John 17:18 (NIV) “In the same way that you God gave me a mission in the world, I give them a mission in the world.”

Your mission is “in the World”

• Your mission is to people who are not yet in the family of God.

Acts 20:24 (NLT) But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.

Two ways to fulfill your mission

• Going and Bringing

John 15:16 (NIV) “You didn’t choose me. I have chosen you and I have commissioned you.”

Five things I can never forget

1. I’m commissioned for a mission!

John 9:4 (NIV) As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

2. God expects me to bring others to Jesus.

2 Timothy 4:5 (NCV) But you should control yourself at all times, accept troubles, do the work of telling the good news, and complete all the duties of a servant of God

1 Corinthians 9:21 (NIV84) To those not having the law I became like one not having the law. (Though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law.

Luke 14:23 (NIV) And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.”

Galatians 5:16 (NLT) So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (CEV) You’re better off to have a friend than to be all alone,… If you fall, your friend can help you up.

3. My interests are a part of my life mission.

Mark 16:15 (NCV) “Go everywhere in the world and tell the good news to everyone.”

4. I should do it the way Jesus did it.

John 13:15 (NLT) “I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.”

Acts 1:8 (NIV) “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in all Samaria and to the ends of the Earth.”

5. Love demands that I move beyond my comfort zone.

2 Peter 3:9 (NIV) The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

Luke 8:39 (NCV) “‘Go back home and tell people how much God has done for you’. So the man went all over town telling how much Jesus had done for him.”

Final Thoughts:

Your mission starts with those closest to you.

• “Jerusalem” is my home. It’s where I am.

Mark 10:29-31 (TLB) “Let me assure you that no one has ever given up anything for the love of me and to tell others the good news (that’s your mission, nobody has given up anything to fulfill their mission…) who won’t be given back a hundred times over.”