Passion for the Harvest

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Passion for the Harvest
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Core Value
God looks for men and women who share a passion
for those without Christ. Jesus came to seek and
to save that which was lost. God desires that
everyone be reached with the like transforming
power of the Gospel.
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The great of the Kingdom are those who loved God
more than the others. All other passions build
upon or flow from our passionate love for Jesus.
Our passion for souls, missions, the needy, the
disenfranchised all start there.
A.W. Tozer, Ablaze for God
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Passion Defined
Passion is a force burning in you, which seizes
you, a power that moves you beyond ordinary human
activity. It wont let you go until Gods goals
are reached. Passion is the fire and urgency
that vision needs to keep alive and active.
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For Jeremiah
A Fire that Comes from God
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For Jeremiah
But if I say, I will not mention Him or speak
any more in His name, His word is in my heart
like a FIRE, a fire shut up in my bones. I am
weary of holding it in indeed, I cannot.

Jeremiah 209
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For Peter
A Conviction that has to be Obeyed.
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For Peter
Then they commanded them not to speak or teach at
all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John
replied, Judge for yourselves whether is right
in Gods sight to obey you rather than God. For
we cannot help speaking about what we have seen
and heard.
Acts 4 18
- 20
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For Paul
A Crucified Life by faith in Christ
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For Paul
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer
live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in
the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who
loved me and gave Himself for me.

Galatians 220
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Workshop

• Can you identify with Jeremiah, Peter, or Paul?
• Share a time when you knew your soul was on fire
  with passion and the fruit that came from it.

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John Wesley
Historical Examples of Passion
Let us All Be of One Business!
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John Knox
Historical Examples of Passion
Lord, give me Scotland or I die!
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George Whitefield
Historical Examples of Passion
17th century British evangelist
O Lord, give me souls or take my soul!
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William Booth
Historical Examples of Passion
Founder of the Salvation army
Sir, some mens passion is for gold, other mens
passion is for fame, but my passion is for souls.
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The Fields are Ripe for Harvest
Do you not say Four months and then the
harvest? I tell you open your eyes and look at
the fields! They are ripe for harvest. John 425
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The Harvest and the Workers
When He (Jesus) saw the crowds he had compassion
on them because they were harassed and helpless
like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to
his disciples, the harvest is plentiful but the
workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest,
therefore, to send out workers into the harvest
field . Matthew 936-38
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Two Billion Christians
Thank You Jesus!
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Two Billion Undecided
No, Thank You Jesus
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Two Billion Unreached
Who is Jesus?
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New Believers at the Rate of

• 20,000 per day in Africa
• 15,000 per day in India
• 10,000 per day in Latin America
• 500,000 to 100 million in China since 1950

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Christianity is Growing Worldwide

• 115,000 new Christians per day
• 5,600 new churches each week

The Holy Spirit is working mightily!
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The Great Challenges
2000 Years Later
The Work is Still
Unfinished!!
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The Gospel For Every Person

• Bible translation
• Christian radio broadcasting
• Jesus film
• Status of the gospel for every person

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A Church for Every People
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ILI is training leaders in
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Challenge Number 3 Our World

• Spiritual challenge.
• People challenge.
• Political / national challenge.

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How to Fully Experience
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Direct Result of love and Commitment
The love of Christ compels us 2 Corinthians 514
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The passion of Christianity comes from
deliberately signing away our rights and becoming
a bondservant of Jesus Christ. Oswald Chambers,
My Utmost for His Highest
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Passion Comes From God
We cannot light this fire. In ourselves we cannot
produce it. No man can kindle in himself that
celestial fire it must come from the coal from
the altar above. Wesley Duewel, Ablaze for God
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Passion Comes From God
Every good and perfect gift, it comes from God.

James 117
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Passion Comes From God
Ask, and it will be given to you seek and you
will find knock and the door will be open to
you. For everyone who asks receives he who
seeks finds and to him who knocks, the door will
be opened. Mt.77-8
ASK
SEEK
KNOCK
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Nurture it
Since passion comes from God, it is maintained
through intimacy with Him.
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May all of our hearts burn with a passionate
flame that never goes out until the harvest is
complete or until Christ takes is home. Let us
be about our calling, To Save Souls.