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1 Mission Wrap Up Mission: In this series, learn how to live a missional life, making the gospel known through word and deed, in the places you live, work and play. In This Lesson: Read Mark 1:16-20 & 2:13-17 and reflect on what you ve learned about living a missional life. Equip Think about what is stopping you from living a missional life. Accountability Discuss your thoughts with your group and encourage each other to apply God s Word to your lives. Pray Pray together with your group because everything begins with, ends with and depends on God. Scorecard How are you doing with the mission that Christ has given you? Key Verse: And Jesus said to them, Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men. (Mark 1:17, NASB) A man reaps what he sows ~Galatians 6:7-8 (NIV)
2 Read At the beginning of His public ministry, Jesus walked along the shore of the Sea of Galilee and saw Peter and Andrew fishing with a net. Mark 1:17 records what Jesus said to them that day. Perhaps this verse is only a brief excerpt of a longer conversation, but it still captures, in just a few words, the essence of an essential command, a warm invitation and a hopeful promise. Read Mark 1:16-20 & 2:13-17 We ve spent the last few weeks discussing becoming effective in your mission as a fisher of men through word and deed. In the Orientation material for D Groups, you read that learning to effectively share your faith is a key component of becoming a mature and equipped follower of Christ. Just as physical exercise produces physical development, your engagement in the mission to make the gospel known through word and deed is a spiritual exercise that drives spiritual hunger and thirst for God s Word and prayer, and these, in turn, drive spiritual growth. This is why D Groups have placed such a high priority on using life-on-life missional discipleship to better equip you to become a fisher of men. As a follower of Christ, you are called by Him and empowered by the Holy Spirit to be a participant in the expansion of the Kingdom of God, and this ultimately feeds your soul so that you reach new depths of faith, hope, love and joy in the Lord Jesus. Let s review what you have learned about taking up Christ s mission so far: 1. Living You learned that Christ s mission is to make His gospel known to all people. Those who receive His gospel become motivated and empowered by it to become participants in His mission. Therefore, His followers mission is to make the gospel known through word and deed to the least and lost across the street where they live, work and play, across the track to those who may be culturally or economically distant, and across the ocean.
3 Read 2. Praying You learned to develop the grace commitment of daily prayer for the individuals or groups to whom you want to make the gospel known. Your prayers are never wasted because God has chosen to expand His Kingdom through the instrument of your prayers. As you pray faithfully and fervently, you can expect God to answer by providing you with fruitful opportunities to make the gospel known through word and deed. 3. Serving You learned that missional living includes demonstrating the gospel through service to the least and the lost. Whether as individuals or in teams, missional followers of Christ pray for and look for opportunities to demonstrate the power of the gospel to those in need. 4. Telling You learned to tell a brief, attractive story about your spiritual journey and how you came to trust in Jesus. The genuineness of your own story is a powerful tool for those who engage in missional living. Perhaps you have had an opportunity to tell your story to someone on your prayer list. If not, keep praying for and looking for an opportunity. Remember the promise, I will make you become fishers of men. (Mark 1:17). This is great equipping, right? But it means nothing if you aren t actively engaged in missional living. Being a missional follower of Christ requires being just as intentional about the missional aspect of your spiritual life as you are about your personal worship. To develop the habit of personal worship, you must have a simple plan (when? where? what? how?) and set aside a specific time. It has to be on your daily calendar. In the same way, if you are going to grow in missional living, you have to plan for it. This includes creating a simple plan to make the gospel known to specific people, setting aside time for those activities, and sometimes even earmarking a portion of your budget.
4 Read But let s face it, many Christians feel apprehensive about sharing their faith (word) and just never seem to get around to demonstrating their faith (deed). They worry about the awkwardness, being perceived negatively, or just flat out being rejected. In reality, there are very few Christians who have a natural boldness and skill at engaging people in spiritual conversation, or a natural love of serving others. As a result, many Christians aren t mindful to look for opportunities and they devote little or no thought to living missionally. But since Scripture is clear that God both calls and equips His people to be active in making the gospel known, any concerns you have should not prevent you from seeking to live the most effective missional life you can. As you intentionally devote yourself to missional praying, serving, telling and conversing, you will begin to become aware of the opportunities God is placing in your way, and He will use your personality, life experience and devotion to make you a uniquely effective fisher of men.
5 Equip As you read through the Scriptures, perhaps there were some things you didn t understand or needed to study further. Take some time to think and respond to the following questions: 1. As you read Mark 1 & 2, what do you sense the Holy Spirit speaking to you about being called by Jesus to be his follower and ambassador? 2. What are the most significant obstacles you face that prevent you from being more engaged in missional living?
6 Accountability Before your next D group meeting, complete the exercise below. You will discuss this with your group. These will help you to examine your life in light of the truth you explored this week. It also gives other group members an opportunity to encourage you to be a fully devoted follower of Jesus Christ. Your mission assignment for this week is to prayerfully evaluate the spiritual condition of one person on your prayer list and create a simple plan to make the gospel known to that person. An example of your assignment is provided below. Do this assignment prayerfully asking God to give you insight to understand this person s needs and spiritual condition. S/he may or may not be open to hearing the gospel from you at this time, but you may still be able to show Christ s love through deed. If this person is spiritually curious and searching, it may be a good time to tell your story or bring Jesus into a conversation. If not, you may be able to demonstrate the love of Christ by serving him or her in some way. Be prepared to share about this person at your next D Group meeting. Name and relationship: Spiritual assessment: Current Needs: Why I m concerned: What I m praying for: What I ve done so far: What I plan to do:
7 Pray We believe that we must pray because everything begins with, ends with, and depends on God. Use the following A.C.T.S. model to pray: Adoration: Begin your prayer by adoring God; He is worthy of all our praise! Be specific when offering Him your adoration, not just You're so wonderful but God your mercy and love toward me is wonderful, this allows us to really build our relationship with our redeemer. Confession: When we pray with unconfessed sin in our heart we are beginning with barriers to our prayer. He knows our sin and has called us to confess and repent. Our confession shows that we acknowledge our sin and submit to God s authority, mercy, and grace. Thanksgiving: Simply let Him know what you are thankful for. This could be as simple as Lord, thank you for loving me, even when I feel unworthy, or you could tell Him the entire list of things you are thankful for. Just make sure you are thanking Him for what He gives and does. Supplication: This means humbly pleading for something. We come to God with our requests because we know all good things come from Him. If our heart is right and we are seeking things that are His will we are told if you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer. A.C.T.S. is an easy to remember acronym that helps us remember what we want to talk to our Heavenly Father about and how we should approach Him. This model can be used for short or long prayers. The model is a good reminder but far more important than the model is the act of praying.
8 Pray My prayer request regarding the topic this week is: My prayer request regarding a situation in my life is: My prayer request for others is: (fill this out at D Group)
9 Scorecard What is Jesus mission? It is to make His gospel known to all people through word (sharing the gospel) and deed (demonstrating the gospel). This is the mission that every generation of His followers must take up as well. But, don t confuse becoming missional with becoming a foreign missionary. A missionary may devote his or her life to making the gospel known beyond a border or across an ocean. But, Christ calls all of His followers to make the gospel known through word and deeds wherever they live, work or play, as well as in their surrounding communities. Who am I praying for an opportunity to share the truth of Jesus with right now? Who am I intentionally witnessing to about Jesus right now? Who am I discipling right now?
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