Kingdom Builders Missions Convention | Week 1

Ever wondered what it takes to build something as grand and awe-inspiring as the Garden of Versailles? Let's take a walk through its metaphorical pathways and explore the importance of sowing good seeds in our lives. Drawing parallels from this meticulously designed masterpiece, we’ll discuss how planting God's word in our hearts shapes our spiritual growth, just as seeds planted with intention sprout into beautiful blooms. 

Turning the pages of Luke 8, we'll unearth the profound message behind the Parable of the Sower. This chapter inspires us to be proactive in sowing God's word, not for personal gain, but for the advancement of Christ’s kingdom. Taking a step further, we'll discuss the vital role of church planting, focusing on the '1040 window', a region where the majority remain unaware of God’s love. This makes it a prime area for mission work and spreading the seed of God's word.

As we wrap up, let’s celebrate the power of prayer and its impact on the '1040 window'. Embracing the joy of witnessing people worldwide awakening to the knowledge of Jesus and His love, we urge you to sow this seed of God's word and love, helping others hear and know Him. Ending on a note of encouragement, we remind church members of their significant responsibility in spreading God's love and urge them to use prayer as a potent tool for change. So join us on this journey of intentional planting for a spiritually blooming life!

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Good morning. Oh, my question for you this morning is what are you sewing? I'm excited. I don't know if any of you have ever traveled the world, but if you have been to France, most likely you have been to the Garden of Versailles. If you have not been there in person, I am sure you have seen a picture of it. It's one of the most elaborate, beautiful gardens in the entire world. It is spread out over 2,000 acres, so, if you're like me, I cannot control my backyard. Imagine if you had 2,000 acres that you were in charge of. It would be a lot of work. It's one of the most exquisite gardens and it did not happen by chance. I want you to know that that it was deliberately created and designed to look the way that you see it in these photos. In fact, versailles took over 40 years to complete. In the year 1961, they were going to remodel the palace, which at the time, was pretty small, and they decided you know what? The gardens are just as important as the palace. So for 40 years, they did a complete renovation of these gardens and to keep it maintained for all the years to come, even to the year of 2023, what you see right now. They knew that trees were going to need to be planted every 100 years. So in 1641, every 100 years, they planned that trees were going to need to be planted in that garden. You see, every detail was planned out and there were trees that were brought from all parts of France. They brought them into this garden and it looks like this in the photos behind me, and it still requires work. Today it's one of the most popular sites in all of France. They say an estimated 6 million people visit these gardens every year. You see a photo that is my young son, at the age of three, and he was inside of that garden doing what French boys do, and that is fighting the knights. And so he was a knight. He came with this sword, he was ready to go, because all little boys in France carry a sword everywhere. And so that's Javan, with the beautiful gardens behind him. Well, just like the garden in Versailles, that was planted intentionally and with detail, we, the believers of Jesus, need to be intentional with the seeds that we plant in our lives. And this morning my question is are you sowing good seeds that will produce a beautiful garden in the years to come? What are you sowing? I want to welcome you to the Kingdom Builders Mission Convention this morning. If you are a guest with us, welcome.

Speaker 1: 2:59

My name is Celeste, my husband Jay and I have the privilege of just finding people that don't know Jesus in the West Valley and introducing them to the savior of the world. So that's what we do. We are here at this church and we love to be more like Jesus. How many of you know, it's not easy. You may have sinned this morning on the way to church, but God still loves you and he has a plan for you, and so you'll see a photo that we put up a lot. It's us walking with Jesus every day. Many of us, we like to have our own plan, our own agenda, and we go ahead of him every time, but if we stay in tune with Jesus, step by step, our life will be fulfilled for the purpose we were created. You'll see it come to fruition, and so that's what we do. We walk with Jesus every day. We have life groups spread out throughout the week. We encourage you to be a part of them. You can find them on our website and on the app, and it just involves allowing you to connect and to grow in the Lord and to serve here at the church. And so I just want to pray.

