Organic Outreach

House Rules - Organic Outreach

Dave Riddle - 11/27/2022

Key Passage: Matthew 9:35-38

Outreach = Sharing and showing the good news of Jesus in everyday life.

He Went

• Matthew 9:35

  • While he was out and about he was purposeful.

…Teaching

• Matthew 9:35

  • Teaching = didaskō (Greek: διδάσκω) - teaching with the purpose of transformation.

…Proclaiming the Good News

• Matthew 9:35

  • kēryssō euaggelion basileia (Greek: κηρύσσω ευαγγελιον βασιλεα) - preaching the good news of the Kingdom.

…Healing

• Matthew 9:35

  • Jesus understood that people needed healing and he provided it.

He Noticed

• Matthew 9:36 - “when he saw the crowds...”

  • He didn’t overlook them or look past them. He saw them.

…Jesus Felt

• Compassion

  • Matthew 9:36

  • splagchnizomai (Greek: σπλαγχνίζομαι) - to be moved as to one's bowels, hence to be moved with compassion, have compassion (for the bowels were thought to be the seat of love and pity)

He Explained

• Matthew 9:37-38

  • The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few

We Embody

• Luke 6:40

  • We should do what Jesus did.

  • Our ministry should be incarnational.

We Testify

• Acts 1:7-8

  • We are being sent out to share and show the good news of Jesus!

• Ephesians 1:7

  • Good news!

Satisfied By God’s Love - Grad Sunday

Satisfied By God’s Love

Phil Woodman • 6/5/2022

Key Passage: Psalm 90

Psalm 90 - A Psalm of Lament

• Asking God for aid in overcoming calamity.

  • We are in trouble! Help us Lord!

• A Psalm of Moses. Possibly the oldest Psalm in the book of Psalms.

God is our refuge

• From eternity past to eternity future.

  • He is God and we are finite.

• Our lives are often filled with sadness and struggle.

  • Our difficulties stand out so much more than the good days.

The Turn

• Teach me to make the most of the time that I have.

• Have compassion on your servants.

  • God had abundant compassion for Moses.

Satisfy us with your faithful love

• The prayer of a person who has experienced this before.

• John 15 - abide in me. Be satisfied by me.

• Psalm 8:5-6 - he has given us so much more than we could ever ask or expect.

Out (Our World)

A Family on Mission - Out (Our World)

Dave Riddle - 06/30/19

Key Passage: Matthew 9:35-38

A Quick Review

1. One Calling

   • Help people follow Jesus together

2. Two Commandments

   • Love God, Love Others

     • Mark 12:28-31

3. Three Dimensions

   • Up, In, Out

Living on Mission like Jesus

He went.

• Matthew 9:35 - “Jesus continued going...”

  • Teaching

    • didaskō (Greek: διδάσκω) - teaching with the purpose of transformation.

  • Gospelling

    • kēryssō euaggelion basileia (Greek: κηρύσσω ευαγγελιον βασιλεα) - preaching the good news of the Kingdom.

  • Healing

    • Jesus understood that people needed healing and he provided it.

He Noticed.

• Matthew 9:36 - “when he saw the crowds...”

  • He didn’t overlook them or look past them. He saw them.

He felt.

• Compassion

  • Matthew 9:36

  • splagchnizomai (Greek: σπλαγχνίζομαι) - to be moved as to one's bowels, hence to be moved with compassion, have compassion (for the bowels were thought to be the seat of love and pity)

He Explained

• Matthew 9:37

  • The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few

Our Response

We Embody Jesus

• Luke 6:40

• We want to be like Him.

We Proclaim

• Acts 1:8

• Witnesses for Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit

Two Outcomes

1. Redemption

   • Ephesians 1:7

2. Restoration

   • We can make a difference in a world of chaos.

The most important thing to remember is how desperately God loves you.

• The world is full of individuals that God loves individually.

• Do we see the world through God’s eyes or do we see faceless/nameless masses?