For the One – Part 2 – A.B.R.T.S.T.M.O.J.

How many of you want to be on the front lines of Growing Heaven and shrinking Hell?

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John 1:4-5

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Matt 5:14-16

14 “You are the light of the world…let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

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Awareness – True Spiritual Condition of Ottowa County

• Fallacy – Ottawa County is “sort of Christian”
• Reality – 56% of Ottawa County is “unaffiliated”
• Current population: 306,235
• Current unaffiliated: 171,491
• 70% will never have a Christian share their faith with them.
• 70% will never have a Christian personally invite them to church.

120,043 will never meet Jesus if current statistics hold.

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Rev 20:15

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A.B.R.T.S.T.M.O.J.

1. We Pray.

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Matt 9:36-38

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“Tell the people to pray. Prayer is the most important thing we can ever do, and if I could do my ministry over again, I would pray more than I preached” Billy Graham

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Prayer has power…

• Prayer aligns our with the Heart of God.
• Prayer aligns our with the mission of God.
• Prayer aligns our with those ready to receive.

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A.B.R.T.S.T.M.O.J.

2. We Invite.

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John 1:41

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John 1:45

45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one…

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Acts 1:8

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A.B.R.T.S.T.M.O.J.

3. We Share.

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Three step model:

1. This is who I .
2. This is what .
3. This is who I am .

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Ps 107:1-2

1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story—

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We share story,

To share story,

So that others can meet Him too.

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Ps. 107:4-9 – This is who I was.

Some wandered in desert wastelands,
finding no way to a city where they could settle.
5 They were hungry and thirsty,
and their lives ebbed away.

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Ps 107:6 – This is what happened.

6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.

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Matt 11:28-29

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John 6:35

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Ps. 107:7-9 – This is who I am now.

7 He led them by a straight way
to a city where they could settle.
8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
9 for he satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.

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A.B.R.T.S.T.M.O.J.

1. We Pray.
2. We Invite.
3. We Share.

Personal Notes: