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John 20:21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” Living Sent Today Are you in the “family business”?

Living Sent Today Are you in the “family business”?

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John 20:21Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”

Living Sent TodayAre you in the “family

business”?

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Got Issues?

Got Family Issues? so did Jesus Matthew 13:56

Got Financial Issues? so did Jesus Matthew 8:20

Got Stress Issues? so did Jesus Luke 13:34

Got Health Issues? so did Jesus Luke 22:44

But Jesus went about the “family business” anyway!

For the joy set before Him! Hebrews 12:2

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It’s all about the “family business”

“God is a God of motion, of movement, and of mission… Mission is not an activity of the church but an attribute of God. God is a missionary God, Jesus is a missionary Messiah, and the Spirit is a missionary Spirit. Missions is the family business…”

Leonard Sweet

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The “family business” plan – Psalm 67

1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us—2 so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.

3 May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you.

4 May the nations be

glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity and guide the nations of the earth.5 May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you.

6 The land yields its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.

7 May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earth will fear him.The Family Business is the

Nations!

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The Business Proposal (OT)

• Genesis 12:1-3 – Be a Blessings for all Nations

• 1 Chronicles 16:23-24 – Proclaim Salvation for all Nations

• Psalm 96:1-3 – Declare Glory for all Nations

• Isaiah 51:4-5 – Bring Justice to all Nations

537 times “Nations” are mentioned in the Bible

Does the CEO take the “Family Business”

seriously?

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The CEO’s Work

• Make God’s salvation known among all Nations

Luke 2:29-32

• Make God’s justice known to all Nations

Matthew 12:17-18

• Make God’s love known for all Nations John 17:25-26 Jesus mission was ‘Panta ta Ethne’ –

“all nations”

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Worker Job Description

• Proclaim Good News to all nations Matthew 24:14

• Make “disciples” of all nations Matthew 28:19-20

• Be a “witness” to all nation Acts 1:8

Have you found your place in the

“family business”?

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How to get in the “family business”

• Learn about the mission to “all nations”

• Go on a mission trip to “all nations”

• Send and support workers to “all nations”

• Welcome “all nations” in our city/community

• Mobilize other for “all nations”

• Pray for “all nations” daily

Job Qualifications: Be a Christ-follower

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The “Family Business” in our city…

Albania/Kosovo 6,000Arab 40,000Bosnia 3,000Egypt 5,000Eritrea 3,000Iran 40,000Iraq 1,500Kurdistan 5,000Palestine 2,750Somalia 1,200Turkey 3,800Yemen 300

Afghanistan 2,000Bangladesh 8,000Bhutan 2,000Burma 2,000Cambodia 4,250Hmong (Laos) 400India 100,000Laos 7,500Nepal 11,000Pakistan 50,000Thailand 7,500Vietnam 80,000

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Job Opportunities

“He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Luke 10:2

The “family business” is to bring in the “harvest” of

“all nations.”

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The “family business” convention

“After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from

every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the

Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.

And they cried out in a loud voice:

“Salvation belongs to our God,who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.””

Revelation 7:9-10

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