Sunday, November 9, 2025
The Art of Neighbouring: Why Do You Live Where You Live?
"Go! I Am Sending You Out Like Lambs..."
Luke 10: 1-20

Jesus sends out his disciples twice to do the work of bringing the Kingdom. In Luke 9-10 he works intentionally with them, teaching and training them to do the miraculous things he’s been doing; healing & driving away evil spirits, building relationships of peace (remember shalom is “restoring, healing, setting things right”), and announcing the approach of the kingdom of God. Then Jesus sends them out to do it on their own. 

Like lambs among wolves! Taking nothing! 

Receiving whatever is offered to them! And shaking the dust off if they’re rejected. 

Does this tell us anything about how we are to come to the new people God places in our path? How does Jesus send us to our neighbours, and what does he call us to do? Is the way we do it (the “how”) as important as what we do? 

If we did these things intentionally in our relationships with neighbours and co-workers (the people in close proximity to us) how would those relationships be affected?

For this Sunday… read Luke 10:1-20 again. Why does Jesus tell them to take nothing extra? Why not speak to anyone on the road? What does ‘shaking the dust off’ mean?
~ Pastor Joe