YOUR MISSION TRIP // Sunday, June 28, 2020

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Sunday, June 28, 2020

Your Mission Trip

1. Your life is a Mission Trip!

John 20: 21 (NLT) …he said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.”

How should we respond to this? 

Send me

Isaiah 6: 8 (NLT) I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me.”

2. Your life should look different.

Philippians 2: 14 & 15 (ESV)  Do all things without grumbling or disputing, 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.

How should we respond?

a.  Without grumbling.

Philippians 2: 14 (ESV) Do all things without grumbling or disputing…

1 John 4: 16 & 17 (NLT) We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. 17 And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.

b.  Stand out!

Philippians 2: 15 (ESV) 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.

Romans 12: 2 (NLT)  Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

c. Hold firm.

Philippians 2: 16 (NLT) Hold firmly to the word of life…

Philippians 1: 27 (NLT)  Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ. Then, whether I come and see you again or only hear about you, I will know that you are standing together with one spirit and one purpose, fighting together for the faith, which is the Good News.

3. Your life is an ambassadorship.

2 Corinthians 5: 20 (NLT) So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”

FATHER'S DAY // Sunday, June 21, 2020

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Sunday, June 21, 2020

The Significance of Fatherhood

Psalm 16: 3 (NLT) The godly people in the land are my true heroes! I take pleasure in them!

Dad, do you want to accomplish something that’s significant?

 1.      Stand alone for what is right! 

2 Samuel 23: 8 - 12 (ESV) These are the names of the mighty men whom David had:  Josheb-basshebeth...Eleazar the son of Dodo…And…Shammah… The Philistines gathered together at Lehi, where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the men fled from the Philistines. 12 But he took his stand in the midst of the plot and defended it and struck down the Philistines, and the Lord worked a great victory.    

Exodus 23: 2 (NLT) You must not follow the crowd in doing wrong…  

Romans 12: 2 (ESV)  Do not be conformed to this world…  

2.     Make sacrifices for others! 

Matthew 20: 26 (ESV) ...whoever would be great among you must be your servant.

Proverbs 31: 8 & 9 (ESV) Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.

Dad, do you want to accomplish something that’s significant?

3.   Take risks for God!