Exchange: This Season of Harvest
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Matthew 9 is the passage
Talk about Harvest
Going into Good Friday
Easter
We are headed into a time of harvest
Which affects each of our lives personally.
PICTURE OF HARVEST
Harvest is the GATHERING of crops
Scripture talks about harvest all over the place.
The season that we heading into right now.
And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 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.”
Title: This Season of Harvest
Prayer
Things Harvest Could Become a
Season of Confusion
Chapter 10
He sent them out…
But not without example and instruction
Do you know what your focus is this season?
WITH FOCUS COMES CLARITY
Focus is so important
YOU CAN NAIL ALL THE THINGS BUT IF THE FOCUS IS OFF ITS WORTHLESS
What is your focus?
How can we realign our focus here today?
WE NEED TO BE GOING BACK TO BASICS
OUR FOCUS IS THE BLOOD OF JESUS AND PEOPLE ENCOUNTERING THE FORGIVENESS OF A GOOD FATHER
Remind ourselves of our focus and dont take our eyes off of it.
SEASON OF DISTRACTION & DRAMA
Drama is just taking simple things and making them harder than they need to be for attention.
DRAMA IS SAYING LOOK AT ME
LOOK AT HIM
This is what we see in the story of the Woman at the Well.
A city of people is reached - BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A SEASON OF DISTRACTION
Jesus was focused on baptizing people… Letting the disciples baptize.
Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),
Learned - Ginosko - To be aware of
When he took note of the drama!
He fled,
didn’t deal with it,
didn’t entertain it,
didn’t defend it,
didn’t standup for himself…
I could imagine him thinking “I do not have time to argue with these people, because there is a whole town that is ripe for the harvest”
The enemy when dealing with a worker heading to the harvest will do whatever he can to get you off track
A season of harvest has the potential to be a season of distraction.
Let’s be on our post
We have work to do.
We all have a job to do in this season.
BASKETBALL - SOMEONE STANDING NEXT TO YOU FREETHROW
THE ENEMY is not looking for people to Focus on him… BUT ANYTHING ELSE THAN JESUS
How often are we throwing our time,
focus and attention before people that are higher maintenance that may believe instead of in front of people that are ripe for the word of God.
Let’s stop the drama, its just distraction.
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
SEASON OF FEAR
“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Not everyone we go to is going to respond.
Some might even do damage
CAREFUL AND CALM
Be careful - what you say is important.
KaLib
We were Trying to bring healing
Healing was not meant to be had
I wanted to fight… If I rose my voice I would have been decked in the face
When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.
SEASON OF DISAPPOINTMENT
And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.
Its easy when someone says no to take it personally.
But through time and relationship… we will see the goodness of God
Uncle Bill & KaLib
Shake it off, but don‘t burn the bridge.
If someone can’t hangout you don’t delete the contact, do you?
What if I have disappointment that I feel I can’t get over
Talk with someone about it that will not feed into it.
SEASON OF BEING SENT
4 Practical ways to be sent out: THEN WE WILL CLOSE
Listen
Meet Them Where They Are At
Share
Faith Builds Faith
Invite
Keep it Simple
Stay
Micah lifting a gallon of milk… I went in to help… She screams no and pushes me away…
I DONT GO ANYWHERE
I know that she is going to need me.
She will get tired enough
Fed up enough
Burn out enough
Where I can sweep in and help move the gallon of milk
Our world is saying
I’m strong enough
I‘m good enough
I have it all together
ITS SO EASY TO SEE THE WORLD DOES NOT HAVE IT TOGETHER
AND ITS SO EASY TO GIVE UP ON THEM
DONT GIVE UP ON THE PERSON IN YOUR WORLD THAT IS TRYING TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN
They my push you away
Yell at you
Wait in the wings.
What is your part to play in this season of harvest
CALL - EPH 6 Talks about praying for people.
PRAY FOR THE ONE