Amen. You may be seated.
Kiddos, you are excused to your King's Kids class.
! And if you would open up your Bibles to John chapter 4.
Wirt's family, we had people who were greeting people, welcoming them in.
We had people who were preparing food and serving food.
We had people who were setting up chairs, taking down chairs, directing people where they could sit.
It was such a joy to be serving with you yesterday.
And so I just want to say thank you for serving this family as you did.
It was a kindness.
Where do you find joy?
Children? Oh, children bring joy.
Grandchildren? Grandchildren bring joy.
Maybe you've recently set a new PR, personal record in something.
There's some joy in that.
Have you seen the Grand Canyon?
There's joy in the Grand Canyon.
Maybe you find joy working with your hands.
Maybe you find joy in a variety of different things.
But did you know that there is a soul-satisfying joy?
A deep joy.
Where do you find this deep joy?
There is a source of deep joy that sadly many Christians, they don't experience.
It's joy in Jesus.
And I'm not just talking about your personal joy in Jesus for what He has done for you,
for the joy it is to be in a relationship with Him.
I'm talking about this cascading joy.
A multiplied joy.
When you start delighting in others treasuring Jesus.
When my joy is not only in the Christ I treasure,
but my joy exponentially multiplies when more and more people are treasuring Jesus too.
It's that kind of joy that is remarkable.
It's the joy of helping other people find their greatest treasure in Jesus.
Now you may have a question right now.
I'm not sure how many of you may be asking this,
but you might be asking this question.
Pastor Mike, are you tone deaf?
Are you not reading the room?
We had a memorial service yesterday for a man that would have been 44 last week.
He widowed his wife.
He's left behind five children.
And you're talking about joy.
Friends, I am reading the room.
Because people, Christians and non-Christians,
struggle with hopelessness, aimlessness, joylessness, despair.
And so this passage that we're looking at,
John 4, 27-42, is incredibly timely.
Because one of our greatest joys is helping others treasure Christ above all else.
How many people do you know who aren't experiencing fullness of joy?
Last week, Jesus, while standing next to Jacob's well,
he offers living water to a Samaritan adulteress.
He offered her soul-satisfying water.
And today we're looking at another conversation that Jesus has at Jacob's well.
And it takes place in between.
So Jesus has been talking to this Samaritan woman.
And then she gets it in her mind,
I've got to go tell my townsfolk back in Sychar.
So she leaves her water jug and she takes off.
And we see this in 27, 28, and 29, and 30.
She goes to the town and she tells her townspeople,
who knew she was an adulteress,
she goes, this guy knows everything about me.
Is this the Christ?
And then we're told in verse 30 that these people start moving out.
They start coming to Jesus.
And in between, they're leaving the town to get to Jacob's well and Jesus.
Jesus has a conversation with his disciples.
Let me read it.
Starting in verse 27.
Just then, his disciples came back.
They marveled that he was talking with a woman,
but no one said, what do you seek?
Or, why are you talking with her?
So the woman left her water jar and went away into town
and said to the people, come and see a man who told me everything I ever did.
Can this be the Christ?
They went out of the town and were coming to him.
Meanwhile, the disciples were urging him, saying, Rabbi, eat.
But he said to them, I have food to eat that you do not know about.
So the disciples said to one another, has anyone brought him something to eat?
Jesus said to them,
my food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
Do you not say, there are yet four months, then comes the harvest?
Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes and see that the fields are white for harvest.
Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life,
so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.
For here the saying holds true, one sows and another reaps.
I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor.
Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.
39, many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony.
He told me all that I ever did.
Verse 40, so when the Samaritans came to him,
they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there for two days.
And many more believed because of his word.
They said to the woman, it's no longer because of what you said that we believe,
for we have heard for ourselves,
and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.
We're going to look at three things this morning.
Mission shock.
Mission labor.
Mission joy.
This is all about soul-satisfying labor in Christ's mission.
Mission shock.
