210 of 365

The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

Luke 19:10

Who does Jesus seek when others see someone to reject?

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Key 211 of 365

Remain in Me, and I in you.

John 15:4

What do you keep trying to grow on your own?

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Key 212 of 365

What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight.

Matthew 10:27

What truth have you kept private because speaking feels costly?

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