{"id":6590,"date":"2018-03-24T09:22:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T13:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&p=6590"},"modified":"2018-03-24T09:22:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T13:22:48","slug":"at-daybreak-he-called-together-all-of-his-disciples-and-chose-twelve-of-them-to-be-apostles-luke-613-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/at-daybreak-he-called-together-all-of-his-disciples-and-chose-twelve-of-them-to-be-apostles-luke-613-nlt","title":{"rendered":"“At daybreak he called together all of his disciples and chose twelve of them to be apostles” (Luke 6:13 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"
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ALL-NIGHT PRAYER PRECEDED CALLING AND SENDING<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Jesus went up into a mountain and prayed all night before choosing twelve of His followers to be “apostles.” The word “apostle” means “one sent.” Jesus spent the night praying to get clear instruction from His Father on whom He would send. After praying, He arose at daybreak to commission and send out His apostles to represent Him and to preach the gospel. This was a profoundly significant day in the establishment of the Church. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Jesus is still calling and sending out His followers to represent Him and preach the gospel. I wonder how many will respond as Isaiah did when hearing the Lord’s call? <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ Then I said, \u201cHere I am! Send me” (Isaiah 6:8).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ALL-NIGHT PRAYER PRECEDED CALLING AND SENDING
\nJesus went up into a mountain and prayed all night before choosing twelve of His followers to be “apostles.” The word “apostle” means “one sent.” Jesus spent the night praying to get clear instruction from His Father on whom He would send. After praying, He arose at daybreak to commission and send out His apostles to represent Him and to preach the gospel. This was a profoundly significant day in the establishment of the Church. <\/p>\n

Jesus is still calling and sending out His followers to represent Him and preach the gospel. I wonder how many will respond as Isaiah did when hearing the Lord’s call? <\/p>\n

“And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ Then I said, \u201cHere I am! Send me” (Isaiah 6:8).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1309],"scripture-chapter":[1339],"oyb_day":[1610],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6590","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-luke","scripture-chapter-1339","oyb_day-march-24"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6590"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6590"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6590"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6590"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}