In verses 27 through 30, we have this transition where the disciples come back from buying food,
and then the Samaritan woman leaves, so there's this kind of transition going on.
She goes and tells the people in Sychar, could this be the Christ?
Remember last week, we were looking at the beginning of John chapter 4,
and this woman shows up to Jacob's well at noon by herself, which is weird,
and there's Jesus waiting for her.
And Jesus starts a conversation with her, which is a huge cultural no-no.
He offers her salvation, living water, the Holy Spirit springing up within her unto eternal life.
I'll take some of that.
Somehow she's convinced of what Jesus says, and so she leaves her water jug,
and she goes and goes, sows gospel seeds into her townsfolk friends.
In verse 30, those townsfolk start to come back.
Verse 40, they arrive.
And in verse 20, though, we read that these disciples return while the Samaritan woman was still there.
So, and they marveled.
Did you see that?
They came back.
They marveled.
Usually when you see that language used of the disciples with Jesus,
usually means Jesus has done something phenomenal, something amazing.
And they marveled.
That's not the kind of marveling going on here.
They're aghast.
They are like, what is he doing?
They're astounded.
Because in their minds, what he's doing, talking to this woman,
is culturally, socially, religiously improper.
So they were marveling at the improperness of what was going on.
And by the way, that Samaritan woman,
she was amazed by this conversation too.
Remember in verse 9,
the Samaritan woman said to him after he says, give me a drink,
how is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me?
A Samaritan woman.
This is just culturally odd.
Jesus kind of pushing the envelope of a cultural line.
And the disciples knew enough not to say anything.
But John records what they were thinking.
They didn't ask, what do you seek?
That would have been a question put to the woman.
In other words,
are you,
ma'am, are you propositioning my rabbi?
Are you, are you trying to hook up with my pastor?
That's what they're thinking.
Like, what are you doing here?
And what are you talking to him for?
And Jesus, they were thinking,
why are you talking with her?
She's a tramp.
She's a Samaritan.
Rabbi, this does not look good.
So what we're being shown here
is how the disciples are reading the situation.
They see the Samaritan woman.
They see her as someone to avoid tainted goods.
It's not something you want.
It's someone you want to be around.
She's an outsider.
And so you stay away from her.
Not someone that is hopeless, aimless, joyless.
Someone in need of the eternal life
Jesus alone has to offer.
So the summary here is that
the disciples were shocked.
They were culturally shocked
because Jesus is stepping over
a cultural boundary.
They couldn't get around
their cultural prejudice
of this woman.
She was a stumbling block to them.
Here is this harvest in front of them.
And they couldn't see it.
They couldn't see what Jesus was really doing.
He was sowing a gospel seed
into the heart of this Samaritan woman.
We all know
what it feels like
to be seen
but not seen.
To be seen
but demeaned.
To be seen
but written off.
Pushed to the periphery.
Avoided.
Belittled.
Not thought
as an equal.
We've all experienced that
in some context or another.
Jesus never demeaned anyone.
He dignified all.
Because Jesus saw people
as image bearers
and potential worshipers.
I mean that's why God had sent him
to seek true worshipers
who would worship God
in spirit
and in truth.
How do you see people?
How do you see people
who are like you
and how do you see people
who are unlike you?
What if
you stopped
looking past people?
What if
you stopped
seeing people
as stumbling blocks
people to avoid?
You pay more attention
to their appearance
and their background
than whether they're
a worshiper or not.
What if
you stopped
looking at people
like that
and started
seeing people
as worshipers
of God
or not?
I have a 30 second
dignity theory.
Here it goes.
This is what it does.
I have this theory
that within
30 seconds
of you meeting someone
that someone
will know
intuitively
whether or not
you're treating them
as an equal.
Whether or not
that you're dignifying them.
Whether or not
you're treating them
as a fellow image bearer.
Someone with a story.
Jesus always dignified people.
He always treated them
with the respect
due another image bearer.
Jesus had a reputation.
If you don't know this
you need to know this
about Jesus
because if you become
a follower of Jesus
you're going to get
this reputation too.
