Where is heaven Matthew 9: 35 Then Jesus went about … teaching …, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing…

Expanding the Kingdom Why would you spend your time, energy, & resources on building a kingdom? Because you love the King! Let LOVE, FEAR, & COMPASSION motivate you to expand the kingdom in: Personal Quality & quantity Church quality & quantity Territory

Decide what you want to take over. Start recruiting. Make your strategy. What do you want?

Matthew 7:7-12 7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! 12 Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. Footnotes (4:16) Isaiah 9:1, 2

Passage about prayer & how it relates to the golden rule Passage about prayer & how it relates to the golden rule. God wants to give us good things so we can give good things to others. What do you want?

A. What should you ask for? 7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; Ask for whatever will help you bear fruit for God’s glory John 15:7-8 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

B. What should you seek for? 7  seek, and you will find; .… God’s Kingdom on Earth Matthew 6:33 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

C. What’s this about knocking? 7 knock, and it will be opened to you Song of Solomon 5:2 The Shulamite: I sleep, but my heart is awake; It is the voice of my beloved! He knocks, saying, “Open for me, my sister, my love, My dove, my perfect one;

C. What’s this about knocking? 7 knock, and it will be opened to you Jesus wants to be in the centre of our life Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will eat with him, and he with me.

C. What’s this about knocking? 7 knock, and it will be opened to you If we don’t open for Him, He won’t open for us Luke 13:25 “When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from,’

God wants to give us good things 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who A.S.K. Him!

What do you want most from others? 12 Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. What do others most need? If you did know Him, what would you want? (Knowing what you do now)

What do you want to ask for? CONCLUSION “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. Matthew 10:8 Prayer is not just about asking for yourself! It is about asking so we can give to others, and so we can receive to give time, energy and resources to EXPAND THE KINGDOM What do you want to ask for? Will it expand the kingdom? What do you want to ask for?

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