SENDING PRINCIPLE #7:

the 12

God calls us to be

Him before He

us!

MARK 3:14 (MSG)

He settled on twelve, and designated them apostles.

The plan was that they would be WITH him,
and he would SEND them out to proclaim the Word...
SENDING PRINCIPLE #8:

a Madman

If Jesus

us, well GO when He

us!

LUKE 8:38-39 (NLTse)

38

The man who had been freed from the demons begged to go
WITH him. But Jesus sent him home, saying, 39 No, GO back
to your family, and tell them everything God has done for you.
So he went all through the town proclaiming the great things Jesus
had done for him.
SENDING PRINCIPLE #9:

Saul of Tarsus

God sends us because

life!

Pastor Doug Wilson BETHANY A PLACE OF NEW BEGINNINGS

October 23, 2016 Week 4 of a series on Hope Grows, Gives & Goes

ACTS 26:12-18 (MSG)

The voice answered, I am Jesus, the One youre hunting down

like an animal. But now, up on your feet I have a job for you.
Ive handpicked you to be a servant & witness to whats happened
today, and to what I am going to show you.
IM SENDING YOU OFF
to open the eyes of the outsiders so they
can see the difference between dark & light, & choose light,
see the difference between Satan and God, and choose God.
IM SENDING YOU OFF
to present my offer of sins forgiven,
and a place in the family,
inviting them into the company of those
who begin real living by believing in me.
SENDING PRINCIPLE #10:

Jesus

God sends people because He

WHAT IS GODS VISION FOR BETHANY THIS YEAR?

Bethany offers Hope!

Why? Because THERE ARE THREE KINDS OF PEOPLE:

1. Those with
2. Those with

JOHN 3:16-17 (MSG)

This is how much God loved the world: HE GAVE HIS SON, his one
and only Son. And this is WHY: so that no one need be destroyed.
By believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life.
God didnt go to all the trouble of SENDING HIS SON merely
to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was.
He came to help, to put the world right again.
SENDING PRINCIPLE #11:

You and I!

Jesus sends us...so we can be

JOHN 20:21-22 (NLTse)

...he said, Peace be with you.

As the Father has SENT me, so I am SENDING you.
Then he breathed on them and said, Receive the Holy Spirit.

3. Those with

! the red zone !

Hope.
Hope.
&

! the yellow zone !

Hope!

! the green zone !

But...what does hope DO?

a. We are to GROW in our Love Relationship with

b. We are to GROW in our Love Relationship with

ROMANS 15:13 (TNIV)

May THE GOD OF HOPE

FILL YOU with all joy and peace
as you trust in him,
so that you may OVERFLOW WITH HOPE
by the power of the Holy Spirit.

SENDING PRINCIPLE #2:

When God sends us, He

us!

EXODUS 33:15 (TNIV)

a. We are to GIVE to
by using our

Gifts to serve them.

SENDING PRINCIPLE #3:

1 PETER 4:10 (LIVING BIBLE)

God has given each of you some special abilities;

BE SURE TO USE THEM to help EACH OTHER,
passing on to OTHERS Gods many kinds of blessings.
15

God sends people who dont

Gideon

JUDGES 6:14-16 (TNIV)

14

The LORD turned to him and said, GO in the strength you have
and save Israel out of Midians hand. Am I not SENDING YOU?
15
Pardon me, my lord, Gideon replied, but how can I save Israel?
My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, & I am the least in my family.

EPHESIANS 4:15b-16 (NLT)

makes THE WHOLE BODY fit together

Christ... 16
perfectly.
As each part DOES ITS OWN SPECIAL WORK,
it helps THE OTHER PARTS grow,
so that THE WHOLE BODY is healthy and growing and full of love.

b. We are to GIVE to THE

by giving our

Then Moses said to him, If your Presence does not go with us, do
not send us up from here.

16

The LORD answered, I will be WITH you...

SENDING PRINCIPLE #4:

resources to His work.

God sends us...to bring

to

Elijah

1 KINGS 18:1 (NIV)

1 CHRONICLES 29 (NLT)
1

[King David] My son Solomon, whom God has clearly chosen as the
next king...is still young & inexperienced. The work ahead of him
is ENORMOUS...! 2 Using every resource at my command, I have
gathered as much as I could for building the Temple of my God.

After a long time, in the third year [of the drought and famine], the
word of the LORD came to Elijah: GO and present YOURSELF to
Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.
SENDING PRINCIPLE #5:

People who

God will

for God!

Isaiah

ISAIAH 6:1, 8-9 (TNIV)

1

a. We are to GO as
and reach out to the friends and neighbors God has given us.
b. We are to GO as a CHURCH
& reach out to the friends
and neighbors God has given us...in our Community & World.

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted,
seated on a throne... 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying,
Whom shall I SEND? And who will GO for us?
And I said, Here am I. SEND ME!
9

He said, GO and tell this people...

SENDING PRINCIPLE #6:

SENDING PRINCIPLE #1:

When God sees a

, He sends a

Moses

EXODUS 3:7-12 (TNIV)

7

The LORD said, I have indeed seen the misery of my people in

Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers,
and I am concerned about their suffering. 8 So I have come down to
rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up
out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with
milk and honey.... 10 So now, GO. I am sending YOU to Pharaoh to
bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.
11
But Moses said to God, Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh
and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?
12

And God said, I will be WITH you.

When God

us He

us!

Jeremiah

JEREMIAH 1:4-10 (TNIV)

4

The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Before I formed you in the womb I chose YOU,
before you were born I set YOU apart;
I appointed YOU as a prophet to the nations.
5

Ah, Sovereign LORD, I said, I do not know how to speak; I am

too young.
7
But the LORD said to me, Do not say, I am too young. You must
GO to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you.
8
Do not be afraid of them, for I am WITH you & will rescue you...
9

Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and
said to me, I have put my words in your mouth.