Missions: Get Motivated!

Introduction:

Getting On Mission: Why Should I Care? (Matthew 9:35-38)

  1. I care because people are Hurting . (Matt 9:36)

    Exodus 32:32 - But now, if you will forgive their sin--but if not, please blot me out of your book that you have written.

    Romans 9:3 - For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

    Luke 19:41-42 - And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, "Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes."

    2 Corinthians 5:14 - For the love of Christ controls us...

  2. I care because of where people are Heading . (Matt 9:37)
  3. I care because God Does . (Matt 9:37b-38)

    John 17:9 - I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me...

    Ephesians 6:18-19 - praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel...

    Colossians 4:2-4 - Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison--that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.

    Romans 10:14, 17 - How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? ...So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

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Small Group Discussion
Read Matthew 9:35-38

  1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?

  2. Why do you think many churches have drifted away from the Great Commission?
    How can we prevent Harvest Bible Chapel from drifting away from the Great Commission?

  3. When was the last time you shared the Gospel with an unbeliever? What happened?

    When was the last time you invited someone to be your guest at HBC? What happened?

  4. What do you think would cause you personally to witness to people more often?

Breakout
Pray for one another, and HBC, to grow in compassion for the lost.

Pray to the Lord of the Harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.