Here I am God, Send me! Go and make disciples. Ummmm... Discipleship can be tough and there can be some obstacles that make us a bit reluctant. Today we are talking about Acts 9, being a reluctant disciple-maker and 5 reasons God gives us to be hopeful about our calling.

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LIFE HACK: Easy Fall Dessert for a Crowd

It would cost me our entire Christmas budget to bring a PSL to everyone at group get-togethers. Fret not, there is another easy dessert that won't break the bank, tastes like fall, and feeds a crowd.

Easy Crock - Pot Cinnamon Apples

*Note, that this is a Lauren recipe, which means I do a little of this and that - you make this your own! It would be hard to mess up - unless it caught on fire somehow. That's a hard recovery ;)

Feeds: 8-10

Time: prep 20 minutes - cook time varies (2 min to 3 hours)

Ingredients:

• 10-12 apples (I mix tart and sweet, like granny smith and some pink lady's or gala's) peeled, cored, and sliced
• 2 tbsp lemon juice (keep apples from browning)
• 1/2 cup of liquid like apple cider, pumpkin spiced cider, (i've even used some apple sauce diluted with water)
• 1 - 2 Tbsp corn starch
• 2 Tbsp melted butter
• 1/4 cup or less of sugar or brown sugar (to your taste)
• drizzle of molasses (to taste)
• sprinkle of cinnamon (to taste) I use about 1 tsp
• Vanilla icecream

Instructions:

• coat apples in lemon juice and put in crock pot or insta-pot
• in a separate bowl, mix corn starch and cider (or liquid) until lumps are out
• add melted butter, sugar, molasses, cinnamon, to liquid mixture and stir
• drizzle over apples and stir to coat
• Set crock pot to low for 3 hours or Instapot to 2 minutes high pressure (then manual release).
• After cooked to desired softness, ladle over two scoops of ice cream

The Reluctant Disciple-maker

God has given every Christian a calling: to go make disciples of all nations. Matthew 28:19-20

A disciple is a student or follower of Christ.

Discipleship isn't just about intellect or organization!

Sometimes there are obstacles to fulfilling our calling and it makes us reluctant to obey.

Today we looked at Ananias in Acts 9:10-25 and how we can be encouraged to GO even when it seems impossible, painful, intimidating, and unknown.

Five Hopes for the reluctant disciple-maker

NO 1: Go anyway

We need to

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