The Power of One Invitation

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Transcript of The Power of One Invitation

FRESH STARTIt’s time for a…

Welcome

June 26 – July 16 – 8:30 pm

Coming in July…

Heaven

Hell

The Power of

Fa i t h – S p i r i t – M i s s i o n

The Power of

I n v i t a ti o n

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Never underestimate the Power of ONE INVITATION

to change the life of the invitation GIVER &the invitation RECEIVER

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Why do you invite?

Who do you invite?

The Art of an Invitation…

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Matthew 9:9-13

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As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

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While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

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On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Matthew 9:9-13

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An Invitation to a PARTY

I.Matthew has SOMETHING worth sharing!

II.Matthew has SOMEONE worth sharing with!

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ACCEPTANCE

opens the door to INFLUENCE

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An Invitation to COME AND SEE “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” John 4:29

They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard [seen, experienced] for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.” John 4:42

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Encountering Jesus

is always LIFE CHANGING

Jesus stretches your heart and makes you big inside.

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An Invitation to be WITH Jesus

Then seizing [Jesus], they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance.

Luke 22:54

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An Invitation to be WITH Jesus

We’re comfortable doing the CROWD thing,but not the PERSONAL thing.

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Inviting separates the CAR BUYERS

from the TIRE KICKERS

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Why do you invite?– Share meaningful, excited, joyful

Who do you invite?– People YOU care about, family, friends

The Art of an Invitation…