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MID WEEK MOTIVATION - September 16, 2026 "Building A Church Outreach Plan That Works" (David Burgess) · Desoto Hills Baptist Church

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  SPEAKER_02: You're listening to the Midweek Motivation Podcast from DeSoto Hills Baptist Church in South Haven, Mississippi.
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  SPEAKER_02: Here's your hosts, Mark Lewis, David Burgess, Laura Ulrich, Hunter Smith, and Pastor Grant Steagall.
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  SPEAKER_03: Welcome to the Midweek Motivation Podcast for Wednesday, September the 16th, here at DeSoto Hills Baptist Church.
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  SPEAKER_03: I'm Mark Lewis sitting here with David, who's got an entire mouthful of Alani.
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  SPEAKER_03: What is that drink you just took a swig of?
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  SPEAKER_03: Just which what kind of Alani?
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  SPEAKER_01: Um, it's uh grape, something that looks like.
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  SPEAKER_03: Those things, do they not make you crazy?
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  SPEAKER_03: Jennifer Absolutely.
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  SPEAKER_03: Jennifer likes them.
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  SPEAKER_03: She says they'll keep her awake for all night.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh yeah.
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  SPEAKER_03: Or you're just so used to down in like energy drinks like that.
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  SPEAKER_03: Because you do that kind of thing.
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  SPEAKER_01: Okay, I don't drink energy drinks.
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  SPEAKER_01: I drink two cups of coffee.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh no, probably three cups of coffee in the morning and maybe a cup in the afternoon.
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  SPEAKER_03: There's a good amount of caffeine in that thing you just drink.
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  SPEAKER_03: Oh, I know.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm feeling it.
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  SPEAKER_03: Hey, we certainly hope this programming can encourage folks throughout DeSoto County and beyond.
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  SPEAKER_03: We don't have a whole lot of calendar notes.
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  SPEAKER_03: We do want to remind you that our 20th anniversary is coming up on October the 11th, and we have lots of programming here on the podcast.
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  SPEAKER_03: We also have a lot of video content on Sunday mornings that we don't want you to miss.
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  SPEAKER_03: Speaking of programming, the notes we have Mark Manning on the podcast next week, bright and early.
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  SPEAKER_03: So yeah, you're not you're not gonna want to miss that.
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  SPEAKER_03: And I've also got, I'm not gonna announce them yet, but I've also got several other really special guests lined up coming in the weeks leading up to the 20th anniversary.
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  SPEAKER_03: What's up, Dave?
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  SPEAKER_03: What'd y'all do this summer?
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh we uh traveled a lot.
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  SPEAKER_01: Okay, we so we went on a mission trip um spring break.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yep.
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  SPEAKER_01: And then we went to uh the SBC, the Southern Baptist Convention.
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  SPEAKER_01: And while we were out there, we took a little family jot over to a little place called Disney World.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yes, it just so happens we met up while we were there.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yes, that was so cool to see you there.
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  SPEAKER_01: That was so fun.
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  SPEAKER_03: It was so hot.
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  SPEAKER_01: It was it was really hot, but it is not as hot as it is right here right now.
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  SPEAKER_03: Correct.
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  SPEAKER_03: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_03: Correct.
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  SPEAKER_03: It's it was downright breezy compared to what we're dealing with right now.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's right.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh we had fun.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um with my family, my big family.
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  SPEAKER_01: So there was probably 30 people uh at uh within my family at St.
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  SPEAKER_01: George Island, and it was we just took over.
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  SPEAKER_03: I was about to say, that's the population of the island, right?
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  SPEAKER_03: We're a drillion we're drillioned kind of space a place for 30 people.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's there.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's there.
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  SPEAKER_03: All right.
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  SPEAKER_03: Well, so great summer, and then the boys are now back in school.
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  SPEAKER_03: You have one child who's excited about that and one who is not excited about that.
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  SPEAKER_01: Rather stay home.