Here's Jesus' reputation.
Not only did he
hang out with
religious insiders
he hung out
with religious outsiders.
Jesus had a reputation
of spending time
with sinners
and tax collectors
and prostitutes.
Shameful people.
Now
if Jesus
was raising eyebrows
with his disciples
in the first century
at Jacob's well
he's going to raise eyebrows
in the 21st century
here in Kenosha.
So you've got to prepare yourself
brothers and sisters
if we're going to be
about what God
is doing
in our city
we are going to
push some cultural
boundaries
because Jesus
pushes cultural
boundaries.
He sees
people
as worshippers.
This mission shock
that I'm talking about
this is a culture shock
of sorts.
It'll make you
uncomfortable.
It will stretch you.
It's not a bad thing though
because when you get
stretched
God works
and when you
stretch
to move towards
other people
who are unlike you
you get to start
you start to see
God's heart
for all people.
It's beautiful.
Why is Jesus
at this well?
Some people would say
you know what
he was in southern
Judea
and he needed to get
to northern Israel
to Galilee
he didn't want to go
around Samaria
he got to get there
really quick
so he went through
Samaria
that's not why
he's in Samaria.
He's in Samaria
because he's on mission.
He is wanting
to bless
the nations
of the earth
with salvation.
and he has
this evangelistic
appointment
with this woman
at the well.
That's mission shock.
Mission labor
is in verses
31 through 38.
Verses 31 through 38
his disciples
start
a conversation
with Jesus
and this conversation
goes from
talking about
food
in verses
31 through 34
to talking about
harvest
in 35
through 38.
So let's take a look
at this food talk
in 31 through 34.
We see in verse
31
meanwhile
the disciples
were urging him
saying
Rabbi
eat
eat something.
Now
what I'm about
to share with you
is strictly
speculation.
Everybody
understand that?
now
Jesus
had been traveling
all morning long
it's noon
it's hot
dirty
maybe his disciples
were a little hangry
but they just
watched him
talking to
for all they knew
a prostitute.
Could it be
that they're
kind of like
oh he's not
thinking straight
Jesus
would you please
eat something?
Jesus
your blood sugar
is obviously low
you're not
thinking well
why are you
talking to this
floozy?
You need to get
something to eat.
Rabbi
needs something
to eat
eat.
Jesus
says to their
surprise
verse 32
I have food
to eat
that you do
not know about.
Guys
I've got a
stash of food
come on.
Verse 33
they say
has anyone
brought him
something to
eat?
Obviously
there was not
DoorDash
in the first
century
but are like
did he order
DoorDash?
Like what do
you mean he's
got other food?
Like I
do you see
food on him?
Like where's
the food?
Now this
this picks up
on a pattern.
Do you remember
the conversation
that Jesus had
with Nicodemus?
And he started
talking about
born again
and Nicodemus
was like
how am I
supposed to
get back
into my
mother?
He's thinking
literally.
And Jesus
is like
I'm not
talking about
that kind
of born again.
And then
when Jesus
is having
the conversation
with the
women at
the well
he's like
hey
if you
asked
the guy
talking to
you
I'd give
you living
water.
And she's
like
but you
don't have
a bucket
or string
what well
are you
talking about?
She was
taking him
literally too.
She didn't
understand
what he
was talking
about.
And now
here is
Jesus
talking to
his disciples
and he's like
I've got
this food
and they're
like
food?
What food?
What are you
talking about?
They don't
get it.
There's this
string of
people not
getting it.
And so
Jesus
in verse
34
I
again
it's kind
of like
oh guys
come on.
my food
guys
my food
is to do
the will
of him
who sent
me
and to
accomplish
his work.
That's
what satisfies
my soul.
That's
what
satiates
me
is to
do the
will
of my
father.
That gives
me strength
it presses
me on.
What Jesus
is talking
about is
the strength
that comes
from being
on mission
on God's
mission
on the
mission
of God.
And God's
mission
is his
this is
displayed
throughout
the entire
Bible.
