INVITE YOUR ONE

Praying and Inviting your one to Jesus

Pastor Mike Bailey
mike@cityunited.church

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INTRODUCTION

A. People are looking for a place to belong and to connect. They are trying to fill a hole, an emptiness that only a relationship with Jesus can fill. Are you sensitive to this need in the people around you? At work? At school? In your neighborhood? In your family? Did you know that 80% of people would come to church if they were just invited?

“Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” —Luke 14:23

B. Invite Your One is the call to a greater passion to invite people to Jesus. It was and still is the heart of Jesus’ ministry for people to come and experience the power of Christ and the life change He brings. The objective is for you to commit to invite your one and watch God work. It is going to take commitment to pray for your guest, to pray for the guests of others, and to pray for our church as we go and each invite our one.

This series of talks will include:

 June 2     A Greater Work
 TODAY      A Greater Time
 June 16    A Greater Church
 June 23    A Greater Responsibility
 June 30    A Greater Reach (Pastor Brian
            Shippey with Banner Hill Church)

C. TEXT: Luke 10:1-4 (New Testament)

“After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also,[fn] and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to. ²Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. ³Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves. ⁴Carry neither money bag, knapsack, nor sandals; and greet no one along the road.” —Luke 10:1-4

Today’s Takeaway: OUR VALUE OF THE GOSPEL IS DETERMINED BY OUR DESIRE TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS.

WEEK 2: A GREATER TIME

I.

Reveal Answer

’ URGENCY FOR THE GOSPEL (v. 1-4)

A. The

to go (v. 1a)

Jesus sends out about

Reveal Answer

volunteers.

“For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps.” —1 Peter 2:21

B. The

to go (v. 2a)

The harvest is

Reveal Answer

.

“There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.” —Acts 4:12 (NLT)
“Now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation.” —2 Corinthians 6:2

C. The

to go (v. 3-4)

The path won’t always be

Reveal Answer

.

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” —2 Corinthians 5:7

“He who calls you is faithful…” —1 Thessalonians 5:24a

II.

Reveal Answer

URGENCY FOR THE GOSPEL (v. 2)

Your

+ Your

Reveal Answer

= Your

Reveal Answer

of the Gospel

A. Christianity/God’s Word forms our basis for

Reveal Answer

.

Proofs of God’s Word:
• The Bible: 2,000 years to write, 40 different authors, no contradictions.
• Science: Isaiah – the earth is round; Jeremiah – the movement of the earth; Job and Psalms – descriptions of Dinosaurs

Testimony of others:
• Napoleon said, “The gospel is not a book; it is a living being, with an action, a power, which invades everything that opposes its extension.”
• Isaac Newton said, “I find more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history whatsoever.”
• Time Magazine wrote, “Reputable scholars now believe that the New Testament account is reliable history.” (Dec. 1999)

B. Christianity/God’s Word

passion (v. 3)

• Passion is the degree of

a person will endure to reach a goal.

• 11 out of 12 of the apostles were martyred for their outspoken voice for the Gospel.

• Pascal said, “I prefer to believe those writers who get their throats cut for what they write.”

“And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men.” —Colossians 3:23

C. Christianity/God’s Word

a call to action. (v. 3-4)

“Sing to the LORD; praise his name. Each day proclaim the good news that he saves. ³Publish his glorious deeds among the nations. Tell everyone about the amazing things he does. ⁴Great is the LORD! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be feared above all gods.” —Psalm 96:2-4 (NLT)

III. OUR

Reveal Answer

OF THE GOSPEL (v. 3a)

A. The

• Words
• Knowledge
• Time
• Fear

“Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity. ⁶Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.” —Colossians 4:5-6 (NLT)

B. The

When we are at war for other people’s souls, there is a war against us.

“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” —John 10:10

C. The

1. Have you accepted the Gospel as truth in your own life?

2. Are you ready to share the Gospel truth with those in your life?

“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, ⁵even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), ⁶and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ⁷that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.” —Ephesians 2:4-8 (NLT)

CONCLUSION: Who is your one? There is no “greater time” than right now to share the Gospel with someone.

Visit the Invite Your One series page for resources.

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