The Ministry of Need

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The Ministry of the Need

The Opposite of Good is Bad, Right is wrong, up is down,

What is the opposite of love?

How many of us really want to be used by God?
How many want to bring change in our community?
What will be our legacy?
How will we leave a mark?

It is not Hate

Apathy

Apathy: lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
Indifference, unconcern · uninterestedness · unresponsiveness · impassivity · passivity · passiveness ·
The Ministry of Need will challenge us to be aware of the small tugs of the Lord in our life. Sometimes we see these times in our life as a call to inform or to discuss. I believe that these little tugs are a call to action by God Himself. It also let us know just how our love for God and others compels us to activity that overtime leads to real and long-lasting change.

I Have Been Chosen

The Ministry of the Need

Mark 6:35–37 KJV 1900
35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: 36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat. 37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
The text describes a situation
The people had spent there day with Jesus
The walked where he walked
Listen to what he said
Now the day is coming to an end

1. They were satisfied with Jesus

The text does not say
++They were Hungry
++They complained about missing Lunch

There is something about being with Jesus

John 4:6–7 KJV 1900
6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
Why did the women come to the well?
++She wanted was water
++She needed something to quench her thirst
This woman
++Had given herself away
++Had lost her value
++Had tied her worth to external relationship
++Was not looking for another man
John 4:28–29 KJV 1900
28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

Have you every been with someone and time just slips away?

Mark 6:35–36 KJV 1900
35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: 36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
1. They were satisfied with Jesus

2. They were in a desert place.

A desert place
++Wilderness
++Solitary
++Isolated
This place was
++Uninhabited
++A desolate place
God still rules
++in the desert
++In the wilderness
Isaiah 43:19 KJV 1900
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; Now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, And rivers in the desert.
1. They were satisfied with Jesus
2. They were in a desert place.

3. They were not troubled by the need

There physical need
++was not the priority
++was unspoken
Psalm 23:1 KJV 1900
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
All I Need is you Lord
You Are enough
1. They were satisfied with Jesus
2. They were in a desert place.
3. They were not troubled by the need

4. Someone noticed a need

Mark 6:35 KJV 1900
35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:
Jesus’s Disciples
++Came to Jesus
++Saw a need
++They felt Powerless to meet it
Mark 6:36 KJV 1900
36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
Why didn’t they do something?
++It is not my Job
++I don’t have the resources

He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat.

1. They were satisfied with Jesus
2. They were in a desert place.
3. They were not troubled by the need
4. Someone noticed a need

5. A revealed need is a call to action

Luke 10:30–33 KJV 1900
30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
The Need
++Everyone saw the need
++Everyone responded to the need
++Only one answered the call
When God shows something to you
++He is calling you
++He has chosen you
++He has positioned you
What will you do with the call?
Isaiah 6:8 KJV 1900
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
Ecclesiastes 9:11 KJV 1900
11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Things that matter in this life
++Is not the fastest
++Is not the strongest
++Is not the wisest
++Is not the smartest
++Is not the popular
In this life
++Everyone has a time
++Everyone has a chance

We have been Chosen

We have been Called, Chosen, and Positioned to make a difference
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