Speaker 1: 4:03

This morning, we're headed into the missions convention and all I have to say is you got the wrong girl up here to teach you about missions. You know anything about me? I've spent many, many years overseas, and I look at these photos this morning and I have to put a seatbelt on because I'm going to go there, because I know the urgency of the hour that we live in, and I understand that there are places in the world who desperately need seed to be sown so that they can know who Jesus is to. And so this morning, as we head into this message, I just want you to open up your heart and just listen to what Jesus is going to speak to you. So, father, this morning, do what only you can do. Your word is alive, your word is moving, your word is changing people from the inside out. And so this morning, as your word goes forward, I pray that you would put an urgency in your children to understand what the job is of believers. So, father, move, speak, have your way in the mighty name of Jesus, amen, amen, hey, if you have your Bible, turn with me to Luke, chapter eight. If you have it on the app, we're going to go. We're going to start in verse four.

Speaker 1: 5:23

So we're in Luke, chapter eight, starting in verse four. It says this and when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable, a sower went out to sow his seed and as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock and as it grew up it withered away because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold. As he said these things, he called out he who has ears to hear, let him hear. We're going to jump to verse 11.

Speaker 1: 6:09

It says now the parable is this the seed is the word of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard. Then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts so that they may not believe and be saved. And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root. They believe for a while and in time of testing, fall away. And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. As for that, in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart and bear fruit with patience. What are you sewing?

Speaker 1: 7:07

I want to start by letting you know that the God that we serve is a God of mission. His heart is missions. That's who he is, and we were created with the opportunity to have a free will, and you will read throughout history that we chose wrong, many of us. You might be sitting here today thinking well, I think my decisions are pretty good. Well, I am sure there are many you have made that were not so good.

Speaker 1: 7:41

And so we have a God who loves us, who gave us the opportunity to have a second chance with him. So he took his one and only son and he sent him on mission here to earth for you. He took on a sin that was not his. He took on a death that we ourselves should have paid, but he paid the price for all of us, and so God is a God of mission. He's a God of second chances. It says that his desire is that no one should perish, no one. So even if you walked in here today and you're mad at someone, there's a family member you are not speaking to. You have to get over it, because God is a God of second chances and no one, no one, should perish without knowing him. He's a God of mission. He doesn't want any of us to be eternally separated from him.

Speaker 1: 8:46

I know as humans we have a people tolerance. You know how I know, because our motto is you don't have to leave, but you can't stay here, and many times we're like is this over? I want to go home. Ever been there? We have a tolerance for people and we have a God who loves us so much that he wants to spend all of eternity with you, because he loves you with everything.

Speaker 1: 9:17

You see, once you find Jesus and you understand that you are a new person in him, you now have a responsibility, and that is to sow seed everywhere you go. That's your job. You sow seed. So this morning I'm asking what are you sowing? If you look up the word sower, by definition, it's simple. It means this you plant by scattering it on or in the earth. Simple, so you take all this seed and you just walk around and you plant it everywhere you go. Did you know if you think about your life?

Speaker 1: 9:56

For the last 24 hours, you have been sowing seed, and now I want you to think about what you've been sowing. Has it been good or has it been bad? Maybe you cut somebody off in traffic. Maybe you said something you shouldn't have said. Maybe you've reacted in a way that you normally don't react. You have been sowing seed everywhere you go, and it's our responsibility to be obedient to God and plant seeds that will yield the harvest he intended.

Speaker 1: 10:33

That's our job, no matter what season of life you're in. Maybe you have things figured out. Maybe you've come in here, everything's going well. Maybe you've walked in and you're just in a season of a lot of questions. You're in a season of waiting. You're trying to figure out what's next. It doesn't matter if you're on either side of that.

Speaker 1: 10:54

Your job is to sow seed. You're to sow seed for Christ's gain and not your own. That's what we do In Galatians 6, 8. It says this for the one who sows to his own flesh. Will from the flesh reap corruption. But the one who sows to the spirit will from the spirit reap eternal life. You are a believer and you should be sowing good seed. So you're sitting here and you're thinking how do I do that? What do I even do to sow good seed around me? Number one you sow by praying for good soil.

Speaker 1: 11:40

Do you remember what it was like when you first heard about Jesus? Maybe you were that person who was very just standoffish. Maybe somebody in your family was sharing the word of God with you and you would do everything you can to avoid them. You would wait and eat last just so you didn't have to hear your aunt or your grandma tell you another story about the Lord. You did whatever you could to avoid it. Maybe you were mean to those that tried to share with you. Maybe you even cut off relationships with people because you didn't want to hear about Jesus anymore. So there we go. We are going to get it right now. What was the soil of your heart like when you first heard about Jesus?