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  SPEAKER_01: So yeah, Milo uh is they're both really smart.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh Milo, Milo and Leo are both doing great grade-wise.
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  SPEAKER_01: They are getting everything they need, they're learning what they need to.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh, just one is just not so much enthusiastic as the other.
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  SPEAKER_01: So uh Leo loves school, but he's more about his social game.
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  SPEAKER_01: He's more concerned about his social game than anything else.
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  SPEAKER_01: So uh he loves to learn and he loves school, but he loves his friends.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like he's got to go to hang out.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_03: And Milo's just smart enough to know that staying home is better.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: He's like, I'd rather be home.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm a homebody.
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  SPEAKER_03: Right.
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  SPEAKER_03: All right.
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  SPEAKER_03: You are the discipleship guy here at DeSoto Hills.
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  SPEAKER_03: And I'm just curious before we get to the midweek motivation that I know you've got, or the midweek moment that I know you've got ready, I wanted to hear about some of the things and some of the plans that we have for DeSoto Hills this year as far as outreach.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: So um we uh are gearing up for Fall Fest, you know, and our 20th celebration.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um beginning in October, the first Sunday in October, we are going to start.
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  SPEAKER_01: You're hearing this here first, okay?
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  SPEAKER_01: We are going to start our beefing of our outreach program.
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  SPEAKER_01: All right.
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  SPEAKER_01: So um it's been a crazy time in the life of DeSota Hills.
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  SPEAKER_01: We've had so many, you know, people moving around spaces, people retiring and all that.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so we uh are now getting into a place where we are settling and we are going to start our outreach program.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh we're gonna start doing some training as far as uh gospel conversations.
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  SPEAKER_01: We are gonna use the Life on Mission app, which is the three circles.
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  SPEAKER_01: So if our listeners want to go ahead and cheat and head fast uh get ahead of the game, you could download the Life on Mission app on your phone and you can start going through what we are gonna teach.
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  SPEAKER_01: And we're gonna start teaching and meeting once a month.
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  SPEAKER_01: It'll be the first Sunday of every month starting in October.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so there'll be announcements coming up in church about it.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh, but uh we are going to start practicing, we're gonna start learning, and then we're gonna get get strategic on outreach to those who are visiting our church and then the houses in the neighborhoods are surrounding our community.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh, we are going to have gospel conversations, we're gonna uh pray for people, we're gonna have some door hangers uh about events that are coming up, and we're gonna pass it out into to the neighborhoods and the houses around us.
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  SPEAKER_01: So uh we've got a big plan, and it kind of goes along with our uh vision for our church and our future and who we want to be and who we're supposed to be biblically, and so it's gonna be a lot of fun, and we just hope our people jump in and are ready to go.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, we need a lot of we need a lot of help with this because outreach is a very a large task.
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  SPEAKER_03: Now, for those who might be terrified of just going and knocking on a door, two things.
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  SPEAKER_03: Part of this training is you're going to help ease people's minds and and give them some skills.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, we're gonna it's it's gonna be a time of equipping.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um and so we see it, that's so important in thinking about the gospel, thinking about sharing your faith and and what Jesus did with his disciples.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, he spent three and a half years with them equipping them for the good work ahead of them.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um, and they they had a big work ahead of them.
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  SPEAKER_01: And we do too.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um the you know, the our nation, our country, our state, you know, we could go one or two ways.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it seems like it seems like the United States is too far gone, right?
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  SPEAKER_01: But there's nothing too far gone uh and nothing of too far out of the reach of the the gospel.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so we can do that and we can do our part, and so that's why we're wanting to uh get our people in here, get them equipped to start sharing their faith, uh, not just in our community and once a month, but equipping them to take their belief and faith out into their workplace and their schools and get them equipped that way uh to bring people to know Jesus.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, I love that.
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  SPEAKER_03: And in the past, we also had um letter write like letter writing campaigns.
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  SPEAKER_03: We had some phone call uh campaigns.
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  SPEAKER_03: Will you still implement some of that?
