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Title: Good News for a Distressed World
Theme: Compassionate Mission through Christ Transforms Everyone and Everywhere
Scripture: Matthew 9:35-38
Audience: non-believers, seekers, and believers.
Statement: We as God’s people are called to follow Jesus King into compassionate mission to others that their lives and their communities may be transformed by the Good News of Christ into the Kingdom of God.
Response: That each hearer will begin to recover a compassionate heart and identify at least one area in the world where they can pray and enter into compassionate ministry.
Worship Themes: The Kingdom of God, the King Jesus, the Church, the Good News of the Gospel taught and proclaimed, the healing of Christ, the Mercy of Christ, Compassionate Ministry, Transformation of hearts and communities, our hurting world, the needs of people, service “in” Christ.
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Good News for a Distressed World
Matthew 9:35-38 (NIV)
John and Elaine Mehn – Converge Worldwide (BGC) Missionaries to Japan
Three stages toward a compassionate mission.
1. See the Distress of Others. (v. 36)
- We live in a distressed World.
- Japan is becoming a more distressed nation.
- There are distressed people all around you.
2. Seek the Compassion of Christ (v. 36)
We are all distressed people and need Christ’s compassion.
- We know we must be compassionate.
- But we all have a problem.
- Jesus alone was perfectly compassionate.
- Thru the compassion of Jesus we can learn true compassion.
Elaine’s story
3. Serve the Mission of God (v. 35)
We as God’s people are called to follow Jesus the King into compassionate mission to others that their lives and their communities may be transformed by the Good News of Christ into the Kingdom of God.
- Jesus sent his disciples out on mission (Chapter 10)
- Serve not to get spiritual but to get more real.
- Serve not to discuss service but to truly sacrifice.
The distressed world’s needs demands action (v. 37-38)
- What is one area of our world …
- where you can pray for ministry?
- where you can begin to minister?
- What has lighting our world cost you lately?
