We Are One

Introduction: Why this Series?

February 5, 2017

Please turn in your Bibles to John 17:23

“Then the world will know that you sent me and have

loved them even as you have loved me.” John 17:23b

(see Matthew 28:16-20)

Benefits of Purpose

1: Purpose Invigorates

Where there is no vision, the people perish… Proverbs 29:18 KJV

2: Purpose Orchestrates (John 19:14b-15)

3: Purpose Authenticates

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.

1 Corinthians 9:24-25 NLT

Three things we must share

-One God:

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with

all your soul and with all your mind.”

Matthew 22:37

-One Team:

“…so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and

each member belongs to all the others.”

Romans 12:5

-One Mission:

35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

Matthew 9:35-38

What is God’s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?