{"id":2111,"date":"2018-11-13T11:39:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T17:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/?p=2111"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:23:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:23:40","slug":"6-marks-of-discipleship-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/13\/6-marks-of-discipleship-service\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Marks of discipleship: Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #404040;\">The sermon series is based upon the book, <\/span><a style=\"border: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Real-Faith-Life-Living-Discipleship\/dp\/0806648015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Power Surge: six marks of discipleship for a changing church<\/a><span style=\"color: #404040;\"><a style=\"border: 0px;\" href=\"http:\/\/fortresspress.com\/author\/michael-w-foss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">, by <\/a><\/span><a style=\"border: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Real-Faith-Life-Living-Discipleship\/dp\/0806648015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael W. Foss<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>November 11, 2018<\/h2>\n<p>James 1:22-27 (NRSV)<\/p>\n<p>2 Corinthians 9:6-9<\/p>\n<p>John 12:33-34 (NRSV)<\/p>\n<p>Matthew 20:24 (NRSV)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/36lGDaP17cU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sermon series is based upon the book, Power Surge: six marks of discipleship for a changing church, by Michael W. Foss November 11, 2018 James 1:22-27 (NRSV) 2 Corinthians 9:6-9 John 12:33-34 (NRSV) Matthew 20:24 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