Big Idea: Reaching "one" is more than a job, it's a calling
1. Jesus sees beyond our occupation to our vocation (4:18, 21)
2. Jesus makes people our calling (4:19)
3. Jesus leads us in leaving to pursue our call (4:20, 22)
How to reach your one? (Part 3) Colossians 4:2-6
How to Reach your One? (Colossians 4:2-6)
1) Pray Persistently (4:2-4)
2) Walk Wisely (4:5)
3) Talk Graciously (4:6
Who's Your One? (Part 2) John 12:24-26
Big Idea: Fruit-bearing requires cross-bearing
1. Life only springs from death (12:24)
2. The way to truly live is first to truly die (12:25)
3. To follow Jesus in life is to follow him in death (12:26)
How do I bear my cross for my one?
Share not only Jesus, but yourself (1 Thess. 2:8)
Seek not only your own good, but their good (1 Cor. 10:24, 33)
Accept discomfort for their comfort (2 Cor. 1:5-7)
Risk heartache until they receive Christ (Gal. 4:19; Rom. 9:1-3; 10:1)
Stoop as a humble beggar so they may be reconciled to God (2 Cor. 5:20)
Endure suffering to experience the joy of their salvation (Heb. 12:2; Phil. 2:17)
Who's Your One? (Part 1) Luke 15:1-32
Big Idea: God throws a party when a lost one comes home
1. Not everyone gets God's heart for the lost (15:1-2)
2. God goes the distance to pursue the one who is lost (15:3-10)
3. God's joy when the lost one comes home reveals the depths of his love (15:11-24)
4. God invites us to the party to celebrate lost ones coming home (15:25-32)