Sabbath. Study. Serve.

 Sabbath, Study, Serve 

Taking the Sermon Into Our Week 

Scripture of the Week: Luke 24:13-35

From the Sermon:

For Benedict, all were to be treated as if they could be  ___________.

In the midst of this discussion this seeming ___________ comes up and walks right beside them.

As Jesus seemed to be going on they called out to him to stay - moving him from a stranger they met along the road to their ________.

As he blessed and broke the bread their eyes were finally opened and they realized that this whole time they had been _________ to the one right in front of them - Jesus.

Jesus moved from _________, to _________, to ________ of the table as he broke the bread that day.

Wesley described communion as a _____________________ a way to come to know God not with the head, but with the heart.

Reflection Questions:

Do we live like Matthew 25 is a thing? 

Do we live like Jesus could be taking the blindness off of our eyes in order to see the people before us? 

Do we live in a way that proclaims the story of God to guest, stranger, and friend alike?

What is the invitation of the Road to Emmaus for you this day?

Prayer:

Lord we confess that we have a lot of reasons we would prefer not to love the stranger, yet that is the invitation before us this day.  There are many ways we would rather stay within the blindness of our comfort, yet you invite us to a new way of seeing. Come, Lord Jesus, we pray. Amen.