The World Without Christ (3)

The vision

Good evening ladies and gents! nice to see you all today! Special welcome to any visitors! If you are new here this is something we value very highly here at Imprint, opening up the bible which is the word of the living and true God to see what He has to teach us each week.

Who remembers what talked about last week?

Sharing our faith with others

Does anyone remember the three common things that stop us from sharing the Gospel?

Fear of rejection

Personal Discomfort

Lack of Knowledge.

Great job! We are wrapping up our series on The World Without Christ, talking about God’s plan for the world, otherwise known as missions! The first week we talked about the broken state of the world and the UPG’s / unreached people groups, last week we talked about what we are suppose to do about people around us right now who are in need of the Gospel, and this week we have something a little different planned.

I hope this message of the need for Christ in the world that does not have it has convicted you guys.

Today we are going to hear from a couple of my friends who are actively involved in missions work right now. We are going to try and layout what all you can do if you are looking to be involved with missions in your life. it doesnt all look exactly the same.

What we are trying to show you guys is that this is a real and important thing that is happening, with a big need for more christians to get involved.

ETR — EBI — BI —

first we are going to hear from our friend Corbynne, girl Corbynne. And how she is involved with God’s missions for the world.

and secondly we have a video from one of my friends David, who is currently a student at EBI.

lastly we will hear from my friend Joe, he is currently working on staff at the Ethnos missionary training centre in Missouri. Please listen to him, he is a super cool guy… could cook any one of you in basketball and runs 100 mile marathons for fun. For real.

Check this out.

As you can see from a few of our favourite people… This is a real thing. This missions thing, it is one of the most important things on this earth that we need to be involved in. Remember what we talked about in our first lesson, also Joe reiterated in his video, we HAVE to be involved. At the very least, although not to diminish it, PRAYER. We need to pray for the Unreached as well as for missionaries who are going to those places… and we need to consider Giving and Going and finding a way in our city that we can get involved in Gods mission.

I said it before but ill say it again. I am confident that there is someone if not multiple people in this room that God will call to be apart of this for Him. I am confident that God will convict someone if not multiple people in this room to join in on God’s mission for the world.

And if you are someone sitting in the room, listening to this and thinking to yourself: “its definitely not going to be me” Cause I know there are some of us thinking that… Im going to challenge you to check your heart in that. Why is that your thought process?

Why is that going through your mind? Is it because you think you wouldn’t do a good job? that someone else would be better fit? Don’t you think thats a little selfish and diminishing the power of God and what He can do through you?

Is it because you don’t want to leave behind something you are currently holding onto? Like a career path… like a relationship?… Like a sense of comfort?

if you have any interest in this missions thing or EBI please come and chat with me or Rachel… would love to have a conversation.

My challenge for you is to surrender your plans for your life to the Lord. He knows what your life looks like in the future, and He wants you to be on the same page as Him. Pray and tell God that you want what He wants for you. Like Joe said, Find out what is important to God and make that important to you.

I am going to end this series off with these verses from Romans 10:13-15

Romans 10:13–15 ESV

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 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? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

Small Group Questions

Any initial thoughts? Anything stand out?

How were you challenged by the videos tonight?

What goes through your head when you think that God might ask you to take a leap of faith, and get involved more intentionally with missions work?

3. How has your view on Missions work shifted during this lesson series?

4. What does it mean, and what does it look like to make what is important to God, important to us?

5. How do you plan on getting involved with missions in the future?

6. Pray that the Lord would align your will with His.