3 Big Goals:

1) Everyone of us SIT/SERVE

Find a service time- Find a service team

2) North Ridge Community in every neighborhood

3) You go on a short term mission trip

If Jesus died 1000 deaths, it would be useless if you have never heard about it. —Charles Spurgeon

Matthew 28:18 ESV And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Matthew 28:18-20 ESV And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

4 Ways This Plays Out in the Everyday:

1) Make them wonder

Acts 25:22-27 ESV Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” said he, “you will hear him.” So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. 24 And Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish people petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer. 25 But I found that he had done nothing deserving death. And as he himself appealed to the emperor, I decided to go ahead and send him. 26 But I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that, after we have examined him, I may have something to write. 27 For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to indicate the charges against him.”

1 Peter 3:15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you…

Hospitality, biblically speaking, is loving strangers, treating fellow believers, widows, orphans, unbelievers, the poor and needy, missionaries, foreigners, immigrants and refugees, even your own enemies as though they were your family.

2) Seize opportunities

Acts 26:27-29 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.” 28 And Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time would you persuade me to be a Christian?” 29 And Paul said, “Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I am—except for these chains.”

3) Embrace Sovereignty

Acts 27:21-26 Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss.22 Yet now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.23 For this very night there stood before me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship, 24 and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’ 25 So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told. 26 But we must run aground on some island.”

“As a Christian God does not always shield you from the storm. He allows you to go through the same storms everyone else is going through, so that you can show them what hope from within the storm looks like. What its like to experience God in the midst of the storm. Because demonstrating the presence of God in the storm is more powerful to them, than calling to them from outside of the storm.” —J.D. Greear

4) Live on Mission

Acts 28:30 He lived there two whole years at his own expense, and welcomed all who came to him,31 proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance. The End

What does it look like to live on mission:

Inviting
Volunteering
Generosity
Faith