Going Deeper

Christians are people who have taken up the call of Jesus to ‘come follow me’. The first disciples of Jesus spent three years following Jesus on the great journey of discipleship. As they spent time with Jesus, they slowly became like Jesus and then they went on to do what Jesus did. This is the adventure of discipleship, of following Jesus. This page is designed to help you to find resources and ideas to help you to like those first disciples spend that time with Jesus and so find your lives radically transformed by God’s goodness.

At Cogges church we want to be a community of people together following that call of Jesus to ‘come follow me’. Part of that we do together in Sunday worship, Connect Groups and Missional communities. However, we also all need to take the responsibility for the growth of our relationship with Jesus and that of our family. That is what these resources are all about. Why not prayerfully read through and see what God’s Spirit prompts you to use to invest time in your relationship with God.

We have produced a booklet (see right) about growing in our walk with Jesus. These webpages expand on the booklet with links to talks and resources which are designed to help you in your personal discipleship.

Recently we enjoyed learning about prayer through the Prayer Course and the accompanying book How to Pray? by Pete Greig. If you were not with us at the time, they come thoroughly recommended as a great general introduction to the subject of prayer. The course website also has a tool shed section which provides worksheets on the different types of prayer mentioned in the course. The lessons of the course are put to good use practically in the Lectio365 app.

If you want to explore the landscape of prayer more you might like to try Richard Foster’s book on Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home. This book, like How to Pray? maps out the landscape of prayer, but in more detail and with a deeper link to the history of Christian prayer. Foster explores 21 different areas of prayer with a slightly more formal, but still personal and accessible style.

Suggested talks

The ‘Who am I becoming?’ series didn’t cover prayer as we had recently followed the Prayer Course as our Sunday sermon series. We thoroughly recommend exploring these talks and all the Prayer Course resources.

Going Deeper

Going Deeper

Going deeper… prayer

Suggested talks

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