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  SPEAKER_01: We'll be doing we'll do some of that as well.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um because there may just be some people who are just like, David, I absolutely cannot go out in the neighborhoods and talk faces.
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  SPEAKER_01: So there's something gonna be for everyone.
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  SPEAKER_01: There's something here for everyone to to do outreach.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right.
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  SPEAKER_03: And I I can't remember the last time I received a handwritten letter in the mail.
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  SPEAKER_03: So for us to send some of those out into the community as well.
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  SPEAKER_03: And I'm assuming to hit the visitors who have the who we know have been here at the church and have given us their information, I'm sure that y'all are going to be writing letters to those people.
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  SPEAKER_03: That would be a very meaningful thing that somebody could do.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, absolutely.
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  SPEAKER_01: And that's what our plan is.
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  SPEAKER_03: All right, I love it.
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  SPEAKER_03: So first Sunday in October, we will be giving more information and details about all of that coming up.
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  SPEAKER_03: Correct.
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  SPEAKER_03: All right, I love it.
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  SPEAKER_03: We're now going to shift to our devotion portion of the podcast that we call the midweek moment.
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  SPEAKER_01: All right, thank you, Mark.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um you know, I just kind of want to keep us keep riffing on the idea of outreach in this in this section of the podcast.
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  SPEAKER_01: I love it.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um, you know, I want to hit our listeners with some scripture as as we look about as we think about the importance of outreach and uh you know Jesus' command.
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  SPEAKER_01: And like you said, like it's it's hard, it's not easy.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh, right.
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  SPEAKER_03: Even for people who are social, it's not easy to bring back.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, you worry about uh the social aspect of it, like you're in work, you know, is this allowed?
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  SPEAKER_01: Should I fear fear this or in your schools, you know, as a student, should I go into the school with the intention on sharing the gospel?
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  SPEAKER_01: Am I ever gonna get in trouble?
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  SPEAKER_01: What if I bring my Bible?
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  SPEAKER_01: Like all that stuff is is okay to you know have a healthy fear of, but it can't freeze us into inaction.
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  SPEAKER_01: We have to approach that fear, and then we have to do something to overcome that fear.
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  SPEAKER_01: And doing something is this time of equipping.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like if you look over Jesus' life, uh, you know, at the end of his life he said, go and make disciples.
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  SPEAKER_01: That was the commission.
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  SPEAKER_01: He said, Go and make disciples of all nations, right?
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  SPEAKER_01: And they know exactly what he meant.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, they didn't have to uh you you know go to the library, you know, hop on the camel and go to the library, the local library there in uh ancient Israel, and just be like, What does this mean?
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  SPEAKER_01: How do I do this?
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  SPEAKER_01: They looked back at the last the prior three years of walking with Jesus and they were like, I know exactly how to do this.
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  SPEAKER_01: I am fully equipped to make disciples.
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  SPEAKER_01: What it is, it's an investment.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's an investment in people and it's an investment in the kingdom of God.
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  SPEAKER_01: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_01: And people are worthy of investing in.
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  SPEAKER_01: Those who are worthy of investing in, they're going to be faithful, they're going to be available, and they're going to be teachable.
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  SPEAKER_01: And those are the people that we kind of have to look for and say, okay, I want to teach this person how to follow Jesus.
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  SPEAKER_01: And that's what they did back in, you know.
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  SPEAKER_01: I mean, it comes from Paul and him in in s in t in the uh in Timothy, in his letters to Timothy, he said, uh, Timothy, entrust these things that I've taught you, entrust them to faithful men who will teach others also.
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  SPEAKER_01: Okay, so t there was Paul, he taught Timothy.
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  SPEAKER_01: Timothy is supposed to entrust these things to faithful men, and they're gonna go and and uh teach others.
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  SPEAKER_01: So we see this idea of multiplication, and it's all about teaching people how to be a disciple of Jesus.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so that's the model that we're gonna take, and we're going we want to take anybody who wants to go through this, we want to take them through it, equip them so that they can get over their fear and they can boldly share their faith of their love for Jesus.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right.
