Praying Together (Evangelism)

Pray For the Harvest to Come In

The Harvest is full!

There are so many people in need of the good news today.

Matthew 9:37 NKJV

Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

1. Religious faith is growing faster than the irreligious. (FaithLife Research)

Particularly in the West, it can seem like secularism is growing and people are leaving the church and the faith. Globally, that is not the case at all.

While the number of all religious people is growing at a 1.27% rate, the growth rate of non religionists is less than half that—0.52%, well below the total population growth percentage. In particular, the number of atheists is almost stagnant, only growing 0.18% per year.

There are fewer atheists around the world today (147 million) than in 1970 (165 million), and the Gordon-Conwell report expects the number to continue to decline into 2050.

2. Christianity continues to grow.

Not only is religion growing overall, but Christianity specifically is growing. With a 1.17% growth rate, almost 2.56 billion people will identify as a Christian by the middle of 2022. By 2050, that number is expected to top 3.33 billion.

The dramatic global growth for charismatic Christians is particularly noteworthy. In 1900, less than 1 million people around the world identified as Pentecostal or charismatic. By 2050, that number will top 1 billion.

God is on the Move!

It can be hard to see the harvest at times. Things that distract us from the harvest.

Don’t let the Threat of Evil distract you

Jesus came surrounded by evil. Evil in government, in the Religious leaders. Evil in the streets and the hearts of so many people. Yet it never distracted Him from His purpose and goal.

We can fear that Evil will take over and there will be no hope left then.

1 John 5:19 NIV

We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

1 Peter 3:9 NIV

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

Reject Evil… Turn away from it for your own sake!

1 Thessalonians 5:22 NIV

reject every kind of evil.

Evil - Evil wants to scare and intimidate us! It loves it when we give it so much attention we stop sharing the good news with people.

Evil wants us to fear it! God says don’t fear Evil! Reject It

Psalm 23:4 NKJV

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Another thing that keeps us from the Harvest is our own sense of right and wrong.

Right and Wrong

Jesus went out of His way for prostitutes, Taxpayers, an Adulterous woman, a Samaritan Adulteress woman.

Are we missing opportunities because or own biases?

Matthew 9:38 NKJV

Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”

God is the Lord of the Harvest. The Harvest Belongs to Him.

I Pray the Lord send Workers, We need more people to share the good news!

2 Corinthians 9:10 NKJV

Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

The Mission of the Church

Preach the Gospel, Share, Proclaim!

Ephesians 3:7–13 NIV

I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power. Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ, and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

God is Faithful to His Harvest.

Psalm 22:27–28 NKJV

All the ends of the world Shall remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations Shall worship before You. For the kingdom is the Lord’s, And He rules over the nations.