THE WAY TO NEW LIFE!=IS DISCIPLESHIP

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE WAY  TO NEW LIFE!=

(Discipleship IN THE LORD)!

 

LENT is the TIME for us=To find NEW LIFE!=We do this=I do this=With a

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP With Jesus=and the HOLY FATHER GOD!=and IN
DISCIPLESHHIP with our Lord=This is THE WAY!=”Even now=Says the Lord=RETURN

To me=With your WHOLE HEART……..”                                                                                            Joel 2:12

 

IF you have been=MISSING IN ACTION=and AWAY from the Lord for awhile=There is

NO BETTER TIME=Than Lent=to RETURN to the Lord=THIS IS THE WAY!=TO NEW LIFE!=and

The time IS NOW!=To return to the LORD=FIND your way=IN the DISCIPLESHIP WITH=

The Lord=”If you RETURN to the Lord=Then your fellow Israelites=and your children will be=

Shown compassion=By their captors=and WILL RETURN to this land=For the Lord your God=is Gracious and compassionate=He will not=Turn his face from you=IF YOU RETURN

To him”                                                                                                                                                     2 Chronicles 30:9

“……..So is my Word=That goes out from my mouth=It will NOT RETURN to me empty=But

Will accomplish=What I desire and achieve the PURPOSE=for which I sent it”             Isaiah 55:11

“Come let us=RETURN TO THE LORD=He has torn us to pieces=But he will heal us=He

Has injured us=But he will BIND up our wounds”                                                                 Hosea 6:1

 

THE WORD of the Lord=THE LIFE of the Lord=Is not about LONG FACES and showy gestures=

It has a GOAL=Of some worldly withdrawal=and detachment=From materialistic values=and

Things like fame=and fortune and status=and it is about AN ATTAINMENT=of a deeper relationship=

With Jesus=and the HOLY FATHER GOD=If not now=If not this LENT=then when?=Discipleship With

The  Lord =LEADS us to freedom and JOY=Which can ONLY come from Jesus=and his Father=

THIS IS THE WAY!=Discipleship WITH THE LORD!

 

“And if anyone=Gives even a cup=of cold water=to one of these little ones=Who is MY DISCIPLE=

Truly I tell you=That person will certainly=NOT lose their reward”                                           Matthew 10:42

“And whoever does NOT=Carry their cross=and follow me=Cannot be my disciple”      Luke 14:27

“To the JEWS=who had believed in him=Jesus said’=’IF you hold to my teaching=You are

Really MY DISCIPLES=Then you will Know=the truth=and the truth=

WILL SET YOU FREE’”                                                                                                                                        John 8:31-32

 

This 40 DAY JOURNEY=that we are ON=this Lent=Should bring us CLOSER to Jesus and=

HIS HOLY FATHER=and put us on a=FIRM PATH TO DISCIPLESHIP=In God and Jesus=and

IN LOVE=If LOVE is in your HEART=THIS IS THE WAY!=This is the way=To freedom=This is the

WAY to joy=This is THE WAY TO TRUTH!=and that  makes you=ONE STEP CLOSER=to being a

21^st century apostle and disciple OF JESUS’

“A new command=I give you=LOVE ONE ANOTHER=As I have loved you=so you must LOVE

ONE ANOTHER=By this everyone will know=That you are my disciples=IF YOU LOVE

ONE ANOTHER”                                                                                                                                                John 13:34-35

“So for a whole year=Barnabas and Saul=Met with the CHURCH=and taught great numbers=

Of people=THE DISCIPLES=were CALLED CHRISTIANS first at Antioch”                                    ACTS 11:26

 

MY DEAR sisters and BROTHERS=the cross is THE WAY TO DISCIPLESHIP=It may bring suffering=

But it also BRINGS JOY=freedom=and IT IS=THE WAY TO NEW LIFE!=and a personal relationship

With Jesus=and HIS FATHER=IT IS=THE  ONLY WAY=TO NEW LIFE!=This Lent=Find it in=YOUR HEARTS=To follow the=LORD OF LOVE!=and HIS FATHER!

In Jesus ‘ name

 

Robert P. Wallman

2-20-2026

 

 

PS          INSPIRED=by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Fr. Dennis Gallagher  A.A.