Kingdom Work - Traditional

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Norris Williams, a longtime missionary supported by First Baptist Jackson, spoke about the disciple-making movements he has helped build across the Middle East, Nigeria, and Korea through his organization Novo (formerly Church Resource Ministries). He described what God is doing among ordinary people in some of the world's most dangerous places, and called the congregation to take seriously their...

Read together

1. Isaiah 61:1 quoted in the video as the spirit of God being on me, anointed to preach good news to the poor and heal the heartbroken
2. Psalm 40:1-3 quoted in the video about waiting patiently for the Lord, who put a new song in the mouth so many will see and trust
3. John 6:45 they shall all be taught of God, everyone who has heard and learned from God comes to Jesus
4. John 14:6 Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father except through him
5. John 16:8 the Holy Spirit will convict the world concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment
6. Matthew 22:37-39 love God with all your heart soul mind and strength and love your neighbor as yourself, described as the will of God
7. Matthew 28:19 the mandate for all believers to go and make disciples
8. Matthew 6:33 seek first his kingdom, taught as an all-day every-hour practice
9. Matthew 6:10 your kingdom come your will be done, applied to kitchen bedroom and daily conversations
10. Acts 1:8 power will come when you receive the Holy Spirit, referenced in relation to the book of Acts
11. John 15:4-5 abiding in the vine, you can do nothing unless you abide, connected to the cherry orchard pruning illustration
12. John 14:12 he who believes in me will do greater works than these
13. Acts 8:26-39 Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch, Philip heard God on a dusty street and was transported after the baptism
14. Matthew 7:22-23 many will say they did wonderful Christian things but Jesus says depart from me I never knew you

Talk about it

1. Norris said that God's job is to draw people to Jesus, the Holy Spirit's job is to convict of sin, and our job is to love God and make disciples. Where in your own life have you taken on a job that belongs to God or the Holy Spirit, and what did that look like?
2. Norris described training teams who present everything verbally and without manuals so that people cannot disqualify themselves by thinking they lack the expertise to replicate it. What assumptions do you carry about what you need to know or have before you can make disciples?
3. Norris and Laurie pray 'Your kingdom come, Your will be done' room by room and conversation by conversation through their day. What would it look like for you to pray that way in a specific, ordinary part of your week?
4. Norris said one of the enemy's agendas is to keep believers meeting together regularly while staying out of the harvest. Who are the five people in your life right now who do not know Christ, and what is your relationship with them like?
5. Lisa asked God why her transformation was taking so long, and He told her the time it takes is on her, not Him, because she chooses how she spends her time. What did that land on for you, and what is one thing you could prune to make more room for time with God?