God's
mission
is to
bring glory
to his
name
by blessing
all the
nations
of the
earth
through
Jesus
Christ
to
gather
a
multi-ethnic
multi-national
group of
people
to worship
him.
By comparing
this work
to food
Jesus is
saying
hey this
is
this is
what gives
me strength
this is
soul
satisfying
labor
and we're
just been
given an
example of
that
because he
just was
speaking about
the gospel
to this
Samaritan
woman
he's like
I've
I got
food
to bless
all the
nations
of the
earth
that was
a promise
that God
made to
Abraham
that God
would bless
all the
nations
of the
earth
through
an
offspring
of
Abraham
and according
to Paul
in the book
of Galatians
that offspring
is Jesus
to bless
all the
nations
with salvation
including
Jews
including
Samaritans
including
Gentiles
this work
to accomplish
the work
the pinnacle
of the work
that Jesus
came to do
was his
death on the
cross
as we
get into
John
more and
more
we'll see
that
the day
that Jesus
died on the
cross
is the
day of
glorification
where God
is exalted
!
Because at that
moment
Jesus has
made a way
for all
the nations
of the
earth
to be
blessed
Jesus
took
great
satisfaction
in
accomplishing
the work
of his
father
have you
tasted
that?
Have you
tasted
of the
goodness
of being
about
our
father's
business
about
doing
his
will
of
expanding
his
kingdom
of
advancing
the
saving
reign
of
God
this is
about
bringing
people
to
Jesus
it's
about
sowing
and reaping
and in
verses
35
through
38
we
have
a
shift
in
the
topic
the
subject
we
go
from
talking
about
food
to
talking
about
harvest
and
we're
not
talking
about
a
harvest
of
wheat
we're
not
talking
about
laboring
in
the
fields
of
barley
Jesus
is
talking
about
a
different
kind
of
harvest
in
verses
35
through
38
now
I
just
want
to
remind
you
of
where
Jesus
and
his
disciples
are
at
this
moment
they
are
in
Samaria
many
Jews
would
not
even
have
stepped
foot
in
Samaria
because
they
considered
Samaritans
they
resented
them
they
considered
them
moral
half
breeds
they
wouldn't
have
anything
to
do
with
them
Jesus
intentionally
goes
through
Samaria
because
he's
on
mission
Jesus
isn't
in
Samaria
to make
good
time
he is
in
Samaria
to speak
of the
gospel
that
changes
lives
if you
look at
verse
35
Jesus
asks a
question
do you
not say
there are
yet four
months
then comes
the harvest
do you
know what
he's
talking
about
he's
putting
a
time
frame
on
something
in
that
day
if
you're
going
to
grow
wheat
you're
going
to
plant
wheat
seed
and
then
four
months
later
you
reap
it
so
there's
this
gap
between
sowing
and
reaping
it's
a
four
month
gap
who
likes
sweet
corn
oh
yeah
summertime
sweet
corn
do you
know
the
time
gap
in
terms
of
planting
and
reaping
sweet
corn
is
about
three
months
oh
it's
so
good
and
when
sweet
corn
is
ready
to be
harvested
the
silk
in
the
ear
of
the
cob
becomes
brown
and
dry
and
brittle
and
so
you
know
when
to
harvest
that
you
poke
a
kernel
with
your
thumb
or
your
fingernail
and
this
white
fluidy
stuff
comes
out
it
just
tells
you
it's
ready
it's
ready
to be
harvested
in
Jesus
day
when
they
were
sowing
and
reaping
wheat
when
the
wheat
when
the grain
was
ready
it
would
become
a
palish
yellowish
gold
you
look at
it
from
afar
it
had
a
white
hue
to
it
and
so
when
Jesus
says
at
the
end
of
verse
35
look
I
tell
you
lift
up
your
eyes
and
see
the
fields
are
white
for
harvest
what
he's
talking
about
is
talking
about
this
field
ready
to
be
reaped
what
field
is
he
talking
about
what
are
they
