WINNING PEOPLE TO CHRIST MAT 9:35-38

MISSION STATEMENT With the help of the Holy Spirit we will disciple leaders who will WIN people to Christ and WELCOME them into the family so that together we can WALK in obedience to God’s word, WORSHIP God and WORK for His glory.

MAT 9:35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.

MAT 4:23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

LOVE WITH THE HEART OF CHRIST MAT 9:36b

MAT 9:36a When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them...

MAT 14:14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

MAT 15:32 Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way."

MAT 20:34 Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

LOOK WITH THE EYES OF CHRIST MAT 9:36

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

NUM 27:17 to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the LORD's people will not be like sheep without a shepherd."

1 KING 22:17 Then Micaiah answered, "I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd, and the LORD said, 'These people have no master. Let each one go home in peace.'"

EZE 34:3 You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.

EZE 34:6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.

ZEC 10:2 The idols speak deceit, diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false, they give comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

MAT 26:31 Then Jesus told them, "This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: "'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

MAT 26:31 Then Jesus told them, "This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: "'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

ZEC 13:7 "Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!" declares the LORD Almighty. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones.

MAT 18:12 "What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?

JOH 10:11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

JOH 4:35 Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.

LABOR IN THE FIELDS FOR CHRIST MAT 9:37-38

MAT 9:37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.

MAT 9:38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."

QUOTE THE ENEMY OF DISCIPLESHIP IS TREASURE, PLEASURE AND LEISURE

MAT 10:1 He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.

MAT 10:2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

MAT 10:3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

MAT 10:3 Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

JOH 4:36 Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.

WIN PEOPLE TO CHRIST LOVE WITH THE HEART OF CHRIST LOOK WITH THE EYES OF CHRIST LABOR IN THE FIELDS FOR CHRIST

WIN PEOPLE TO CHRIST LOOK WITH A HEART OF LOVE AND LABOR TO BRING IN THE HARVEST