“What do you think? A man had two sons. Now he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’
“‘No, I don’t want to,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.
“The father said the same thing to the other son, who replied, ‘Yes, sir.’ But he didn’t go.
“Which one of these two did his father’s will?”
They said, “The first one.”
Jesus said to them, “I assure you that tax collectors and prostitutes are entering God’s kingdom ahead of you. For John came to you on the righteous road, and you didn’t believe him. But tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. Yet even after you saw this, you didn’t change your hearts and lives and you didn’t believe him.”

-Matthew 21:28-32

This week we talked about the parable of the Two Brothers.  Neither brother is completely in the right.  Through the story, Jesus challenges the disciples and authorities of his day to be both proclaimers and doers of the will of God. [hear sermon audio]

This week, take some time to go deeper.  Set aside some time to reflect on the will of God and how it is reflected in your own life.

Texts to read:

• Philippians 4:4-9
• Amos 5:23-24
• Jeremiah 7:3-7

Questions to ponder:

• When was a time that you made a commitment and then struggled to follow through?
• When you look at the scriptures above, what about the will of God is exciting?  What is intimidating?
• How wide is the gap in your life between lip service and life service?

Do and share:

• Find another scripture about the will of God and tweet us @dpumc with #beyondsunday
• Share a story of a time you went out of your way to do the will of God on our Facebook with the #jesusstory