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Living Missionally in Everyday Life: Sharing Your Faith Daily · Fostering Faith

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  Welcome back to Fostering Faith. I am so excited
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  to do this episode because I do feel like everyone
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  really should live this way and I am trying just
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  to do it and my kids in class are probably so
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  tired of hearing this verse, but it is our mission
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  and this is what we are called to do. And so
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  in this episode, in week three of May, we are
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  going through a series this month by... action
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  in our faith. And so we don't want to just be
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  hearers of the word. We want to be doers of the
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  word. And so in the month of May, we have been
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  walking through action. And so living missionally
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  every day. This is a phrase that Jesus spoke
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  that still flips our entire understanding of
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  faith. Go into the world and make disciples.
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  Matthew 28 19 and so I tell my class all the
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  time we want to be fishers of men and not watchers
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  of the aquarium and so it's great that you hang
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  out with Christians and that's fine, but we're
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  swimming in the same tank and so go get the people
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  that are lost go be fishers of men and not watchers
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  of the aquarium and so now most people hear that
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  and think You have to be a pastor or in ministry,
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  a preacher, people with microphones or Bible
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  degrees, or people called into ministry. But
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  Jesus didn't say that to a pastor. He didn't
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  say that to a person that had a big platform.
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  He didn't say that to a person that had a TV
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  show. He said it to his disciples, ordinary people,
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  fishermen, tax collectors, men with no training,
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  women with no titles, people who were broken
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  stories. people who complained, people who often
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  felt unqualified, people with complicated personalities,
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  which means if you belong to Jesus, you live
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  on this mission. Not someday, not later, not
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  when life slows down, not whenever you feel more
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  spiritual, not whenever you know more Bible,
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  or not whenever you have more confidence now.
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  Because living missionally isn't something that
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  you do It's who you are. And so what does missional
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  living actually mean? Some people over complicate
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  this missional living simply means living your
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  everyday life with kingdom purpose. It's waking
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  up in the morning and saying God use me today
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  anywhere anytime with any one. We talked about
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  that in the last episode as that's a very bold
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  prayer use me as you need me. And so missional
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  living is being available. Being interruptible.
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  Listening to the Holy Spirit. Seeing people through
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  God's eyes. Being bold whenever He nudges you.
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  And being compassionate when someone needs you.
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  Being intentional and not passive. Carrying Jesus
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  into those spaces. You don't need a passport
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  to live on mission. Your mission is everywhere
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  you already are. And so I have a sign in my office
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  because I'm the type of person that is busy all
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  the time and I have a note up because I have
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  Post -its notes I have things all over my walls
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  to keep reminding me that don't be so busy that
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  you don't let God interrupt your day and so I
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  love a tight schedule and I It is what it is
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  anymore and he just puts anybody on my schedule
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  that he wants He makes people not show up what
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  he wants because he knows the other person needs
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  extra time. He knows that I'll be on a phone
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  call Do what you want. I'm just along here for
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  the ride. And so whenever your life is upside
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  down and you feel at peace, you know that God
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  is with you. Your life is someone's first introduction
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  to Jesus. Let that sit. Your life is someone's
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  first introduction to Jesus. People won't always
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  talk and walk into church. But they do walk into
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  workplaces and schools and gyms and social media,
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  a living room, a friend circle, a grocery store,
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  a conversation, your car, a volleyball game,
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  a basketball game. You are the church they see.
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  You are the sermon they watch. You are the Bible
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  that they read without knowing it. And you are
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  the reflection of God's love in their story.
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  Missional Living says, I'm not Just going to
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  church. I am the church. Wherever I go. Mission
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  of living starts with seeing people differently.
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  When Jesus walked the earth, he didn't rush past
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  people. He saw them. He saw the woman at the
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  well. The blind man crying out. That key is in
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  the tree. The bleeding woman in the crowd. A
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  man lowered through the roof. A hungry crowd.
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  The lonely, the hurting, the overlooked. The
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  sinners, the ashamed. Jesus saw the invisible.
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  Jesus slowed for the broken. Jesus noticed the
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  unnoticed. And He listened to the hurting. Jesus
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  talked to those who everyone else avoided. Missional
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  living begins with yes. Eyes that see beyond
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  the surface. And the Holy Spirit is your guide.
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  And He never leads you randomly. Missional living
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  isn't about being perfect. Hear that. You don't
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  have to have scripture memorized to be used by
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  God. It's about being sensitive. And the Holy
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  Spirit will nudge you. Text her. Pray for her.
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  Pray for him. Stop and talk to that person. Pay
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  for that meal. Encourage him today. Invite her
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  to church. Ask how they're doing. Give that anyway.
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  Speak life into them. In the Holy Spirit nudges
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  you, please be obedient, because someone else's
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  prayer could be answered by you being obedient.