looking
at
are
they
looking
at
Samaritan
wheat
fields
at the
moment
look
guys
they're
ready
to be
harvested
he's
not
do you
remember
what's
happening
the
Samaritan
woman
has
left
the
well
and
she's
gone
to
the
town
of
Sychar
and
she's
told
everybody
hey
is
this
the
Christ
and
they
leave
Sychar
and
they're
coming
back
to
the
well
where
Jesus
is
I
think
there's
a
real
possibility
that
when
he
says
lift
up
your
highs
the
fields
are
white
for
Samaritan
harvest
they're
actually
looking
at
people
coming
people
if
sowing
is
sharing
the
gospel
with
other
people
reaping
is
bringing
people
to
faith
it's
bringing
worshippers
to
God
it's
sowing
and
reaping
in
verse
36
Jesus
has
just
sown
the
seed
of
the
gospel
and
now
it's
time
to
reap
it's
only
been
minutes
it's
only
been
minutes
so
that
the
sower
and
the
reaper
rejoice
together
you see
that in
verse
36
so
that
the
sower
and
reaper
may
rejoice
together
that
is
a
very
unique
kind
of
harvest
when
there
is
sowing
and
reaping
going
on
simultaneously
that's
not
the
four
month
gap
that's
happening
it's
a
unique
kind
of
harvest
it's
a
twist
it's
a
different
kind
of
harvest
it's
not
wheat
it's
people
it's
worshippers
it's
those
people
who
have
heard
the
gospel
and
believe
the
gospel
and
they've
been
granted
eternal
life
and
now
they've
been
made
alive
to
worship
the
one
and
only
God
so
this
is
a
different
kind
of
harvest
because
the
sower
and
reaper
they're
working
simultaneously
and
what's
being
reaped
are
worshippers
there's
this
great
rejoicing
!
that's
happening
rejoicing
!
in
this
harvest
of
souls
those
who
believe
in
Christ
this
is
the
most
unusual
harvest
isn't
it?
this
is
mission
labor
sowing
and
reaping
in
verse 38
Jesus
says
I sent
you to
reap
that
for
which
you
did
not
labor
others
have
labored
and
you
have
entered
into
their
labor
who's
he
talking
about
he
could
be
talking
about
the
Old
Testament
prophets
he
could
be
talking
about
John
the
Baptist
he
could
be
talking
about
himself
he
could
be
talking
about
the
Samaritan
!
woman
!
these
Samaritans
are coming
to the
well
and the
disciples
had nothing
to do
with it
they're
there to
start
reaping
this
is
this
is
gospel
ministry
sowing
and
reaping
I
want
to
help
you
see
a
connection
because
one
can
think
that
this
conversation
is
just
about
food
and
just
about
harvest
but
let
me
ask
you
a
question
when
is
there
a
great
feast
related
to
the
harvest
it's
the
harvest
feast
it's
when
this
fruit
is
harvested
that
huge
groups
of
people
would
come
and
enjoy
that
together
celebrating
God's
bounty
I
think
what
we've
got
going
on
here
is
harvest
feast
Jesus
delighting
in
the
fruit
that
God
is
bearing
and
that
is
being
reaped
already
verse 36
the one
who
reaps
is
receiving
wages
and
gathering
fruit
for
eternal
life
so
that
the
sower
and
reaper
may
rejoice
together
this
is
the
soul
satisfying
labor
this
is
why
we
do
king's
kids
in
king's
place
this
is
why
we
have
life
groups
this
is
why
we
have
regular
moments
where
we're
sharing
the
gospel
in
very
different
ways
to
be
about
sowing
and
reaping
one
of the
joys
that we
get
is to
see
God
work
in
people's
lives
and
move
them
from
spiritual
death
to
spiritual
life
to
move
them
out
of
spiritual
darkness
and
into
spiritual
light
to
go
from
being
dead
to
being
made
alive
from
going
from
the
domain
of
darkness
to
being
brought
into
the
kingdom
of
the
beloved
son
that
is
joy
there
is
great
joy
when
we
get
to
be
a
part
of
what
God
is
doing
where
