Broken, Forgiven, Sent: Here I Am, Send Me

We gather as a people called to encourage, bear burdens, and build one another up. We value the name of Jesus above every other name and center worship on that truth when life feels like a roller coaster. We commit our ordinary rhythms to worship, knowing worship names what we treasure and then makes us available for God to use. We see worship move from song and sacrifice to readiness: we lay ourselves down and say, here we are, send us.

The vision in Isaiah six exposes how encountering God’s holiness breaks proud self-reliance. We see the foundations shake, smoke fill the temple, and a prophet who once trusted his lips unravel before the Lord. The breakdown reveals that gifts and roles cannot carry our identity when held apart from God. Then grace arrives: a coal from the altar touches the mouth, iniquity gets removed, and identity rebuilds on forgiveness rather than ability.

Grace does more than comfort. Grace confronts what props our life and exposes idols disguised as strengths. Sometimes God allows loss, trials, or an emotional low to show that what we trusted cannot sustain us. When identity rests on who the Father is, fear loses its power; we no longer compete or compare because we stand secure in God’s declaration of who we are.

Our readiness to be sent flows from that rebuilt identity. When forgiven and reshaped we can respond to the Lord’s question who will go with a willing heart. Practical service matters: greeting newcomers, cleaning, running media, leading food ministries, and other small acts open doors for people to meet Jesus. We choose to move from fear to faith by saying, here we are, send us, and by serving in ordinary ways we participate in God’s extraordinary work.

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Key Takeaways

• 1. The church is people, not building Our life together forms the gospel’s neighborhood. We welcome and recognize one another so faith becomes visible, practical, and lasting. Relationships create contexts where prayer, encouragement, and care turn strangers into spiritual family. [10:06]
• 2. God breaks us to use us Encountering God’s holiness exposes pride and dismantles false securities so new dependence can emerge. The breaking is not punishment but reformation, removing what pretends to hold identity. In the crack, grace enters to rebuild dependence on God alone and prepare us for mission. [33:40]
• 3. Grace confronts as well as comforts Grace corrects as much as it comforts by naming idolatry and calling us back to truth. Trials, losses, and honest friends can be grace instruments that reveal our limits and point us to Christ. That confrontation frees us from pretending and opens space for genuine transformation. [45:47]
• 4. Here we are Send us True readiness to serve grows out of a forgiven, reshaped identity rather than performance. Saying here we are moves fear from the driver’s seat and lets the Spirit use ordinary gifts for eternal fruit. Small acts of service become the pathways God uses to bring others to himself. [52:49]

Youtube Chapters

• [00:00] - Welcome
• [10:06] - Church as family and barbecue
• [11:46] - The name of Jesus
• [31:22] - Worship series overview
• [32:36] - Worship as availability
• [35:45] - Isaiah sees the Lord
• [36:50] - Holiness and breakdown
• [44:23] - Atonement and grace applied
• [52:49] - Here I am Send me
• [56:21] - The harvest and serving
• [63:18] - Corporate prayer and invitation
• [66:11] - Closing and next steps

Bible Reading
Isaiah 6:1-8 (ESV)
1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” 4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.” 8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”

Philippians 2:9-11 (ESV)
9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Matthew 9:37-38 (ESV)
37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

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Observation Questions

1. In Isaiah 6:1-5, what specific details describe Isaiah’s encounter with God’s holiness, and how does he react?
2. What does Isaiah’s confession about his “unclean lips” reveal about his identity before encountering grace? [40:07]
3. According to the sermon, what are examples of “small acts of service” that open doors for others to meet Jesus? [57:46]

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Interpretation Questions

1. Why do you think Isaiah’s vision of God’s holiness led to an emotional breakdown, and how does this contrast with his later willingness to say, “Send me”?
2. The sermon says, “Grace does more than comfort. Grace confronts what props our life and exposes idols disguised as strengths.” How does Isaiah’s story illustrate this tension between comfort and confrontation? [46:58]
3. How does the connection between forgiveness (“your guilt is taken away”) and mission (“Send me”) in Isaiah 6:7-8 shape our understanding of serving God?

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Application Questions

1. What is one area of your life where you’ve relied on self-sufficiency (e.g., career, relationships, skills) to define your worth? How might God be inviting you to rebuild your identity on His grace instead? [40:46]
2. The sermon mentions that “fear stops being in charge” when our identity rests in God. What fear (failure, judgment, inadequacy) most often holds you back from saying, “Here I am, send me”?
3. Reflect on a time when a trial or loss exposed an “idol disguised as a strength” in your life. How did that experience redirect your dependence on God? [47:28]
4. What practical, ordinary act of service (greeting, cleaning, mentoring, etc.) could you commit to this month as a way of saying, “Send me”? How might this small step align with God’s work in your community? [59:18]
5. How can you intentionally remind yourself daily of who God says you are (forgiven, secure, loved) to combat comparison or competition with others? [50:13]