Speaker 1: 12:28

It says in Luke 8, the title of this passage is the parable of the sower, and in verse 5, it says a sower went out to sow his seed. So you have to picture a man. He just has all this seed and all he's doing is just throwing it everywhere he goes. He's just sowing seed. In fact, agricultural customs of that day was that you scattered the seed first and then you plow it into the ground. I know farming has changed. Now we have people with degrees who study all of this and do it differently. But in this time they were just scattering seed everywhere they went and as a sower you don't know the quality of the precise piece of ground until after you've sown it. You don't know what it's going to be like when it lands. The sower was just fulfilling his responsibility, which was sow seed and sow it everywhere you go.

Speaker 1: 13:28

But as we look further into this passage and we begin to read the end of verse number 5 through 8, we see something different, and that is that these scriptures are actually talking about a parable of the soils. You'll see that it lists four types of soil that the seed fell on. Number one it falls to the wayside. Number two, it falls on rocks. Number three, among thorns. And number four, on good ground.

Speaker 1: 14:01

Let me tell you about these four types of soil the wayside. The wayside is where everyone walks. That's the wayside. We live in a state that we are blessed with a lot of desert. We have to look at it positive, right? So we're blessed with amazing desert and you could go out 11 out of 12 months and there's no rain. And that wayside is hard. We walk on it every day. It is hard. So if I recommended that you go out and begin to just dig in it as hard as you can, it would hurt to try to break up that soil because it's too hard. In fact, nothing's able to even grow there, and that's what it's like to sow seed into the wayside.

Speaker 1: 14:56

What about the rocks? Well, the rocks are interesting. They're all over the ground and there's soil mixed with it. So maybe if you throw some seed on the rocks, it might begin to bloom a little bit. Why? Because the soil's very thin and you have the sun shining down on it. You might get a little bit of a sprout, but what happens in the rocks is that there's no place for the roots to dig deep, and if there's no roots, that thing will just come up and be gone. What about the thorns? It seems like the soil where thorns are growing is going to be fertile. In fact, it's so healthy that not only do you get the grain from the seed, you also get thorns mixed with it, and Scripture says that the thorns will come and they will choke out the good seed and it will all die.

Speaker 1: 16:02

And then the fourth type of soil is on good ground. This is the soil that's both ready and free from weeds and thorns. It's good soil. In fact, scripture says it's where the crop may grow a hundredfold. A hundredfold Now. Think of all the investments you have going on. I don't think anything is a hundredfold right now in your investment portfolio. If it is, come find me. I'd love to hear about what you're doing. But a hundredfold is pretty rare, but not in God's kingdom.

Speaker 1: 16:44

He's saying listen, if you just go and do your part, if you just go and sow and you take that seed of what God has done and you just begin to throw it everywhere you go, your responsibility is to obey His responsibility is to prepare the soil. And there's sometimes, I think, that, as believers, number one we don't like rejection. We're human. We don't like no one telling us no. We don't want somebody to say, oh, get out of here. So instead of sowing seed. We just keep it in our pocket, we just walk around with it and we think, well, if I really am supposed to share, god would really tell me he'll pull my arm out of the pocket and I'll spread some seed. That's not how it works. He said do your part. Do your part, take everything you have and just begin to spread it, just begin to share the word.

Speaker 1: 17:51

In fact, scripture says that in order for things to change, two things happen. Number one, the blood of the lamb Jesus came, he died. And number two, the word of your testimony going out to everyone around you will change the world. So when you're keeping your seed in your pocket, you're not a sower, you're not sowing, and all we are simply to do is verse five be a sower, obey and sow. You see, the difference is never the good seed, but the difference is the soil that it's landing on and you, not being able to take rejection, decide to shut down. But can I remind you of something so simple that God is bigger than anything you can imagine. He does not need your intervention when he is trying to speak to somebody's heart. He just needs you to go and pour the seed out and then let him do the rest. He just needs the obedience on your part. The soil will be different everywhere you go, but you keep on in faith and obedience of sowing. What are you sowing? Another way to sow is number two.

