Dive Deeper
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3 moves to dive deep
Learn More (Vs. 1-3)
Learn More (Vs. 1-3)
See the Need (Vs. 1)
See the Need (Vs. 1)
Be a life long learner
Learn the culture of where you are called to minister
6 All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Don’t Quit (Vs. 2)
Don’t Quit (Vs. 2)
They were washing their nets which means they have given up
Me Fishing one line at a time
1 Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
9 Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.
Listen to the Teaching (Vs. 3)
Listen to the Teaching (Vs. 3)
Work on your devotional life
Pray the Word of God
The Bible will shed a lot of light on those commentaries
The Bible First
10 “If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
Launch Out (Vs. 4-8)
Launch Out (Vs. 4-8)
The Church Needs to be Multi-Generational
The Church Needs to be Multi-Generational
Only God Can Do It
Print what you want to be
What would you be willing to give up to see God Move?
Peter had to give up his pride
Peter had to give up what he thought he knew
Peter had to give up his expectations
he could have said, “Why Bother?”
Th Church needs to be Multi-Campus
Th Church needs to be Multi-Campus
Multiplication and Division
You have to reproduce everything!
Jesus prayed the Church would be one
21 that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
Break out of what you think you know
Break out of your comfort zone
Throw the net using every boat available
The Church needs to Trust Jesus for the Catch
The Church needs to Trust Jesus for the Catch
Cast your net Wide!
6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
The Church needs to Partner with One Another
The Church needs to Partner with One Another
Love the Church
8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
8 Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers with the truth.
What is the bid deal about the International Mission Board or the North American Missions board or even the Southern Baptist Convention
The key is that we are partners
Leave All (Vs. 9-11)
Leave All (Vs. 9-11)
Do Not be afraid
Do Not be afraid
Fisher’s of Men
Forest Gump
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
They forsook all and followed Him
They forsook all and followed Him
33 So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.
29 “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name’s sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.
Winning Souls is not a hobby, it is priority number one
Winning Souls is not a hobby, it is priority number one
Fish are slimy, smelly,
Stop trying to clean up the fish and just catch the fish and let God Clean them!
Peoples lives are messy but they Jesus
