The Greatest Cause

Series Overview

Love is a command
Love is a choice
Love makes us like Jesus
Love is about showing it to others
Love is about action

When do we love people?

We love people whenever they need it
Transitions – new job, new home, new child or new year
Trouble – Illness, loss of job, loss of a loved one,
We love people at all times

Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.

– John 4:35

Love challenges us to be aware

Open your eyes and look at the fields

Love motivates us to be ready

They are ripe for harvest
The harvest is important
The harvest is urgent

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

– Matthew 9:37-38

Love creates a vision  for the harvest

The harvest is necessary

We do not change the world by winning converts, we change the world by making disciples

– John Wesley

The harvest is plentiful

Love moves us to work  for the harvest

There is always work to do
There is a great need for workers

How can you serve in the harvest?

Be willing
Pray
Invite people to church
Learn how to share the gospel