does
this
happen
for
us
wherever
you
are
that's
where
it's
happening
wherever
you
are
how
are
you
seeing
the
people
that
live
next
to
you
do
you
see
them
as
people
to
avoid
or
people
to
approach
because
they're
worshipers
of
something
this is
the
soul
satisfying
labor
of
being
on
mission
are
you
a part
of
that
labor
we go
from
mission
labor
to
mission
joy
this
is
in
verses
39
and
42
but
let
me
just
point
back
to
verse
36
already
the one
who
reaps
is
receiving
wages
and
gathering
fruit
for
eternal
life
so
that
the
sower
and
reaper
may
rejoice
to
gather
what
are
they
rejoicing
over
what's
the
source
the
cause
of
their
joy
it's
the
gathering
of
the
fruit
of
eternal
life
and
that
means
those
who
believe
in
gathering
some
people
are
sowing
the
gospel
while
other
people
are
reaping
worshippers
leading
people
to
Christ
and
what
we see
in
verses
39
through
42
what
John
doesn't
tell
us
he
shows
us
the
harvest
many
Samaritans
from that
town
believed
in
him
because
of
the
woman's
testimony
he
told
me
all
that
I
ever
did
so
when
the
Samaritans
came
to
him
they
asked
him
to
stay
with
them
and
he
stayed
there
two
days
and
many
more
believed
because
of
his
word
they
said
to
the
woman
it's
no
longer
because
of
what
you
said
that
we
believe
for
we
have
heard
for
ourselves
and
we
know
that
this
is
indeed
the
savior
of
the
world
so
that
word
belief
shows up
multiple
times
in
this
little
section
and
then
it
moves
from
believe
to
know
it's
like
knowing
with
confidence
in
verse
42
we
know
that
this
is
the
Christ
who
came
to
rescue
us
from
our
sins
these
are
Samaritans
confessing
a
Jewish
Messiah
as
their
savior
and
this
is
where
mission
joy
is
when
we
hear
others
confess
the
name
of
Jesus
as
their
savior
and
greatest
treasure
we
rejoice
in
that
we
rejoice
in
being
a
part
of
that
we
get
to
see
first
hand
people
who
are
being
brought
into
the
kingdom
this
is
gospel
ministry
this
is
sharing
the
gospel
and
that
this
is
reaping
worshipers
and
this
is
a
cascading
joy
because
it's
not
just
us
treasuring
Jesus
in
ourselves
which
is
great
it's
us
rejoicing
when
others
treasure
Jesus
as
well
and
it's
a
greater
joy
and
so
when
you
have
a
room
full
of
people
who
are
treasuring
Jesus
together
it
is
this
multiplied
exponential
joy
in
treasuring
Christ
together
there's
another name
for joy
when joy
has
it's
kind of
it's
runs
its course
to its
full
expression
and that
is
worship
that's
praise
that's
thanksgiving
and when
there's
a room
full
of
worshipers
who
treasure
Jesus
together
you
know
it
there's
nothing
like it
do you
know
this
joy
not
just
this
personal
Jesus
joy
but
this
cascading
exponential
multiplied
joy
of
worshiping
Jesus
with
those
you've
played
a
role
in
sowing
and
reaping
do you
know
that
joy
oh
it's
such
a
sweet
joy
mission
shock
mission
labor
mission
joy
here's
the
point
give
yourself
to
Christ's
mission
and
find
joy
give
yourself
to
Christ's
mission
and
find
deep
joy
Jesus
wants
you
to
join
him
in
the
harvest
so
let
me
apply
this
in
a
few
ways
application
number
one
get
used
to
mission
shock
we
are
so
grateful
that
God
has
located
us
as
a
church
in
this
area
of
the
city
it's
no
coincidence
we
are
thankful
to
God
for
the
regular
cross
cultural
challenges
we
face
as
we
seek
to
share
the
gospel
with
a
variety
of
different
people
you
will
be
stretched
you
will
be
challenged
in
order
to
give
yourself
to
joining
Jesus
in
what
he
is
doing
it's
not
going
to
be
easy
don't
resist
it
embrace
