Mission Sendoffs

This morning was great. In LC, we did a little missions sendoff for the team. And then in CpR, I did a 15 minute talk on mission, blessed to bless others and feeling a pulse for the world. I was really nervous, but it was totally worth it.
The coolest thing from the morning was hearing the worship set the band picked out when the talk was over. The words of the music fit the message so well. Nothing supernaturally crazy, but I know that the morning was divine.
My notes from this morning - very scattered...
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intro
priviledge
space - service and missions
this am - missions send off
a few minutes to share

missions vs. mission

we don't think enough about us having a mission in the world
God has a heart for mission
He deisres to be worshipped, with peoples whole lives

Every story, every circumstance, every principle in Scripture
illustrates God's heart on a mission
That mission is so that people everywhere will seek to worship Him
reading the Bible from that point of view might be a lot different

story - glenn food fight
he was a man on a mission
in the same way, God has hearts of people in target
He desires worship from everyone

I want us to think about God's mission this morning
in two terms:

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Genesis 12
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1 - Gen 12
You are blessed to be a blessing to others
Period
It's not about you
Your family
Your time in history
Your place in this world
Spiritual leaders, mentors, CpR specifically
If nothing else, I know that your place in this church has enabled you
to do much for you have been given much
I want you to see that its not neccessarily about you

It's easy to disengage when we believe that its all about us

you don't have to go somewhere to do this
taking the time to listen
showing up early to help out with something going on here
taking an interst with someone at school
deciding you are going to do somehting radical for God's kingdom


2 - the world is waiting
heart for the nations, for the world
there is much more at stake than just us
- 6.2B people in the world
- estimated 25% are unreached - never could hear about jesus if they wanted to
- 25M infected with AIDS in subsaharan Africa
- 1 missionary among 1M muslims
- Sudan
- i could go on and on about the world's stories
it's hard to be a global jesus follower
you have to care about the world, both around you and at large

story - k - boot camp
im not into torture
160 bug bites
to see your child suffer is a very very difficult thing
best thing - Zambia - Cindy - 500 AIDS orphans in a 5 mile radius
if giving her that experience gives her a heart for the world
but i would do it if she can learn to see the world through Jesus eyes
if she or you could get a sense of how God longs for disciples,
how discples win the world, not converts, how we need to be concerned
for the world, i would put you or her through it again
its not easy, its hard work
NYC - be forewarned i wouldn't mind making you suffer like that too

this idea of full engagement
we are in a passionate movement,
scraming down the road
not worried about how we are going to stop
fully engaged towards God's mission