Begin with Prayer

I. PRAYER REQUEST

II. TODAY

a. 5 week series on the Art of Friendship, how to B>L>E>S>S> your neighbor.

BEGIN with Prayer (Eph 3.16) ; Listen; Engage; Serve; Story

b. IN 2013 Christianity Today had an Article entitle "The Craziest Statistic You'll read about North American Missions"

i. Said that 1 out of 5 non-Christians in North America doesn't know any Christians."

ii. “18,800 people in the Teays Valley School District are not in a relationship with a church”

c. Romans 10.14

i. Preach - Proclaim the Gospel

ii. PRAY

III. WHO THEN? - -Matt 9.37-38, Matt 28.18-20, Acts 1.8

a. Matthew 9:37–38 (ESV) — Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

b. Matthew 28:18–20 (ESV) — And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

c. Acts 1:8 (ESV) — But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

d. ANSWER IS ME!!!

e. Remember your WHO

IV. HOW THEN?

a. ANSWER is FIND YOUR PERSON

i. WARNING 1 - Everyone is at a different PLACE (STORY)

ii. WARNING 2 - The One in Front of You might not be the One You Want

1. Acts 9. 10-17 - Ananias

2. Dudley Hall

iii. If You Have Your Person: Hold On - The First Step is Prayer - we will get to that in a moment

1. Sphere of Influence

2. Write down the people you know don't know Christ

b. IF you don't have YOUR person or want another Person

i. Eph 3.14

1. Posture: kneeling

2. change up the way you pray

3. Joshua Walk

ii. Joshua 6.1-15

1. Rather than praying for a conquering of a City

2. We are praying for a conquering of a Person's Soul

3. A Joshua Walk is an INTENTIONAL WALK around your SPHERE of INFLUENCE to ask God to show you your person

4. SHEET at the BLESS TENT

V. WHAT THEN?

a. ANSWER BEGIN with Prayer

i. Mrs. Duke - praying for Rob Dauber

ii. 3.1 Lifegroup - praying for all the children in a TV Class - No names given - Boy#1, Girl #1 – etc

b. Eph 3. 15-21 PRAY FOR

i. 15 - Every Family

ii. 16 - Holy Spirit

iii. 17a - Christ may dwell in your hearts through Faith

iv. 17b-19 - Love

1. Rooted

2. Grounded

3. Comprehend

v. 19 Fullness of God

vi. Ephesians 3:16 PRAYER (USE Sheet)

c. 2 Cor 3: 16 Pray Against the Veil

VI. Next Steps

a. BLESS

b. Write down your person/people

c. Commit to Personalize Eph 3.16

d. Commit to a Joshua Walk