"Encountering Deeper Intimacy With Jesus" (Luke 24:28-32)

Redemption Bible Church Sermon Audio

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)