The Life with Jesus Guide

Discerning Your Next Step

For several years the leadership here has been on a journey to know the best ways to help all of us grow as disciples of Jesus. We have been convinced of the wisdom of the quote by Eugene Peterson – “The Jesus way wedded to the Jesus truth brings about the Jesus life.” The life in Jesus that we desire is found in imitating his way of life as much as learning the truth of his life.

We see that Jesus arranged his life around three rhythms: worship, community, and mission. Before Covid we created a resource titled “The Invitations of Jesus “in which we explored a series of invitations in each of these rhythms. We still value this resource as a helpful tool.

We also started building a digital, online library of a variety of practices that we see in the life of Jesus. We believe these practices are valuable for taking small steps into living the way of Jesus and experiencing his life.

But we also realized that there was confusion around the relationship between the rhythms and the practices, and people often felt unsure about what their next step might be in their life with Jesus. We set ourselves to trying to clear up this confusion.

After much processing, we have identified six core discipleship commitments that we aspire to in our journey as a disciple of Jesus. These core commitments give clarity to the rhythms and are supported by the practices. We developed a resource to help you discern your next step with these commitments and practices called, “The Life with Jesus Guide: Discerning Your Next Step.”