Staying on Mission

The mission starts at home, then grows. It starts in our Jerusalem, where we live, in our neighborhoods, with our family and friends, where we work, where we play, where our kids play t-ball and where we will one day be buried.

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1. STAYING ON MISSION
2. W.O.W. Recap W O R S H I P O N E N E S S W I T N E S S
3. What is our mission?
4. God’s Mission Reconciliation Salvation Glorification
5. Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father sent Me, I also send you.” - John 20:21
6. The first part of our mission is to join God in His.
7. The second part of our mission is “to make the invisible kingdom, visible.” - J.I. Packer
8. The Church’s Mission Matthew 24:14 Matthew 28:18-20
9. Matthew 28:18-20 As you are going _______ Make disciples _______ Baptize them _______ Teach them to obey _______ God is with us _______
10. As we stay “on mission”, we join in God’s mission and bring His Kingdom here.
11. 2 things to remember:
12. The mission gets messy. The church is not for pretty perfect people, but for the lost, hurt, and dirty.
13. The mission gets messy. John 8:1-11 John 5:1-15 Matthew 16:13-18
14. When we embrace the messiness of our reality, something amazing happens:
15. The mission expands!
16. Jerusalem Judea Samaria World “... and you will be My witnesses...” Acts 1:8
17. The mission starts at home, and then grows.
18. Neighborhoods City Nation World And we are His witnesses!
19. “9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” 1 Peter 2:9-10
20. Help expand God’s kingdom by staying on mission as you embrace the messiness of our reality.
21. STAYING ON MISSION