October 10, 2021
Missions Emphasis Sunday — All of Jesus for All of the World. Matthew 28:16-20.
Read MoreMissions Emphasis Sunday — All of Jesus for All of the World. Matthew 28:16-20.
Read MoreActs 13-15 — People are lost without Jesus. Until our Lord comes back, God invites us to join His unfinished mission, the Great Commission to make disciples of all people. There are many unfinished stories. Through the Alliance missions we join those stories, and we join God’s unfinished story, His unfinished mission. What joy and a privilege!
This is part of our series during the 40 Days of Prayer.
Read MoreLuke 18:1-7 & other passages (see transcript) — God hears the prayers of those who are in despair and marginalized and are often overlooked by those with power and authority. God answers them through the timely intervention of His followers.
This is part of our series during the 40 Days of Prayer.
Read MoreColossians 4:2-6 — We all are missionaries. We should pray for the missionaries on the front lines of God’s mission as well as for our own missionary witness in the world. We should live wisely and make the most of every opportunity to proclaim the good news in words and through our lives.
This is part of our series during the 40 Days of Prayer.
Read MoreWhen we suffer because we are persecuted for Jesus’ sake we should rejoice because we are blessed—the Kingdom of heaven is ours and we know our faith is real. We rejoice by revering Jesus Christ as Lord and following his example. We rejoice by praying, loving and serving.
Part of our sermon series—”Be Courageous! Living as God’s People in God’s World.” This series is based on and follows the outline of Christopher J.H. Wright’s book, The Mission of God's People : A Biblical Theology of the Church's Mission, (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2010).
Read MoreGod’s people are a people who are sent and are sending. We learned last week that God sends us into the world as agents of his salvation. And God sends us into the world as messengers of his Word. It became clear that our God is a sending God. This morning we will explore this more by looking at how this sending is the work of the Holy Trinity. Then we will look at how and for what Jesus sends us into the world. Lastly, we see how we are to send others.
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