Teaching | The Critical Journey | Naming Your Stage of Apprenticeship E03
Practicing the Way with John Mark Comer
Practicing the Way
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🗓️ 23 September 2022
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
How do we get unstuck? This week, John Mark introduces the newest spiritual journey paradigm: the Critical Journey, and discusses how we can get unstuck at the various stages and challenge us to push through the “wall” in the various places in our lives.
Key Scripture Passage(s): John 21v15-19
Resources for this practice:
https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/naming
In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership, Henri Nouwen
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the John Mark Comer Teaching's Podcast by Practicing the Way. |
| 0:06.0 | This teaching was first given at Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon as a part of the naming your stage in apprenticeship series. |
| 0:14.0 | Have you ever felt stuck in your journey of apprenticeship to Jesus? |
| 0:28.0 | Like you hit a plateau and you feel like, man, I'm just not moving forward year over month over whatever |
| 0:36.0 | or you feel like you're up against a wall like something is just there to block your way forward or you feel like something is holding you back from your |
| 0:44.8 | past, a wound, or in your present habit of sin, or a nagging doubt that just won't go away. |
| 0:50.8 | But for whatever reason, you just feel or you felt stuck. If so you are not |
| 0:57.9 | alone. To start off John chapter 21 a post-easter story. |
| 1:02.6 | Verse 15. |
| 1:04.2 | When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, |
| 1:08.2 | do you love me more than these? |
| 1:10.7 | And in context, if you're familiar with the story that these are fish which are more than fish are symbolic for a career ambition so to speak apart from apprenticeship to Jesus. |
| 1:21.0 | Yes Lord Peter said you know that I love you. |
| 1:24.0 | Jesus said, feed my lambs. |
| 1:27.0 | That was his metaphor for you and for I of the church. |
| 1:30.1 | His lambs, his flock. |
| 1:32.0 | Again Jesus said, Simon, son son of John do you love me he answered yes |
| 1:35.6 | Lord you know that I love you Jesus said take care of my sheep the third time and |
| 1:42.4 | remember you're stepping into a story, how many times did Peter deny Jesus? |
| 1:47.0 | Three, right? |
| 1:48.0 | So this is a healing process between Jesus and Peter. |
| 1:52.0 | The third time he said to them, |
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