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• Messy discipleship means . . .
You have to get in someone else’s BOAT!
— Luke 5:8-11 NIV

• Messy discipleship means . . .
You have to speak the TRUTH!
— Matthew 16:22-25 NIV

• Messy discipleship means . . .
You have to help others see BEYOND their FAILURE.
— Galatians 6:1-3 NIV

— 2 Timothy 1:1-7

Things to note about this relationship:
• Father/Son Relationship
— 2 Timothy 1:14
— 2 Timothy 2:16

• This Relationship Had Proximity
— Acts 16:1

• This Relationship Was Challenging
— 2 Timothy 4:2-3
— 2 Timothy 3:16


Find Your Timothy:
- Who do you have influence over? 
- Who is God directing you to? 
- Who has been in the baptistry?

WHAT DO DISCIPLES DO?

• Disciples FOLLOW.
— Acts 14:21-22 NIV
— Matthew 4:18-23 NIV

• Disciples LEARN.

• Disciples DISCIPLE!
— Matthew 28:18-20 NIV

— Matthew 18:10 NIV

• Say YES to God in answer to his CALL for you to SERVE the NEXT GENERATION.

• Every child is a potential PRINCE or PRINCESS in the Kingdom of Heaven.
— Matthew 19:14 NIV

• Our GOAL ought to be that of BRINGING children into the PRESENCE of GOD!
— Mark 10:13-16 NIV

WHY SHOULD YOU SAY “YES” TO INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS?
• Jesus COMMANDED us to GO to ALL the nations.
— Acts 1:8 NIV
— Matthew 28:18-19 NIV

• Someone said “Yes” for YOU!
— Ephesians 2:12-13 NIV

• If we do not GO, others will not KNOW how to find eternal life!
— Romans 10:14-15 NIV

• Jesus won’t return UNTIL the Gospel is preached in EVERY NATION!
— Matthew 24:14 NIV


HOW CAN YOU SAY “YES” TO INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS RIGHT NOW?
• Start sharing the Gospel with the people that are already around you.
— Acts 4:12 NIV

• Repent of any prideful or prejudicial ATTITUDES toward others in your own heart.

• PRAY about International Missions.
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• Make a DECISION to go AT LEAST ONCE on an International Mission trip.
— 2 Corinthians 1:19-20 NLT

— Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV)

• YOUR LIGHT MUST LIGHT YOUR CITY.
— Matthew 5:14-16 (AMP)

• The Role
— Matthew 5:14 (AMP)
— 2 Corinthians 5:20 (NIV)

• The Work
— Matthew 5:15 (AMP)
— 1 Corinthians 4:20 (NIV)

• The Responsibility
— Matthew 5:16 (AMP)

• Some of you are in a DESPERATE situation.
— 2 Kings 4:1 NIV

• You must be willing to SEEK GOD for his guidance.
— 2 Kings 4:2-3 NIV

• You must choose to DO what God says!
— 2 Kings 4:4-6 NIV

• Miracles happen in the context of OBEDIENCE.
— 2 Kings 4:7 NIV
— Malachi 3:10-12 NIV

• We all have to deal with MONEY.
• God has BLESSED each of us.
— Matthew 25:14-15
— Matthew 25:16-18

• We will be held ACCOUNTABLE.
— Matthew 25:19


3 Categories of people:

1. Those who have managed WELL.
— Matthew 25:20-23

• THANK God
• TELL others
• GUARD yourself

2. Those who have managed POORLY.
— Matthew 25:24-30

3. Those who MISSING from the story
• We can be FINANCIALLY free!

• When we give, we HONOR God.
— Matthew 6:19-21 NIV

• When we give, we BLESS others.
— Acts 4:34-35 NIV

• When we give, we GET BLESSED!
— Malachi 3:10-12 NIV

• God OWNS it all.
— Psalm 24:1 NIV
— Psalm 50:9-12 NIV
— Deuteronomy 8:17-18 NIV

• I am the MANAGER.

• STEWARDSHIP is an issue of TRUST.
— Matthew 6:21 NIV
— Proverbs 3:9 NIV
— Proverbs 21:5 NIV
— Malachi 3:10 NIV