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Thank God for What You DO Have!
Always remember that this ministry impacts far more lives than just those you see inside of this building! God has given all of you several spiritual gifts - embrace them, encourage them, delight in them, and share them!

Assigned Our Own Fields
We are each uniquely equipped to work the fields the Lord has placed in our lives. (where you live, what company you work with, what family you need to take care of, what neighbors you have, etc...)

Thank God for What You DO Have!
Always remember that this ministry impacts far more lives than just those you see inside of this building! God has given all of you several spiritual gifts - embrace them, encourage them, delight in them, and share them!

Glory Be To God
One of the key lessons in studying out the Apostles is NOT necessarily that God will ALWAYS use unexceptional men, but rather that He can/does use ANY kind of person, regardless of their natural abilities!

Following Jesus
If Jesus' ministry was defined by "to seek and to save" (Lk 19:10), then His disciples ought to carry on that mission. It's that simple (2Co 11:3). Any believer can evangelize someone. Is there a more righteous thing we could ever do?

Synthesize
God's will, Jesus' will, and how God raises His children up in righteousness to bring glory to Himself.

The Angels Rejoice!
They praise God and His Name because of His amazing grace towards unrighteous sinners, even making them righteous, as only He could do. Luk 15:8-10

The Big Picture
God imputes/imparts righteousness to man for the purpose of bringing glory to Himself in the end! We are here on this earth to bring glory to God.

Eph 1:6
to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved

God Saves and Is Glorified
God's righteousness is profoundly and indelibly impressed upon His creatures through salvation. Whether we are being saved (imputed R+), or we are evangelizing others (imparted R+), God is glorified. The power of righteousness is exemplified through salvation.

Ro 1:16-17
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."

The Magnificent Gospel
For something so "simple" as the Gospel, there's just so much to say, too much, actually, in a single lifetime. Maybe this is why God has chosen to allow the great "theatron" called life to drag on as long as it has???

Pastor on The Gospel
"I suppose in some ways, to the degree we AREN'T overwhelmed by it...to that degree, we are arrogant!"

Mat 9:37-38
Jesus trained His first disciples to take their sense of awe and use it to the glory of God!...to pray for their fellow evangelists, even.

Sowing Seed
A farmer cannot sow any seed that will bear any harvestable fruit unless he sows it in the field where the fertile soil is. Likewise, as evangelists, we must sow the Gospel seed in God's field (in the lives of others). Spiritual "nerds" talk about sowing seed, but they never actually get their hands dirty.

Balance Statement
You cannot FORCE "true religion" (Jas 1:27), so please do not "pretend". God doesn't want phonies sowing the seed of "love", for the receivers might realize the insincerity and question Christ-ianity altogether.

"Your actions speak so loudly, I can not hear what you are saying."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The Righteous Shall Live By Faith" Rom 1:17
Attitude (towards Christ) and our behavior (in Christ) are ONE for the believer. There is consistency, because Jesus' sheep not only hear His voice, but follow Him. Joh 10:27

Spreading and Living the Gospel
If we're not verbalizing the Gospel, then we are to live it for all to see its fruit. Our perfect example of this is Jesus. Since every believer's life is different, every ministry is, too!

Diversity Is Good
YOU need to pray about how God wants YOU to spread the Gospel. While you might be encouraged by others fulfilling the plan for THEIR lives, do NOT fret about being motivated differently - THAT is the beauty of God creating YOU!