The Prayer That Sends You Out March 29 2026

This Palm Sunday message reminds us that our salvation comes with a divine assignment. Drawing from Jesus's prayer in John 17, we discover that we aren't simply rescued from sin and left to wait for heaven—we're sent on mission. Just as the Father sent Jesus into the world, so Jesus sends us with the same authority and purpose. The challenge isn't whether we'll volunteer for this mission, but whether we'll obey the orders we've already been given. What makes this particularly convicting is recognizing that every one of us came to faith because someone told us. Someone loved us enough to share the gospel repeatedly until we finally understood our need for a Savior. Now we're called to be that person for others. The message confronts our fears head-on: we worry about being too flawed, too ordinary, or too unqualified. Yet our weaknesses become our greatest testimony—if Jesus can forgive and transform someone like us, He can do it for anyone. As we approach Easter, we're challenged to stop waiting for the 'professional Christians' and realize that the people in our lives need to hear the gospel from us, spoken with love and humility, shared through our own story of redemption.