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  SPEAKER_01: So um looking at the New Testament, uh, we see the command.
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  SPEAKER_01: I talked to you about it in Matthew 28, 18 through 20.
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  SPEAKER_01: But there's a couple of other uh areas in the gospels where we we see the importance of sharing the gospel.
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  SPEAKER_01: And he said to them, Go into all the world, proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's in John 20, 21.
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  SPEAKER_01: Jesus said, and then Jesus said um in Luke 24, he said, Go into uh, or he said, Peace be with you.
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  SPEAKER_01: As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.
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  SPEAKER_01: So we see Jesus, this idea of Jesus sending his disciples.
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  SPEAKER_01: And in turn, two thousand years later, we are his disciples.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like we are the ones who he is sending.
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  SPEAKER_01: And if people aren't equipped, people are not gonna go.
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  SPEAKER_01: And if people are not gonna go, people are not gonna hear.
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  SPEAKER_01: And if people don't hear the word preached, they will not respond to the gospel.
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  SPEAKER_01: They have nothing to respond to.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so that's why we as a church, like I don't want to be in leadership role at this church and lead lead a church to inaction.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right.
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  SPEAKER_01: I want to break what we're comfortable with.
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  SPEAKER_01: I want all of us, including myself, I'm comfortable, you know, just sitting down and and ministering and you know, preaching every once in a while and teaching.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like that's comfortable.
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  SPEAKER_01: But I don't want to just be comfortable.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I don't want to I don't want to be in a leadership role that leads people to be comfortable.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Let's break it out, let's loosen up, let's stretch our spiritual muscles, and let's get out there and share the gospel.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so those are just a couple of ideas that I want our listeners to hear.
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  SPEAKER_01: The importance of of sharing the word.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I'll I'll close with this passage in Acts 1.8.
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  SPEAKER_01: And he and um and he said to them, Thus it is written that Christ that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
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  SPEAKER_01: You are witnesses of these things.
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  SPEAKER_01: So um think about Acts 1.8.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um go into all nations and share the gospel.
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  SPEAKER_03: What's your challenge for our people?
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  SPEAKER_01: Our challenge, my challenge for our people is to be changed by the gospel.
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  SPEAKER_01: That is challenge number one.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's the beginning of the challenge.
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  SPEAKER_01: In order like to be somebody who knows that it's important to share the gospel, but you have not been changed by the gospel, you're not gonna have the spiritual energy to to share the gospel.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right, good point.
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  SPEAKER_01: So you have to believe in Jesus, you have to trust him to be everything that you need, to give you everything you need to go and share the gospel.
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  SPEAKER_01: And then part of that challenge is to be in love with the word.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like like the the the word of God is alive and it is changing lives today.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is sharp, it is sharper than any two-edged sword, and it pierces through bone and marrow, and it gets to the deepest parts of the human heart, and it is the only thing that can change the human heart.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so if we as a church don't gather around the word of God and say, hey, this is the most important thing in this life, then we are gonna, we're gonna float, we're gonna tread water, and we're gonna spin our wheels, and we're gonna go nowhere.
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  SPEAKER_01: We need people to treasure the word and then put the word in action.
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  SPEAKER_03: If you're wondering what all that heavy breathing is today, that's just David after he's just down that Alani and his heart rate has like increased a thousand percent.
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  SPEAKER_03: Thanks for listening.
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  SPEAKER_03: If you don't have a church home, we'd love to see you here on Sunday mornings.
• 14:59
  SPEAKER_03: You can catch our services online at Desotahills.com, our YouTube channel at DeSota Hills Baptist Church for all of our church family.
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  SPEAKER_03: We love you so much.
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  SPEAKER_03: We'll see you back here next Wednesday morning, bright and early.
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  SPEAKER_02: God bless.
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  SPEAKER_02: This has been your midweek motivation.
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  SPEAKER_02: Our services are at 9 and 10 30 a.m.