HELPING PEOPLE KNOW, FOLLOW AND SHARE JESUS

HELPING PEOPLE KNOW JESUS Know God through His Word (Jesus and the Bible) Core Values We are made for worship We are gospel centered We are ruled by God’s Word

HELPING PEOPLE FOLLOW JESUS Live like Jesus by loving and serving others and seeking God’s Kingdom Core Values We are Spirit empowered We are seeking God’s Kingdom first We are defined by love and servanthood

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS Join God’s mission to the world by sharing the Gospel Core Values We are dependent on prayer We are committed to equipping the saints We are joining God’s mission next door and around the world

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS 1 Corinthians 12:18 - “But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body as it hath pleased Him.”

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS 1. WE ARE DEPENDENT ON PRAYER A. Prayer in the mission of Jesus John 17:9,20 - “I pray for them. I am not praying for the world but for those you have given me, because they are yours. “I pray not only for these, but also for those who believe in me through their word.

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS 1. WE ARE DEPENDENT ON PRAYER A. Prayer in the mission of Jesus Matthew 9:35-38 - Jesus continued going around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness. When he saw the crowds, he felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.”

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS 1. WE ARE DEPENDENT ON PRAYER B. Missions is a spiritual battle Ephesians 6:12 - For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens.

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS 1. WE ARE DEPENDENT ON PRAYER B. Missions is a spiritual battle Ephesians 6:18-20 - Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints. Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel. For this I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I might be bold enough to speak about it as I should.

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS 1. WE ARE DEPENDENT ON PRAYER B. Missions is a spiritual battle 2 Key things to remember about sharing Jesus with others Only God’s Spirit can change hearts not our persuasive words Sharing the Gospel is a spiritual confrontation involving very real spiritual forces opposed to God

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS 1. WE ARE DEPENDENT ON PRAYER 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 - When I came to you, brothers and sisters, announcing the mystery of God to you, I did not come with brilliance of speech or wisdom. I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I came to you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. My speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not be based on human wisdom but on God’s power.

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS I1. WE ARE COMMITTED TO EQUIPPING THE SAINTS Acts 6:2-4- “Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, it is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom that we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.”

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS I1. WE ARE COMMITTED TO EQUIPPING THE SAINTS A. The Word of God II Timothy 3:16,17- “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. That the man of may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.”

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS I1. WE ARE COMMITTED TO EQUIPPING THE SAINTS A. The Word of God The Bible tells us what to believe - “Doctrine” The Bible tells us what not to do – “Reproof” The Bible tells us how to change – “Correction” The Bible tells us how to live right – “Instruction in righteousness”

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS I1. WE ARE COMMITTED TO EQUIPPING THE SAINTS B. Prayer Prayer honors God Prayer acknowledges His being Prayer exacts His power Prayer adores His providence Prayer secures His aid

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS III. WE ARE JOINING GOD’S MISSION NEXT DOOR AND AROUND THE WORLD

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS III. WE ARE JOINING GOD’S MISSION NEXT DOOR AND AROUND THE WORLD A. Joining God’s Mission 1. What is God’s mission? To rescue/redeem/restore fallen humanity and ultimately all of creation through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS III. WE ARE JOINING GOD’S MISSION NEXT DOOR AND AROUND THE WORLD A. Joining God’s Mission 1. What is God’s mission? Luke 19:10 - “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS III. WE ARE JOINING GOD’S MISSION NEXT DOOR AND AROUND THE WORLD A. Joining God’s Mission 1. What is God’s mission? Mark 10:45 - “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS III. WE ARE JOINING GOD’S MISSION NEXT DOOR AND AROUND THE WORLD A. Joining God’s mission 2. God invites us to join his mission by sending us to share the good news about Jesus Luke 24:46-48 - He also said to them, “This is what is written: The Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead the third day, and repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS III. WE ARE JOINING GOD’S MISSION NEXT DOOR AND AROUND THE WORLD A. Joining God’s Mission 2. God invites us to join his mission by sending us to share the good news about Jesus John 20:21 - Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you.”

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS III. WE ARE JOINING GOD’S MISSION NEXT DOOR AND AROUND THE WORLD B. Next Door and Around the World God’s mission is local and global

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS III. WE ARE JOINING GOD’S MISSION NEXT DOOR AND AROUND THE WORLD B. Next Door and Around the World Acts 1:8 - “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

HELPING PEOPLE KNOW, FOLLOW AND SHARE JESUS

HELPING PEOPLE KNOW JESUS Know God through His Word (Jesus and the Bible) Core Values We are made for worship We are gospel centered We are ruled by God’s Word

HELPING PEOPLE FOLLOW JESUS Live like Jesus by loving and serving others and seeking God’s Kingdom Core Values We are Spirit empowered We are seeking God’s Kingdom first We are defined by love and servanthood

HELPING PEOPLE SHARE JESUS Join God’s mission to the world by sharing the Gospel Core Values We are dependent on prayer We are committed to equipping the saints We are joining God’s mission next door and around the world

HELPING PEOPLE KNOW, FOLLOW AND SHARE JESUS