The Twelve

God seeks us and we are called on to seek others for Him. We don't know much about Philip but we know that he was a true "seeker." Christ sought Him and he sought to bring others to Jesus.

Only one disciple returned to stand at the foot of the cross. John shows us the way to stay close to Christ. In this study we find three marks of an intimate disciple of Jesus.

What a transformation Jesus made in the life of James! He is a picture of what God desires to do in all of our lives. Even our gifts and blessings must come under the rule of Christ.

Peter is known for so many conversations and interesting incidents in Scripture. But there is one moment that Christ spoke of that would become the turning point in his life. Have you had your turning point?

The first disciple of Christ was not the most prominent of our Lord's followers. Yet God used him to lead many to Jesus. In fact, each time we see him he is faithfully working to bring people to Jesus! Today we meet Andrew.

(Acts 1:12-14) We are all different and it is impossible to get everyone to agree on everything. One thing brings the followers of Christ into unity - true prayer. In today's Scripture the disciples are beginning to apply what Jesus had been teaching them all along.

(Acts 1:12-14) The Lord continues to work on us and in us all of our life. How patiently He worked with the first disciples! Look at the first glimpse of the first disciples after Christ left them. 

(Mark 14:37-38) Crisis hours press us closer to Christ. Each occasion where we see the inner circle there were challenging circumstances, but through them all they were being brought nearer to the Lord. 

(Mark 14:36-42) In the garden, on the hardest night of His life, the Lord gave us some of the greatest help for our own prayer life. Take these lessons from Christ's classroom and apply them today! 

(Mark 14:32-35) Christ's most important and constant instruction to His disciples was about prayer. To the very end He was teaching His first followers and today He is teaching us! "Lord, teach us to pray."