You Are Sent- 3.pm

To The Survivers --Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Why Have You Survived?

Why Has God Bought You here?

To Escape? To Survive?

Sent Here By God- God bought you here (Carried You Jer.)

Apostolic Church- I believe you are a community of people sent by God to this nation, city. You survived because God has a plan for you. His plan was to send you to Australia to represent Him.

Apostolic- Sent with a special message, envoy, Missionaries to Austalia

Are You Living As A Survivor or Someone Who is Sent?

My purpose today is to Inspire You To Live As A “Sent Person”

Sent By God- God Has A Purpose For You

God Has A Purpose For This Church- You are a church of sent ones

Church-Ekklesia- Community of called out people

Called out- with a purpose -Sent to go on behalf of God

The Great Commission-

Mark 16:15–18 (NKJV) 15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Go- Everywhere and Anywhere--All the Nations

World- Cosmos- Mankind, Unbelieving World

Apostolic Church- prepared to go everywhere and to everyone.

How Big Is Your Everywhere & Everyone?

Into- Go with

The Jews In Exile Remembered Where They Came From

The jewish people continued to have a deep connection with where they had come from. I know many of you have that same deep concern and connection with the land of your birth.

Gods 2 Fold Plan-

The Land They Lived In---The Land of Their Forefathers

They were significant in the plans of God for the land they were (sent to) Daniel, Esther, placed in positions of favour and power for the kingdom of God

They were significant in the plans of God for the land of their forefathers. Nehemiah, Ezra,

You Are A Significant People- “For Such A Time”

Daniels and Esthers- The Land You have Been Sent To

Ezra & Nehemiahs- the Land of your Forefathers

Apostolic Church Received Power- To go to everyone everywhere

Acts 1:8 NKJV “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.””

Remind You- Stir Up

Paul in Roman Prison- Timothy in Ephesus- Nero Persecuting

2 Timothy 1:6–7 (NKJV)6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Remind You “You Are Sent With A Purpose’

Stir Up The Vision

Stir Up the Fire

Stir up- Reactivate, rekindle, fan the flame

2 Timothy 1:6 (NIV) 6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

On Fire For God - used to describe a christian that has a the fire of God burning within

Acts 2:3 (NKJV) 3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.

Matthew 3:11 (NKJV) 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Fire caused by a lightning strike, fire from heaven

Stir Up The Fire Church- Stir Up the Vision