The Power of One Invitation
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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
Undeniable Influenceof Fathers.
Never underestimate the Power of ONE INVITATION
to change the life of the invitation GIVER &the invitation RECEIVER
Undeniable Influenceof Fathers.
Why do you invite?
Who do you invite?
The Art of an Invitation…
Undeniable Influenceof Fathers.
Matthew 9:9-13
Undeniable Influenceof Fathers.
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.
Undeniable Influenceof Fathers.
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?”
Undeniable Influenceof Fathers.
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
Undeniable Influenceof Fathers.
An Invitation to a PARTY
I.Matthew has SOMETHING worth sharing!
II.Matthew has SOMEONE worth sharing with!
Undeniable Influenceof Fathers.
ACCEPTANCE
opens the door to INFLUENCE
Undeniable Influenceof Fathers.
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
Undeniable Influenceof Fathers.
Encountering Jesus
is always LIFE CHANGING
Jesus stretches your heart and makes you big inside.
Undeniable Influenceof Fathers.
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
Undeniable Influenceof Fathers.
An Invitation to be WITH Jesus
We’re comfortable doing the CROWD thing,but not the PERSONAL thing.
Undeniable Influenceof Fathers.
Inviting separates the CAR BUYERS
from the TIRE KICKERS
Undeniable Influenceof Fathers.
Why do you invite?– Share meaningful, excited, joyful
Who do you invite?– People YOU care about, family, friends
The Art of an Invitation…
