Compassion in Action: Answering Christ's Call to Serve

"We thank you for your mercy. Lord God, we thank you because if it had not been for you. Giving us your son. Lord, where will we be? And so, Lord, as we. Remember. Your blessings that you've bestowed upon us as we remember how you have carried us through in this moment, we say thank you as we lift our hands and hearts to your Lord in praise and in worship as this preaching God was upon us. Our prayer is very simple that you would hide us behind the cross that the word of God may be magnified the body of Christ. May Christ be edified and Lord God that you be glorified for all we do is to that end it is in Christ Jesus' name pray and ask it all for the sake of the church and kingdom building let us all say on one accord amen." [00:03:21] (64 seconds)


"Then Jesus made a circuit of all the towns and villages. He taught in their meeting places. Reported kingdom news. And healed their diseased bodies. Healed their bruised and hurt lives. When he looked out over the crowds. His heart. His heart broke. So confused and aimless they were. Like sheep. With no shepherd. What a huge harvest. He said to his disciples. How few. Workers. On your knees. And pray. For harvest hands. On your knees. And pray. For harvest hands." [00:16:21] (46 seconds)


"Each one had a story. Each one had. History. Each one with a. Future full. Of uncertainty. Because these were pictures. Of the homeless. At the end of the project. Something. Striking was said. He said when you look at. A homeless person you don't. See the years of struggle. The loss of hope. Or the weariness in their eyes. You just see someone. Who's been forgotten. And left behind. What we often fail. To see. Is their. Humanity. These words remind us. Reminds me at least." [00:18:34] (56 seconds)


"Are we just passing. By or are we looking. With the eyes of compassion. Seeing people. The way that Jesus. Saw them. And are we. Willing to stop. And step in. Not just to offer help. But to offer hope. That only Jesus. Can provide. Jesus. Isn't. Just. Just saying look at them. And feel bad. He is saying the harvest. Is plentiful. But the laborers. Are few. This is where we come in. We're the ones called to serve. To see the need. And to respond." [00:22:08] (54 seconds)


"Jesus acknowledges. The spiritual need and issues. A call for workers. To rise up. For folk. To volunteer. For people. To make themselves available. To share and spread. The gospel. This is the truth family. And I say it all the time. In smaller settings. We're not. We don't want members from other churches. If the Lord moves in you. And you come from one church to here. So be it. Praise the Lord. But our responsibility. Is not to go to church down the street. And up the street knock on their doors. For members." [00:36:07] (42 seconds)


"Pray earnestly to the Lord. Of the harvest. To send out laborers. Into the harvest. What is the significance. Of this statement. Number one. The problem. Christ laments it. He lays it out. Verse 37 he said. The harvest is plentiful. But the laborers. Are few. The Lord uses an. Agricultural analogy. The crowds he met. Field to farm it will soon become evident that the people of Israel will reject his messianic claims yet Jesus ministered to them with great expectations he believed the seeds that he labored to plant would reap harvest the harvest of souls and so the issue is there's a labor shortage he said the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few." [00:37:14] (69 seconds)


"Sometimes we want to be served we don't want to serve but Jesus called us to be fishers of men but some of us rather be keepers of the aquarium. I know it's right why we're gonna say amen the big tragedy is people die the bigger tragedy is that they will go to hell without Christ the biggest tragedy is that people will die and go to hell because no one introduced them to the truth and love of God Jesus." [00:41:14] (50 seconds)


"Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers to his harvest. Is that right? And I tell you, I love the way the message paraphrase says it, on your knees and pray for harvest hands. The church needs gospel workers. It uses everything from general announcements to even sometimes in some churches, personal manipulation, to address labor shortage." [00:42:04] (36 seconds)


"Your prayer, hear me clear, will never mean anything to God until it means everything to you. You got to pray with great expectations because you ought to believe, not just who you are, but who you are as a person. Not just who you are praying to, but what you are praying for. Pray confidently." [00:45:35] (27 seconds)


"Jesus says, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest. This divine title only occurs here, the Lord of the harvest. It affirms the sovereign authority of God as Father. Pray with confidence that God is willing to hear and able to answer your prayer. Because sometimes, family, we pray, we pray as if we believe that he can, but we don't trust that he will." [00:46:23] (35 seconds)


"Jesus looked out over the crowds and what did he see? Not just a mass of people, not just faces in the crowd, not just bodies moving from one place to another. He saw souls, souls in need of healing, souls in need of hope, souls burdened by the weight of this world. The Bible says he moved with compassion, a compassion that made him stop in his tracks and say, I just can't keep walking. I've got to do something." [00:50:56] (44 seconds)


"The harvest is right in front of us, church. There is a world that is waiting for the love and grace of Jesus to be poured out through our hands, through our voices, through our lives. So we must go out as worshipers, workers in the field. Let's go out and show this world the heart of our savior, who was moved with compassion and let that compassion move in us. Can the Lord use you to be his hands for the harvest?" [00:54:00] (46 seconds)