Harvesting Luke 9 57 10 3 Harvesting Greatness

Harvesting Luke 9: 57 – 10: 3

Harvesting Greatness! “The harvest is great!” 10: 2 Seasons

Harvesting Greatness! “The harvest is great!” 10: 2 – True Greatness (9: 46 -48) Then his disciples began arguing about which of them was the greatest. But Jesus knew their thoughts, so he brought a little child to his side…. Whoever is the least among you is the greatest. ”

Harvesting Greatness! “The harvest is great!” 10: 2 – True Greatness (9: 46 -48) – There are seasons Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. 2 Timothy 4: 2

Harvesting Greatness! “The harvest is great!” 10: 2 – True Greatness (9: 46 -48) – There are seasons – A harvest of kids by kids (9: 46 -48) “Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me…” …Unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. “

Harvesting Greatness! “The harvest is great!” 10: 2 – True Greatness (9: 46 -48) – There are seasons – A harvest of kids by kids (9: 46 -48) Jesus is a sender (10: 1 -2) The Lord now chose seventy-two other disciples and sent them ahead in pairs to all the towns and places he planned to visit. These were his instructions to them: “The harvest is great, but the workers are few…. ”

Harvesting Greatness! “The harvest is great!” 10: 2 – True Greatness (9: 46 -48) – There are seasons – A harvest of kids by kids (9: 46 -48) Jesus is a sender (10: 1 -2) – Unpaid “non-professionals”

Harvesting Greatness! “The harvest is great!” 10: 2 – True Greatness (9: 46 -48) – There are seasons – A harvest of kids by kids (9: 46 -48) Jesus is a sender (10: 1 -2) – – Unpaid “non-professionals” Motivated by love, not $$ or professional pressures

Harvesting Greatness! “The harvest is great!” 10: 2 – True Greatness (9: 46 -48) – There are seasons – A harvest of kids by kids (9: 46 -48) Jesus is a sender (10: 1 -2) – – Unpaid “non-professionals” Motivated by love, not $$ or professional pressures • Jesus Wants Laborers! “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. Luke 10: 2

“Harvesting” – the Jesus Way Big Pain-In. The-Butt! Give up on security. “You Can Never Go Home” Luke 9: 57 -58 As they were going along the road, someone said to Him, "I will follow You wherever You go. " And Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head. "

“Harvesting” – the Jesus Way Big Pain-In. The-Butt! Give up on security. Luke 9: 59 -60 And He said to another, "Follow Me. " But he said, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father. " But He said to him, "Allow the dead to bury their own But Jesus told him, “Letdead; the spiritually dead bury but as for you, go and “You Can their own. Never dead! is to go and preachthe Go Your duty proclaim everywhere Home” about the Kingdom of God. ” Lukeof 9: 60 kingdom God. "

“Harvesting” – the Jesus Way Big Pain-In. The-Butt! Give up on security. “You Can't Go Home Again!” Luke 9: 61 -62 Another also said, "I will follow You, Lord; but first permit me to say good-bye to those at home. “ But Jesus said to him, "No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. "

“Harvesting” – the Jesus Way Luke 9: 61 -62 Another also said, "I will follow You, Lord; but first Big Pain-In. Thomas Wolfe, UNC Died at 38 The-Butt! permit meattoage say 15, good-bye to those at home. “ Major “American Novelist” Give up onillusion of prosperity, and the tragic “the The New York Times wrote: "His was one of the most confident young security. But Jesus said to him, "No voices in contemporary American literature, a vibrant, full-tonedus voice passing of time which prevents from one, after putting hand to which it is hard to ever believebeing could beable so suddenly stilled. The his stamp of genius to return ‘home again’” was upon him…There was within him an unspent energy, an untiring force, the plow and looking back, is “You Can't Go an unappeasable hunger for life and for expression which might have Home Again!” fit equally for thehave kingdom God. " carried him to the heights and might torn himof down. "

“Harvesting” – the Jesus Way Big Pain-In. The-Butt! Give up on security. The Alternative Is SELF-DEFEAT: “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it. . . For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself? ” Luke 9: 24 -25 A Brain-Dead Deal: You can have Bill Gates’ fortune… “You Can't Go Home Again!” If you kill yourself first!

“Harvesting” – the Jesus Way Big Pain-In. The-Butt! Why is Jesus So Scary? “Now go, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves. ” Luke 10: 3 1. Persecution Give up on security. “You Can't Go Home Again!”

“Harvesting” – the Jesus Way Big Pain-In. The-Butt! Give up on security. “You Can't Go Home Again!” Why is Jesus So Scary? “Now go, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves. ” Luke 10: 3 1. Persecution 2. Uncertainty But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head. ” Luke 9: 58

“Harvesting” – the Jesus Way Big Pain-In. The-Butt! Give up on security. Why is Jesus So Scary? “Now go, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves. ” Luke 10: 3 1. 2. 3. Persecution Uncertainty Priorities Uprooted Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him, they couldn’t get bury “Lord, first let but me return home and to him because of the crowd. Someone Jesus, “Your mother and“Let your mytold father. ” But Jesus told him, the “You Can't Go brothers are outside, and they want spiritually to see you. ”dead Jesusbury replied, their“My own dead! Home Again!” mother and my brothers are all those. Your whoduty hearis. God’s and obey it. ” the to goword and preach about Luke 8: 19 -21 Kingdom of God. ” Luke 9: 59 -60

“Harvesting” – the Jesus Way Big Pain-In. The-Butt! Give up on security. “You Can't Go Home Again!” Why is Jesus So Scary? “Now go, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves. ” Luke 10: 3 1. 2. 3. 4. Persecution Uncertainty Priorities Uprooted Resolve is Required “But Jesus told him, “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God. ” Luke 9: 62

“Harvesting” – the Jesus Way Big Pain-In. The-Butt! We Need Prayer! So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields. Luke 10: 2 Pray for the Michalek HC Give up on security. “You Can't Go Home Again!” • Recombined, rethinking. Pray that IP can • Maxed-out space split Pray that Word can split Pray for the Stow split Pray for Toronto! • Maxed-out space • It didn’t work last time • Desperate need, few workers