Disciples That Make Disciples
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
– Matthew 28:18-20
The Broken Heart of God.
“For the Son of Man came to seek and save what was lost.” Luke 19:10
The Harvest is Plentiful, The Laborers Are Few.
“Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the Kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. When He saw the crowds, He had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” Matthew 9:35-38
The God Who Sees Me.
So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said , “Truly here I have seen Him who looks after me.” - Genesis 16:13
Everlasting Father.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!” - Matthew 7:7-11
Not A Day Has Been Hidden.
“My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”
- Psalms 139:15-16
Where Has The Gospel Yet To Reach Your Heart?
“The gospel is so simple that small children can understand it, and it is so profound that studies by the wisest theologians will never exhaust its riches” - Charles Hodge
The Cost of Love.
But the king responded, “I will certainly buy it from you for a price, I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God which cost me nothing.” - 2 Samuel 24:24
A Thankful Heart For A Faithful God.
"I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever." Psalm 86:12
Loving the Least.
And the King will say, “I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!”
- Matthew 25: 40
Withholding Nothing, I Find Myself Holding Onto You
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
- Hebrews 10:23
Becoming Comfortable In The Uncomfortable
“At the very moment I called out to You, You answered me! You strengthened me deep within my soul and breathed fresh courage into me.” - Psalm 138:3
His Ways Are Higher
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts your thoughts.” - Isaiah 55:8-9
Jessica Lawrence