Sermon Reflection questions 5/30/2021 :7-9 MISSIONS: AN ORDER TO GO 1. Recall when you came to know as your Savior, what about Introduction that person attracted you and caused you to want to listen to the •Memorial Day and remembering ?

2. Why is it important to have a servant's heart if we want to be •Remembering Philip the Evangelist (Acts 21:7-9) effective witnesses?

a. Those who work with Muslims say that it takes one hundred visits

before they are willing to hear the gospel. Why is it so important •Main point: Fulfilling the Great Commission is a matter of to have such a long-term commitment? o______so make it your Life's m______. b. What are some tangible ways we can serve the unchurched so that •What does making the Great Commission your life's mission look we can share the gospel in the future? like?

I. Possessing a s______heart. :1-5

A. The church in Jerusalem was going through "growing pains." 3. We ought to seek and seize evangelistic opportunities. 1. A multi-generational church- it had younger and older members- a. What steps are you taking so that you are prepared when an widows and young men. evangelistic opportunity arises?

•Personal testimony up-to-date?

•Gospel presentation prepared? 2. A multi-cultural church- Greek and Hebrew-speaking people

•Praying for opportunities?

3. The selection of the "magnificent seven" to serve b. What are the indicators that you are being too aggressive or

passive in the area of sharing your faith?

4. We need to avoid the "one-and-done" or bucket list mentality when B. Do you have a heart to serve others? it comes to sharing the gospel. a. Who is God laying on your heart to visit to this month? Six months

from now?

b. Who will be your evangelism/missions accountability partner to

ensure that you maintain a missions lifestyle? II. S______and s______opportunities to share the III. Maintaining a s______commitment to the Great gospel. Commission. Acts 8:40, 21:7-9 A. Philip goes to because of the great persecution vv.1-8 A. The Holy Spirit takes Philip from the desert road and drops him in the coastal town of Azotus ()- about 24 miles away.

B. Twenty years later, the Apostle Paul would go visit Philip in Caesarea. (:7-9) B. Philip meets the . vv.26-39 1. The of the Lord prompted Philip to go on the desert road that led to Gaza.

C. Evangelism or missions is not a "one and done" task to be checked off Life's bucket list. •It is a command to be obeyed. 2. Philip got close enough to hear the eunuch read the Old Testament.

Conclusion “Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.” C. Do you seek and seize the opportunities God gives? •Proverbs 23:7a (KJV) For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he...