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Discipleship: Call and Response

Old Testament

 

Gen 12:1-4           

Call of Abram: Leave your country, your family, and come…

Ex 3:1-6, 9-12       

Call of Moses: I shall be with you…

1 Sam 3:1-10         

Call of Samuel: Speak, O Lord, your servant is listening.

1 Kgs 19:16, 19-21   

Call of Elisha: Elisha rose up and followed Elijah.

Is 5:6-8             

Call of Isaiah: Whom shall I send?  Who will go for us?

Is 42:6-7            

I have called you…I have grasped you by the hand…

Is 43:3              

I have called you by name, you are mine.

Is 45:4              

I have called you by your name…though you knew me not.

Is 49:1              

The Lord called me from birth, from my mother’s womb…

Jer 1:4-10           

The call of Jeremiah.

Jer 20:7-9           

Response of Jeremiah: It seemed like a fire burning in my...

Jer 29:11-14         

I know well the plans I have in mind for you.

Hos 2:21-22          

I will espouse you in fidelity…

New Testament

 

Mt 9:35-38            

The harvest is rich but the laborers are few.

Mt 19:16-30           

The Rich Young Man.

Mk 1:16-20            

The call of the first disciples.

Mk 3:13               

The mission of the Twelve: He summoned those whom…

Mk 10:17-27           

Go and sell everything you own and follow me.

Mk 10:28-30           

You will be repaid a hundred times over.

Lk 1:26-56            

The Annunciation: Mary’s Call

Lk 14:25-33           

Any who do not carry their cross and come after cannot…

Jn 1:35-51            

The call of the first disciples: Come and see.

Jn 10:2-3             

The sheep hear his voice, as he calls his own sheep by name…

Jn 15:9-17            

You did not choose me; no, I chose you.

Rm 1:6                

Among whom are you also, who are called to belong to Jesus…

Rm 8:28               

All things work for good for those who love God, who are…

Rm 11:29              

For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

1 Cor 1:26-31         

Not many of you were wise…Rather God choose the …

Gal 1:15              

God, who from my mother’s womb, had set me apart and…

Eph 1:3-14            

To be holy and spotless and to live through love…

Phil 3:10-14          

To know him and the power…forgetting what lies behind…

1 Pt 2:9-10           

God has called you out of darkness into his own marvelous…

 

 

Discernment

 

Old Testament

 

Dt 30:19-20           

I have set before you life and death…choose life!

Sir 15:16-17          

There are set before you fire and water.

 

 

New Testament

 

Mt 16:13-23           

Who do people say that I am?

Acts 1:15-26          

The choice of Matthias.

Acts 6:1-6            

The selection of the first deacons.

Acts 13:2-4           

Paul and Barnabas selected by the Holy Spirit to go…

Acts 15:28            

It is the decision of the Holy Spirit and of us…

Rom 8:14-17           

You did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear.

Rom 12:1-2            

Do not conform yourself to this age…that you may…

1 Cor 2:7-12          

This God has revealed to us…so that we may understand…

1 Cor 12:4-11         

There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same…

Gal 5:16-26           

The works of the flesh.

Eph 1:3-14            

In him we were also chosen…

Eph 1:17              

A spirit of wisdom and revelation resulting in knowledge…

1 Jn 4:1-3            

Do not trust every spirit but test the spirits to see whether…

 

 

Priesthood

 

Jn 13:1-14            

The washing of the disciples’ feet.

1 Pt 2:2-10           

Come to him…let yourselves be built…to be a holy…

Heb 4:12-16           

Jesus, the compassionate high priest.

Heb 5:1-10            

Every high priest is taken from among men.

Heb 10:10-17          

Every priest stands daily at his ministry.

For Particular Circumstances

 

I’m not holy enough:                         

Is 6:1-9; Lk 5:1-11

I’m afraid I will fail:                      

Ex 14:10-31; Lk 15

I’ve made mistakes and I’m a sinner:         

Jn 21:15-23; Mt 9:9-13; Lk 7:36-50

I’m too young:                               

1 Sam 3:1-18; Jer 1:4-10; Lk 1:26-38

I’m not talented enough:                     

1 Sam 17:32-51; Lk 1:26-38

I want to have a family:                     

Gn 12:1-3; Mt 12:46-50; Mk 10:28-30

I’m afraid of making a permanent commitment:

Ruth 1:15-17; Mt 28:16-20

I’m afraid of public speaking:               

Ex 4:10-17; Jer 1:4-10

I’m not smart enough:                        

2 Cor 4:7-18; Ex 4:10-17

I’m afraid of being alone:                   

Ex 3:4-22; Lk 1:28-38

I want to be happy:                          

Ps 37:4; Mt 5:1-12; Jn 10:10; Mk 10:28-31


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