PRAY FOR AN ABUNDANT HARVEST

And Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. And seeing the multitudes, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and downcast like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. “Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.” Matthew 9:35-38

1° SEE harvest is abundant Mt 9:35

He saw they were “distressed and downcast like sheep without a shepherd” (9:35)

“He had compassion” on them

“distressed and downcast “

Record prisoners

$3 billion yearly

2° PRAY God send workers

Mt 9:37,38

The harvest is immense

Workers are few

French population

Catholics

Muslims

Unbelievers

Protestant Evangelicals

30%

10%

60%

0.1%

1 church for 30,000

33,000 towns without church

Only 2500 churches

Serving a community of 50,000 people

30 min drive

1 in 2 CHURCHES

W/O TRAINED PASTOR

2° PRAY God send workers

Mt 9:37,38

The harvest is immense

Workers are few

Pray Lord of Harvest thrust out workers

• Only God can accomplish His work

Festival in the park

Concerts

The Gospel in action

Caring for widows (James 1:27)

Please pray

•Permanent church building

•French pastoral couple

•Bible (Gospel) centered

• Proclaim “The kingdom of God is near”

• Amidst opposition. As “sheep among wolves” (10:16, 21, 35-37)

• With His authority. “The Spirit of your Father speaks in you” (10:19-20)

• With His character. “Be shrewd and innocent” (10:16). Purity, wisdom with integrity

• With courage. “Don’t be afraid”. “What is hidden will be revealed“. “You are more precious to God than sparrows.” “Every one who will recognize me before men, him will I also recognize before my Father who is in heaven.”(10:19-27, 31-33).

• With perseverance. “Those who persevere to the end will be saved.” "I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for this city." (10:22,13-15).

3° PERSEVERE thru difficulties Mt 10 Kingdom character in & thru workers

“He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me…. he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. “And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you he shall not lose his reward.”

Mt 10:40-42