SENDING PRINCIPLE #7:

God calls us to be with Him before He

sends 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 changed us, well GO when He

SENDS 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 people deserve

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:

Him!
You and I!

Jesus sends us...so we can be just like

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:

people!

God sends people because He loves

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:

so that

it helps THE OTHER PARTS grow,

is healthy and growing and full of love.

THE WHOLE BODY

b. We are to GIVE to THE LORD

by giving our financial resources to His work.
1 CHRONICLES 29 (NLT)

[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

1. Those with NO Hope.

2. Those with LOW Hope.

the red zone

the yellow zone

3. Those with GROWING & OVERFLOWING Hope! the green zone

But...what does hope DO?

a. We are to GROW in our Love Relationship with GOD.

b. We are to GROW in our Love Relationship with
OTHERS.

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

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 GIVE to OTHERS

by using our Spiritual Gifts to serve them.
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.

SENDING PRINCIPLE #1:

When God sees a need, He sends a

person!
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?

EPHESIANS 4:15b-16 (NLT)

15

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

As each part DOES ITS OWN SPECIAL WORK,

12

And God said, I will be WITH you.

SENDING PRINCIPLE #2:

When God sends us, He comes with us!

I appointed YOU as a prophet to the nations.

EXODUS 33:15 (TNIV)

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

with us, do not send us up from here.

SENDING PRINCIPLE #3:

God sends people who dont feel

qualified!
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?

Ah, Sovereign LORD, I said, I do not know how to

speak; I am too young.
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.

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.
16

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

SENDING PRINCIPLE #4:

God sends us...to bring refreshment to

others!
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.
SENDING PRINCIPLE #5:

People who know God will GO for God!

Isaiah
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?
And I said, Here am I. SEND ME!
He said, GO and tell this people...
When God sends us He equips 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;
5

LUKE 10:1-9 (TNIV)

...the Lord appointed seventy-two others and SENT them

two by two ahead of him to every town and place where
he was about to go. 2 He told them, The harvest is
plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the
harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest
field. 3 GO! I AM SENDING YOU OUT like lambs among
wolves. 9 ...tell them, The kingdom of God has come near
to you.
Saul of Tarsus
ACTS 22:21 (TNIV)

ISAIAH 6:1, 8-9 (TNIV)

SENDING PRINCIPLE #6:

the 72
1

Elijah

NOT USED:

Then the Lord said to me, GO; I WILL SEND YOU FAR
AWAY to the Gentiles.
the Holy Spirit
LUKE 24:49 (TNIV)

I am going to SEND you what my Father has promised; but

stay in the city until you have been clothed with power
from on high.
JOHN 15:26 (NLT)

...I will SEND you the Encourager [Counselor, or

Comforter, or Advocate (Gk Paraclete) ] the Spirit of
truth. He will come to you from the Father and will tell you
all about me.

Warren.
Well go through 4 renewals in one year:
SO LETS ASK OURSELVES:
(1)

How has God BLESSED me to GIVE financially?

Am I a spiritual consumer or a spiritual

CONTRIBUTOR?
(2)

Am I a person of INTEGRITY in other words, do I

give 10%
of my income to the Lords work through Bethany?
(3)

(1 CHRONICLES 29:17; LEVITICUS 27:30; 1 CORINTHIANS 16:2)

Am I CONTRIBUTING my financial gifts to serve Christs

CHURCH...
and help it GROW?
(4)

In 2017, hundreds of churches around the world are going to join

together in a YEAR OF HOPE with Pastor and best-selling author Rick

1st quarter of 2017 PERSONAL RENEWAL: Hope for our character!

2nd quarter (Apr-Jun)
RELATIONAL RENEWAL: Hope for our
relationships!
3rd quarter (Jul-Sept)
MISSIONAL RENEWAL: Hope for our
churches!
4th quarter (Oct-Dec)
The Hope You Need! Hope for our
community!
Ricks new book, THE HOPE YOU NEED, will provide the framework for a
nationwide
12-week outreach campaign to help us reach unbelievers in our city!
The book, which will be released in January, will focus on the Lord's
Prayer and will dissect each of the ten phrases found within the prayer.
[The Lord's Prayer] gives us ten pictures of God,
it gives us ten reasons for hope,
it gives us ten promises to build our lives on,
and it gives us ten steps for renewing our lives and growing.