SENDING PRINCIPLE #7:

God calls us to be

Him before He

us!
the 12

JOHN 3:16-17 (MSG)

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:

If Jesus

us, well GO when He

us!
a Madman

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:

Jesus

God sends us because

life!
Saul of Tarsus

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.

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:

God sends people because He

Pastor Doug Wilson BETHANY A PLACE OF NEW BEGINNINGS

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

WHAT IS GODS VISION FOR BETHANY THIS YEAR?

Bethany offers Hope!

Why? Because THERE ARE THREE KINDS OF PEOPLE:

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Christ... 16 makes THE WHOLE BODY fit together 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.

1. Those with

the red zone

Hope.

b. We are to GIVE to THE

by giving our
work.

resources to His

1 CHRONICLES 29 (NLT)

2. Those with

Hope.

3. Those with

&

[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.
1

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.

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.
SENDING PRINCIPLE #1:

When God sees a

, He sends a

!
Moses
EXODUS 3:7-12 (TNIV)
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a. We are to GIVE to
by using our
them.

Gifts to serve

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.
EPHESIANS 4:15b-16 (NLT)

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.
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But Moses said to God, Who am I that I should go to

Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?

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And God said, I will be WITH you.

SENDING PRINCIPLE #2:

SENDING PRINCIPLE #5:

When God sends us, He

ISAIAH 6:1, 8-9 (TNIV)

1

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?

EXODUS 33:15 (TNIV)

Then Moses said to him, If your Presence does not go

with us, do not send us up from here.

And I said, Here am I. SEND ME!

God sends people who dont

!
Gideon
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?

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.

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.

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

God sends us...to bring

Elijah
1 KINGS 18:1 (NIV)

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.

us He

Jeremiah

15

When God

us!

14

SENDING PRINCIPLE #4:

He said, GO and tell this people...

SENDING PRINCIPLE #6:

JUDGES 6:14-16 (TNIV)

16

God will

Isaiah

us!

SENDING PRINCIPLE #3:

People who

for God!

to

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.