In this series we follow the call to be a movement of God in our missional calling by taking a cue from the Lord's prayer. This series serves as both an encouragement to be a praying community as well as paying close attention to the dispatch and deploy language in the prayer. We will begin each sermon with a reciting of the Lord's prayer and then explore how the words of this prayer articulates a particular vision in regards to our church's participation with the mission of God!
In this introduction, we explore the powerful and simple language of the invitation to be the children of God as well as the cue to worship. Out of a heart of full engagement with the Father can flow incredible ministry and practice in the Mission of God.
The church has not been called to escape to heaven to disperse blessings. We have been called to bless the earth with the blessing of God on the earth while we live on this earth. The church becomes a place where the Mission of God is incubated, birthed and launched in faith.
Disciples are called to place an unwavering faith in God to provide their needs. This faith includes an understanding that God will give us everything we need in order to be a ?mission outpost?. The variety of gifts in our body is well documented. Do we believe that we have been equipped and will we go forward knowing we have all we need?
Becoming a mission-outpost in the form of various helps and ministries is not the end game. In the end, there are spiritual realities that spring up when we are the hands and feet of Christ. There is an expectation that the disciples of Christ will offer to others the same spiritual reality that God has offered to them. Forgiveness serves as but one spiritual reality, but it is, indeed, an important one.
Trying to comprehend the dimensions of the kingdom of God starts with coming to grips that God is all powerful. He has entrusted with the task of expanding the kingdom by displaying his power in our world and in our communities. Our faithfulness to this empowering commission ultimately brings glory to God!
To say 'amen' is to mentally assent or agree to a proclamation of truth. As a mission-outpost called to worship a Father, to bring his domain to the earth, to accept our unique preparation, to share our spiritual reality, to receive protection from the enemy and to be overwhelmed by the power and stature of God's ways, our most appropriate response is to no longer sit as passive bystanders, but to stand up and go be the hands and feet of Christ. This is the missional dispatch!