Speaker 1: 19:17

We keep planting churches. You have the amazing ability this morning to come into a church to hear the word of God. That is not so in many parts of the world. There are churches that are taking place even right now. That may be in a bedroom of somebody's house in secret. They may be in an underground church so that they are not arrested for talking about Jesus this morning. Somebody may pull out of their pocket a folded paper that has one chapter from a book in the Bible and they all are trying to copy it, and then the paper goes back in so that it is not found by authorities, who will remove it from them and arrest them and imprison them. We plant churches. Did you know that there are still over 7,000 people, groups in the world today, 2023, that are considered unreached? 7,000 plus. That's a lot of work to do. It says those 7,000 people make up 41.9% of the world's population. There are approximately 3.4 billion people in that group.

Speaker 1: 20:48

There's something called the 1040 window. You'll see it behind me. It's like if you took the map and you flattened it out on a paper and you begin to take a rectangle and you build it on the map and the 10 and the 40 stand for the geographical location on the map. Right inside of that box there's a lot of things taking place. It is the most densely populated part of the world where over 62 percent of the population in that rectangle do not know Jesus 62 percent In fact. They're referred to as the resistant belt.

Speaker 1: 21:34

This part of the world inside of that rectangle. They have some amazing historical and biblical significance that's taken place right there. When you read the beginning of the word of God, you will find Adam and Eve in the garden. The garden is located within that rectangle. When the garden was first created, adam and Eve had the luxury of all things, but something crept into their heart and they decided that they were not going to obey the Lord and they ate from the tree that they were not supposed to touch. Because of that, they forfeited their rights to rule inside of that rectangle. Right there, another place inside of there, is a story in the Bible called the Tower of Babel, where man thought that he could become God. They decided they were going to build a tower up to the sky. God had to crush it down and he had to remove them from the area. He scattered them all over that location. As he scattered them, he changed the languages so they couldn't understand each other. It was an open defiance against God.

Speaker 1: 22:59

Right there in that rectangle, this 1040 window is home to the majority of the world's unevangelized countries. The people inside of that square have minimal knowledge of the gospel and no valid opportunity to respond to it. It constitutes one-third of the Earth's total land area. You'll see that rectangle right there. It's only a third of the whole map, but two-thirds of the world live there. Every two out of three people alive right now breathing are inside of that rectangle. That's a huge number, a huge number. There is a lot of work to be done.

Speaker 1: 23:52

I personally have served in two countries inside of that rectangle. I've served in Bangladesh and I've served in Egypt. I can tell you one thing for sure that God loves them just as much as he loves me, that everything God did by sending his son Jesus on behalf of my sins, he also did it for them. He cares about them and he loves them. They just haven't had the opportunity to know who he is.

Speaker 1: 24:31

When I lived in the country of Bangladesh, the things we would do is we teach English during the day. Everybody wants to learn English all around the world and so is an easy draw. That community center is still going today. During the day, as I taught English, we would be very sensitive to people who were coming in to learn the language. If we felt like the soil in their heart was ready to receive anything, we would invite them to a special group that met at nighttime. We call them life groups. We would invite them to a life group. In that life group we had an opportunity just to share a testimony. I can tell you this it doesn't matter where you live in the world, nobody can take your testimony from you. It's what God did in you.

Speaker 1: 25:27

I'd sit with a group of people, as in my late 20s, and I would sit with other college students in that city and I would just tell them all the things that God's done in my life. I came from a broken home, I had a sub-gat addicted to alcohol, all the things I grew up with, and I would just share how faithful God was through all of it. There would be moments in those meetings where you would see fireworks go off in the minds of students who had never heard about Jesus until that moment. There was one young man and I'll never forget it. As soon as we begin to share about Jesus, he said wait, how is it that no one has ever told me about him before until right now? He said when did this happen? When did Jesus come to the earth and die for me? I'm just hearing about it right now. He said nobody ever came and told me this story. And he said this is unbelievable. We got to tell everybody. We got to tell everybody God's desire is that we plant the church. It must be built.

Speaker 1: 27:04

You might have heard the name of John Chapman. We know him here in America as Johnny Appleseed. He was a missionary here in the late 1700s, early 1800s, and his desire was to produce so many apples that no one would ever be hungry. I know many of you still obey the apple of day. Keeps the doctor away. I think it's apple cider now, a cup of apple cider. But that was his heart. He said you know what? I'm going to go and not only tell people about Jesus, but I'm going to plant seeds everywhere I go. So he would just get apple seeds. In fact it says that he would collect them from the mills when they were using the apples. He would take the seeds from that area and he would collect them and then he would go ahead of the settlement. So he started in the Midwest, headed to the West and before the settlement started moving, he'd go before them and everywhere he went out of his satchel he just began to throw seeds, said. He threw them in the open areas, he threw them by the water, he threw them along the roadways, everywhere he went, and he did all of it not for his own gain or benefit, but he did it so others would have. Something God's desire is that we plant the church. May we produce so many churches that no one would be without the opportunity to attend one near them. May we scatter them everywhere, in open areas, along roadways, by streams, not for our own gain or benefit, but so others can have a church, so others can find Jesus.

Speaker 1: 28:55

The workers that are in that 1040 window. There is a prayer that they pray every day. They gather together all across the 1040 window in our organization and they pray 12 prayers, kingdom prayers, and one of them is this they pray that when people in that rectangle lay their head down to go to sleep, that they would be visited by Jesus in a dream or a vision and that he would make himself real to them and that, when they awaken, they would do everything they can to find out more about who he is. Well, when you have all these workers every day for the last several years praying that prayer, god's going to show up, and there are reports all the time of people who wake up and they are shook to the core because a man named Jesus showed up in their dream, spoke directly to them, called them by name, knew them, shared things with them. And then they leave their house and they are looking for more answers and as they walk out of their house, they will try to find any fair-skinned individual who may be visiting or living there, because they assume, if you're from the West, you're a Christian and they will find you. And they will say I had a dream and Jesus came.

Speaker 1: 30:30

What can you tell me about him? We got to build churches. We have to build churches so that my friend in Bangladesh who begins to hear of the story for the first time can say where do I go to hear more? I need to be fed, I need to be spoken to, I need to learn more about him. What are you sowing?

Speaker 1: 30:57

And number three another way to sow is to help the gospel go forward. If the seed is not planted, it cannot bring forth fruit. You can't just walk to your backyard and look at the ground and go OK, come on, come on, I want to see a strawberry. You got to take the seed out and you got to be sowing. It doesn't just appear. So if the seed is not planted, it can't bring forth any fruit. You got to do your part. It's a precious seed and it was bought with a great price. You did not have to give your life for it. Jesus paid for you, and all he asks is that you take those seeds and just scatter them everywhere you go and let him do the rest. Let him work on the hearts of those that you're sharing with.

Speaker 1: 32:05

We give financially so the word of God can reach others, says in Romans 10, verses 14 and 15,. How, then, will they call on him who they have not believed, and how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent as it is written? How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news. We sacrifice, all of us sacrifice so that people have the opportunity to hear. So you say, okay, well, today I'm just not going to go to Starbucks. I'll save my seven to twelve dollars per cup and I will give it to missions. You know what honey? We don't need to go to the movies and spend 50 dollars just to sit there and eat some popcorn. We'll give it to missions.

Speaker 1: 33:22

Everyone does their part. It's part of being in the kingdom of God. We sacrifice so that others can hear, because we want to build a beautiful and plentiful harvest for the kingdom. I'm going to show you a video. It is a small glimpse into where this church is sowing seed around the world. It does not represent all of the areas, but it does represent a few of where your faithfulness and your sacrifice go to. Isn't that awesome? I love it. It's so powerful to see what God is doing around the world. Listen, god has entrusted us to be sowers. That's what we do. The harvest from the seed not only benefits the individual who planted the seed, but it benefits all of those around you. It's a blessing and it goes for everyone around you. You cannot wait for perfect conditions to sow seeds. If you try and you wait, there will never be a good time. It's every believer's responsibility to be a sower, it says in Matthew 2540,. And the king will answer them Truly. I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. Stand with me this morning. What are you sewing?

Speaker 1: 35:10

There's a quote from a missionary. He says we must be global Christians with a global vision, because our God is a global God. You don't get to have the map of the world and flick countries out of there that you don't agree with or like. The whole world is our responsibility. If you grew up in church, you would know that song. He's got the whole world in his hands. Nothing has changed Nothing, but the goal of the church is that we leave a healthy church and a thriving church for generations to come. One day you may have grandchildren or great grandchildren, and there must be no assumption that they will know who Jesus is. You know why? Because we're one generation away from Christianity being gone. All you have to do is be silent. But if you want your grandchildren and your great grandchildren and further and further down the line to know about the Savior of the world, you have to do your part. And as you sew your seed, not only will you be blessed, but all those around you. So we want to be sowers.

