It’s Your Call | Called To Be Sent

This Weeks Memory Verse  

2 Timothy 4:5, “Work at bringing others to Christ.”   

God’s plan for history is to gather a family that will love and live with him forever. We’re called: (1) to be loved, (2) to belong, (3) to become, (4) to bless, and (5) to be sent. This 5th calling means that we’re sent to bring others into God’s family. God wants us to: (1) pray that people will say yes to God, (2) give to help others go, (3) step out in faith, and (4) go where I can go now. We should pray for faith that God can use us and pray that God will keep us from being distracted. 

Read Romans 10:13-15 “Anyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.” But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

Read 2 Corinthians 5:18 Through Christ, God made peace between us and himself. Then God gave us the work of bringing others into peace with him.”

• What do these verses each say about how we’re called to be sent?   

• In the big picture, God created the universe and man with the purpose of gathering a family to himself.  

• What role does each of have in reconciling others to God? 

  Read Act 1:8 and Isaiah 14:24 & 26 

You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem,  and in Judea and in Samaria and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8 (NIV) 

“It will all happen as I have planned. It will be come about according to my purposes…. I have a plan for the whole earth, for my mighty power reaches throughout the world.” Isaiah 14:24 + 26 (NLT) 

• The foot of the cross is level – it is for all nations, all people.  

• How will God work through his people to reach all tribes and people groups?  

• How would you like to be involved? 

  Read Acts 20:24 

But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God. 

• There are many different ways of telling others about the Good News of Jesus.  

• How do you think you can be most impactful on others for Christ?  

• Are there ways of sharing God that you would like to try but have been hesitant to use? 

  Read Matthew 9:37-38 

“Jesus said to his followers, “There are many people to harvest but only a few workers to help harvest them. Pray 

to the Lord, who owns the harvest, that he will send more workers to gather his harvest.” Matthew 9:37-38 (NCV) 

• A major step in living out your calling is to pray that people will say “Yes!” to God.   

• Who will you make a commitment to pray for in your Jerusalem, your Judea, your Samaria, and to the ends of the earth? 

Diving Deeper (optional) 

• How did you come to know Christ?  

• How will you work to bring others to him?