WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE DEPLOYED SPIRITUALLY?
DEPLOYMENT IS NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT THE PLACE; IT’S ABOUT THE ACTIVITY. THE ACTIVITY IS BRINGING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO PEOPLE WHO ARE LOST, AND THAT IS A DISCIPLE’S RESPONSIBILITY.
BEING DEPLOYED JUST TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL IS NOT ALL. WHEN JESUS WAS OUT ON FIELD WORK HE NOT ONLY GAVE THE WORD BUT ALSO HEALED THEM, DELIVERED THEM, BLESSED THEM, BROUGHT THE DEAD TO LIFE, MOREOVER HE FED THE HUNGRY & QUENCHED THE PEOPLES THIRST.
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WHEN HE (JESUS) SAW THE CROWDS,HE HAD COMPASSION FOR THEM,BECAUSE THEY WERE HARASSED AND HELPLESS,LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT SHEPHERD.
HERE THE WORD “HARASSED” IS SKULLO WHICH MEANS “TO BE MANGLED, TORN APART AND CUT TO THE BONE.” THE GREEK WORD “HELPLESS” IS RHIPTO WHICH MEANS TO THROW TO THE GROUND. JESUS SAW THESE PEOPLE THE WAY HIS FATHER SAW THEM. VICTIMS OF THE ENEMY, HURT, BETRAYED, ABUSED, TORN APART, BEAT DOWN, DISCARDED, WALKED ON. HE SAW THAT THEY HAD NO ONE TO LOOK AFTER THEM OR CARE FOR THEM.
WHAT IS THE SOLUTION TO THE PAIN AND HEART BREAK IN OUR CULTURE?
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JESUS SAID.”THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL, BUT THE LABOURERS ARE FEW, THEREFORE PRAY EARNESTLY TO THE LORD OF THE HARVEST TO SEND OUT LABOURERS INTO HIS HARVEST,”
HERE WE SEE; JESUS SAID OUR RESPONSE TO HUMAN SUFFERING IN THE WORLD IS PRAYER, BUT NOT A PRAYER THAT SAYS “LORD,HELP THESE PEOPLE, THEY ARE REALLY HURTING.”BUT A PRAYER THAT SAYS, LORD HELP THESE PEOPLE BY SENDING MORE LABOURERS INTO THE HARVEST FIELD.”
JESUS ISN’T TELLING US TO PRAY FOR MORE VOLUNTEERS BUT TO PRAY FOR PEOPLE TO BE SENT OUT FROM THE CHURCH INTO THE FIELD.
THE HARVEST IS WHERE LOST PEOPLE ARE, THE HARVEST IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE HURTING, WHERE THEY ARE HARASSED AND HELPLESS AND NEED THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL.
PRAYER: FATHER THE HARVEST IS PLENTY BUT LABOURERS ARE FEW, I PRAY FATHER GOD ADD MORE LABORERS TO BE DEPLOYED TO YOUR PEOPLE, TO GET OUT INTO THE VAST FIELD AND FEED THE HUNGRY AND QUENCH THE PARCHED THROATS OF THE THIRSTY, HEAL THE BROKENNESS OF YOUR PEOPLE AND BIND THEIR WOUNDS, DELIVER THEM FROM THE CLUTCHES OF THE ENEMY AND BRING JOY AND PEACE IN THE LIVES OF YOUR PEOPLE, IN JESUS NAME I PRAY AMEN AMEN AND AMEN.
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