Speaker 1: 36:45

Maybe you've come in here today and you thought man, I'm just, I'm, somebody invited me. I just came this morning. You're not here by accident. Our God is not a God of accident. You were created for a purpose. You were made in his image. You are a reflection of the love of who God is, and he brought you here for a reason. And if you are here this morning, I want to read a scripture for you and let you know that today could be the day when you surrender your life to the one who made you. It says in Romans 10, verses nine and 10, because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. There's no magic that takes place, there's nothing weird. It's just saying God, here I am, I walked in a mess today. I walked in just kind of trying to live my own life, do it my way, and it's falling apart. And I heard of your goodness, I heard of your second chances, I heard that you love me. So here you are and you get to give your dirtiness, you get to give your mess, you get to give all the bad stuff to him and he fills you with a new heart and he says I love you. Let's go for a walk.

Speaker 1: 38:19

If you're here today and that's you and you say you know what? I've never asked Jesus into my heart. I didn't even really know I needed a savior until now. If you just slip your hand up, I'm not going to embarrass you. I'm not going to call you up, I'm just going to pray with you. But if that's you maybe you're watching online Let us know. We want to get some materials into your hand. If that's you, just slip your hand up.

Speaker 1: 38:42

Maybe you're here and you have followed Jesus at some point in your life and you have walked away and you're just holding on by a thread and today you realize there is an awakening in your spirit and you're like man. I'm a mess. I got to get back with Jesus. My way is not a very good way. Raise your hand. I want to pray with you, amen, amen. I see those hands Just with eyes closed. I'm going to ask that everyone in the house repeat this with me. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for sending Jesus. I believe Jesus died on the cross for my sins. I believe he rose again. Forgive me of my sins. I surrender my life to you In Jesus' name. Amen, amen, amen. We celebrate with you. Scripture says that when one person comes home, when one person comes back to Jesus, all of heaven celebrates all of heaven. So there's a party for you right now.

Speaker 1: 40:04

I want to tell you this when you walk out the doors, it won't be easy, so we have some resources for you. If you go to that prayer banner before you leave, come, say hi to us. We'd love to talk with you. We want to make sure that your journey is strong and that you keep living for Jesus every day. I want to speak to you, church.

Speaker 1: 40:24

You could have been in the church for a long time and, like all of us, we are in a routine. We don't like change. We don't like to be confronted with things, but there are moments, as a church, when the Holy Spirit comes in and he's going to talk to you directly and he's going to challenge you on what kind of seed you're sowing and if you're doing your job. It's not our place to call you out. It's the Holy Spirit who will say listen, we got some work to do. Because when you stand before the Lord, he's going to say what did you do with all that I gave you? And it's your job to just keep throwing it, just keep speaking it, just keep sharing it, just keep saying your testimony everywhere you go. And when it falls on good soil, there will be this excitement that lights up in you that you won't stop Because one person found Jesus.

Speaker 1: 41:35

So this morning, as the worship team begins to plan, I have you stay where you are, but I want you to just focus on your heart. So, lord, I pray right now for every believer in this building, those that are watching online. This is a critical moment for the church. There is an urgency in the world, there's an urgency in our neighborhood. There's an urgency in our city. There's an urgency in our country for people to know Jesus.

Speaker 1: 42:10

Lord, I pray that you would work on us, each one of us, that we would step it up, just like that picture of you walking with the disciples. We would not run ahead and I pray that we would not be staggering behind trying to catch up, but we would move where you move, we would go where you go. We would sow seed everywhere along the way that we could see an incredible harvest come to know you. So, lord, speak to us right now what we need to do to get in step with you. In Jesus' name, amen, before you head out today, I want to encourage you to grab one of these. If you are married, pray over this this week, but keep it with you. Just ask the Lord what he would have you do and bring it back next Sunday, or you can turn it in online. But we're going to reach the world, we're going to do our community, we're going to do Arizona, we're going to do all over. So just keep asking the Lord what your part is.

Speaker 2: 43:19

What you blessed by the message today, I will see man such a challenge. Let's be doing that, sharing the word of God wherever we go. Let's pray this blessing over us today Lord, bless you and keep you. Lord, make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. Lord, lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. Lord, I pray a blessing upon your church, your people, god, that you pour your spirit out upon us and we would live your love to those around us. We pray all this in the powerful name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Know this we love you very much here at Cornerstone. God bless you and have a great week.