it
embrace
the
stretch
embrace
the
stretch
you
will
learn
of
God's
heart
for
all
people
you
are
going
to
trust
God
in
new
ways
and
your
life
will
become
enriched
when
you
start
building
relationships
with
people
of
various
backgrounds
embrace
the
stretch
step
into
it
you
will
have
certain
things
challenged
you
will
have
prejudices
exposed
you
will
have
assumptions
challenged
he
is
going
to
love
you
from
fear
to
faith
and
you
will
stop
seeing
people
according
to
the
flesh
and
start
seeing
people
in
their
relationship
with
God
whether
they
are
worshippers
of him
or
not
so
don't
be
surprised
when
he
gets
stretched
embrace
the
stretch
and
I
just
want
to
pause
and
ask
do
you
have
anything
to
confess
are
you
avoiding
a
certain
kind
of
person
because
you
view
them
according
to
the
flesh
not
according
to
categories
of
worship
second
application
is
lift
up
your
eyes
kenosha
is
white
for
the
harvest
start
sowing
and
reaping
there's
usually
raises
the
questions
of
well
how
do
I
do
that
right
now
I
want
to
give
out
a
shout
out
to
the
Carthage
row
Carthage
students
yeah
okay
so
on
Wednesdays
these
guys
and
me
were
going
through
this
Bible
study
it's
called
hello
my
name
is
Jesus
I
adapted
it
from
a
book
it's
called
one
to
one
Bible
reading
by
David
Helm
it
is
outstanding
it's
basically
just
walking
through
the
gospel
of
Mark
and
you
can
use
this
to
go
walk
through
someone
individually
or you
can
walk
through
a
group
of
people
I've
put
a
stack
on
the
connect
desk
on
your
way
out
you
can
grab
one
on
your
way
out
but
this
is
extremely
helpful
what
you
need
to
do
you
want
to
read
about
Jesus
with
me
and
God's
word
will
get
the
work
done
this
does
sowing
and
reaping
so
there's
there's a
way to
go about
moving
towards
people
and giving
them
opportunity
to hear
and believe
in Jesus
the
final
application
is to
rejoice
in the
harvest
rejoice
in the
opportunities
to sow
and reap
but
especially
when we
reap
rejoice
I'm going
to give
you a
place
of where
to come
and rejoice
next
Sunday
4pm
we have
three
people
who are
going
to be
baptized
Kira
Landre
Alex
Markiewicz
Matt
Priby
these
three
are going
to be
baptized
and we're
doing it
differently
there's a
reason why
we're having
a baptism
service
we want
to give
them time
to share
their
testimonies
with us
to tell
us
how God
met them
saved them
and how
he's changing
them
so we want
to give
that time
but what
that means
for us
who come
it's
a time
to rejoice
in the
harvest
what God
is doing
and we
want to make
more time
for things
like that
at family
gatherings
and in
other places
give
yourself
to Christ's
mission
and find
joy
what gives
you deep
joy
what
what makes
you happy
one of the
joys
that I want
us to
experience
in
growing
and growing
measure
is the
joy
of helping
others
treasure
Christ
and
experience
that
cascading
joy
of more
and more
people
making
Jesus
the controlling
center
of their
lives
give
yourself
to Christ's
mission
and give
yourself
to joy
let's pray
together
God in
heaven
would you
empower us
by your
spirit
to move
towards
others
who are
like us
and unlike
us
for the glory
of the name
of Jesus
God
would you
add to
our number
as a church
through conversions
that you
would
that there
would be
people who
are presently
in darkness
that you
would awaken
them
and that
they would
be given
new life
and they
would be
given a
new song
put in
their mouth
a song
of redemption
a song
of your
glory
it's in
Jesus name
we pray
amen