Matthew 9:35-38 | We Are Missionaries | 22 September 2019
Missions is not just something we support it is who we are. In this sermon Pastor Billy explores Jesus’ words in Matthew 9:35-38 where Jesus asks his disciples to pray that laborers be sent out into the fields for harvest. In this passage we see a worldview, a mindset, and an assurance that should encourage us in the missionary calling God has given each of us.
Discussion Questions
- What opportunities have you had recently to share your faith with someone? How did it go?
- Why do you think Jesus responds the way he does to the lost people he encounters?
- How does sharing Jesus’ worldview that the lost people of the world are helpless and without a shepherd become a fuel to drive missions?
- Why do you think we struggle to live out our calling to be missionaries to the world?
- What in this passage encourages you in the calling we have to be missionaries?
- What are some practical things you (or we) can do to live out our calling as missionaries?
Application Ideas from the Sermon
- Pray for divine appointments daily.
- Learn to ask good questions.
- Offer to pray for a co-worker when they are in crisis.
- Carpool as much as you can with non-Christian friends as you drive your children all over God’s creation.
- Find needs of friends and neighbors and fill them and give glory to God.
- Do what you love to do and do it with your non-Christian friends (i.e. hobbies, sports, book club).
- Open your home to the neighborhood.
