...Luke 10:1-2...
2000 years later, Jesus is still visiting people. Jesus is still on mission. Through the work of the Holy Spirit, Jesus is seeking to help and heal people in your world. So, today He is “about to go” to people in your circle of influence.
Jesus sends us ahead to people to whom He Himself is “about to go.” We are His advance men and women. We love and serve people. We speak good words about Christ. We prepare the way.
Remember: Jesus will do the saving if we will simply agree serve as laborers in His harvest. Knowing this takes the pressure off.
More people are ready to be harvested than the harvesters who are delivering the Good News. We must pray for more people to be called to be laborers in their neighborhoods and marketplaces. This prayer for workers is the only specific prayer request Jesus gave His disciples.
“Being on mission means having open eyes that are looking for the hurting—the married couple living next door struggling with fertility, the frat boy who disguises his alcoholism with the statement, ‘Hey, this is what college is all about,’ the single mother who waits on you at the restaurant even though she has no idea how she and her child will eat tomorrow after her tips buy food tonight.” (Darrin Patrick, Church Planter: The Man, the Message, the Mission).
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Jesus, you are the Lord of the Harvest. People all around me are ripe, ready for You to change their lives. Too often I have been unwilling to go where You long to send me. And I have not prayed fervently for laborers in Your harvest. Help me pray more passionately and go more faithfully. I am Yours to use in Your harvest field.
2000 years later, Jesus is still visiting people. Jesus is still on mission. Through the work of the Holy Spirit, Jesus is seeking to help and heal people in your world. So, today He is “about to go” to people in your circle of influence.
Jesus sends us ahead to people to whom He Himself is “about to go.” We are His advance men and women. We love and serve people. We speak good words about Christ. We prepare the way.
Remember: Jesus will do the saving if we will simply agree serve as laborers in His harvest. Knowing this takes the pressure off.
More people are ready to be harvested than the harvesters who are delivering the Good News. We must pray for more people to be called to be laborers in their neighborhoods and marketplaces. This prayer for workers is the only specific prayer request Jesus gave His disciples.
“Being on mission means having open eyes that are looking for the hurting—the married couple living next door struggling with fertility, the frat boy who disguises his alcoholism with the statement, ‘Hey, this is what college is all about,’ the single mother who waits on you at the restaurant even though she has no idea how she and her child will eat tomorrow after her tips buy food tonight.” (Darrin Patrick, Church Planter: The Man, the Message, the Mission).
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- Why do you think Jesus sent His missionaries out 2 by 2? Who might be your partner?
- How is a person on mission like a laborer in a harvest field?
- Sometime today, call or visit a friend and pray together that Jesus would send forth laborers, including you, into His harvest.
Jesus, you are the Lord of the Harvest. People all around me are ripe, ready for You to change their lives. Too often I have been unwilling to go where You long to send me. And I have not prayed fervently for laborers in Your harvest. Help me pray more passionately and go more faithfully. I am Yours to use in Your harvest field.
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