Strategic Sending
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โข What is the best story youโve heard? Does it make you want to share it with others?
โข Do you enjoy traveling or do you prefer staying in your city? Why is that?
โข If you could visit one nation over and over again, what would it be? What sets it apart from other nations?
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โ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ.โย ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ญ:๐ด
Before He ascended to heaven, Jesus commanded His disciples to go and make disciples of all nations. He was calling them to go and be His witnesses in different cities, which would become doorways for the gospel to be preached to the end of the earth. As He sent them out into the world, He told them to wait for the promise of the Holy Spirit to come upon them. Today, we will talk about the insights we can learn from this verse as we obey Godโs call to go.
๐ญ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
โ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ . . .โย ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ญ:๐ด
(Read alsoย ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ญ:๐ฐโ๐ฑ.)
When God called His disciples to preach the gospel, He did not send them to go out on their own. In fact, He promised them His presence and power through the Holy Spirit. We can obey the call of God to preach the gospel, knowing that His presence is with us whether we go or stay to preach the gospel where we are. How have you experienced the presence of God where you are right now?
๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น.
โ. . . ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข . . .โ ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ญ:๐ด
Godโs call to preach the gospel is for all of His disciples, including us today. Some of us are called to preach the gospel in our own communities. However, some of His people answer the call by making long-term, strategic plans to preach the gospel in different cities and nations. Regardless, wherever we are, we are called to preach the gospel. What opportunities to preach the gospel do you see in and beyond your community?
๐ฏ.๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต.
โ. . . ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ.โย ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ญ:๐ด
God was very clear about who should hear the gospel. He is sending His people to preach the gospel until it reaches every person even at the ends of the earth. There is no place on earth that is excluded from His command. That is why as a church, we are sending missionaries who will go to the ends of the earth. But this also includes every one of us. God is calling us to go out of our comfort zone to preach the gospel. Have you preached the gospel outside of your comfort zone? What was the result?
Whether we pray for cross-cultural missionaries and their mission fields, support the work they do by giving, or step out and go to the nations, we were never meant to do this alone. Jesus promised that He will be with us to the very end of the age, and He has called others as well so we can accomplish His mission together.
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โข If this is your first time to hear about the call of God to preach the gospel to the ends of the earth, what is one realization you had? How can you go deeper into Godโs call for your life this week?
โข Where and how has God called you to participate in His mission this season? Seek God and ask Him to continue to reveal His call and purpose for your life.
โข Ask God to give you a nation to pray for. Commit to pray for that nation, that more workers will be sent, the gospel will be preached, and lives will be transformed.ย
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โข Thank God for sending His people to preach the gospel to the ends of the earth. Thank Him for bringing the gospel to you and your community.
โข Pray that you will hear clearly from God as you respond to His call to preach the gospel and to support those who are sent to the nations.
โข Ask God to show you a nation or a community to pray for in the next week.