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  In the more that you obey the first nudge, the
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  clearer the next nudge begun. And so if you feel
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  like God is not speaking to you, go back and
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  do the first nudge. The Holy Spirit leads people
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  who listen. Who are still quiet enough to hear
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  him and so many times I have text somebody and
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  they're like, oh my gosh How did you know to
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  text me or? There is Nick who is the floor guy
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  at our office and the year so 2025 my word of
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  the year was hope and then my verse of the year
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  was Isaiah 40 31 and so I'm the type of person
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  that loves confirmation and just to make sure
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  that we're on the same page and so as I leave
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  my house on January 1st to go into the office
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  and so Isaiah 40 31 it talks about eagles and
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  so what is in my back an eagle as I'm leaving
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  and so I called my husband I said because we
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  just had just went over the verse of the year
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  and I said guess what I just saw and it was an
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  eagle and then so I go to work and I come back
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  home and there's another bald eagle so there's
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  two bald eagles now sitting in my backyard and
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  I was like okay I got you I got you and then
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  so we go on and it was I go to work and there
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  is a sticky note my Bible on my desk and on the
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  sticky note it said Isaiah 40 31 and I was and
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  it was like a different handwriting like I'd
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  never seen it and so then I had talked to my
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  nurse and she was like no and I was like that
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  like why like how did you know and it wasn't
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  even my Bible wasn't even open to Isaiah 40 31
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  and So I talked to the cleaning people and they
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  were like it wasn't me and I was like who else
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  was in here and got to the guy that did it took
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  me two weeks to find this guy. And I was like,
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  oh my gosh, like how did you know to write Isaiah
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  40, 31? He was like, I just felt like the Lord
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  said to put it in a really good verse. And I'm
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  like, that is my verse of the year. Like you
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  being obedient just gave me confirmation. So
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  thank you, thank you so much. And it was just
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  writing down a verse for somebody is confirmation
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  that God is listening to someone's prayer. So
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  please do not think it's silly. If God has told
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  you to do something, just please be obedient.
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  It's so important. And missional living is often
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  quiet and small. Just his little simple note
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  as he's sticking out really was such a beautiful
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  act of kindness. And most kingdom impact doesn't
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  look dramatic. It looks like a conversation,
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  an act of kindness, a moment of vulnerability,
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  a prayer whispered in the hallway, a word of
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  encouragement, helping someone carry the burden
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  and being consistent in someone's life, loving
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  the difficult people, forgiving quickly. Choosing
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  compassion over reaction and choosing patience
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  over irritation God builds his kingdom through
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  small seeds planted in willing hearts every missional
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  moment is a seed that heaven grows and So where
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  are three spheres of your mission field? One
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  where you live don't make it hard your home your
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  neighborhood your community mission begins at
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  home Your family is your first ministry We said
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  this they said and when I first started seminary
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  and they were like people go through seminary
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  And they're so focused on the God that their
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  family falls apart Don't be that person and so
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  your mission your family is your first minute
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  is your first ministry But it doesn't stop there.
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  Your neighborhood is your fertile ground for
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  Kingdom to to love Where you work your job your
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  school your teams your clients your workplace
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  is not just a coincidence It's an assignment.
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  You don't need to preach. You need to reflect
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  Jesus. Your attitude, your integrity, your kindness,
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  your grace speaks louder than sermons. 3. Where
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  you go regularly. The stores, the gyms, the sidelines,
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  the routines, the small groups, the people that
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  you see over and over. That is your mission field.
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  God has put you there strategically and not accidentally.
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  The enemy's goal is to make you live small and
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  self -focused. If the enemy can't take your salvation,
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  he'll try to steal your mission. He whispers,
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  you're too busy. You're not spiritual enough.
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  They think that you're weird. He'll say it wrong.
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  You're not a good reader. You can't read that
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  book out loud. You don't know enough Bible. No
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  one will listen. It won't matter. But listen,
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  that is fear talking, not God. God uses ordinary
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  obedience to create extraordinary impact. And
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  one sentence can soften a heart. One prayer can
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  break a chain. One invitation can save a soul.
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  And one act of kindness can shift a life. One
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  conversation can rewrite a future. Missional
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  living makes you a threat because you start seeing
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  every day as a divine purpose. Missional living
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  is not about you. It's about God's love through
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  you. People don't need perfection. They need
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  presence. People don't need theology degrees.
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  They need compassion. People don't need impressive
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  Christians. They need consistent ones. People
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  don't need loud faith. They need real faith.
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  People don't need fireworks. They need fruit.
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  Missional living means that you're becoming and
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  living a declaration. God sees you. God loves
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  you. And God hasn't forgotten about you. And
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  so I want to remind you that at FosteringFaithMedia
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  .com, we have workbooks that we have assigned
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  for every month and every week of this podcast
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  because we are fostering our faith together.
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  And so this week, Where is God calling me to
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  live out on mission this week? Ask yourself.
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  Who needs encouragement? Who needs prayer? Who
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  feels alone? Who is struggling silently? And
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  who keeps coming up to your mind? Where has God
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  placed you over and over again? What relationships
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  need intentionality? What environment needs your
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  light? Sit with the Holy Spirit and let Him guide
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  you. Let Him see. What is on your heart? And
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  so what's one intentional, specific, missional
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  act that you will actually live out this week?
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  Invite someone to church. Pray with somebody.
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  Text someone scripture. Pay for a stranger quietly.
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  Help a co -worker. Encourage a student. Write
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  a note to someone that's hurting. Ask deeper
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  questions, not surface level. Share your testimony
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  with someone else that's safe. Start a spiritual
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  conversation gently. Mission isn't pressure.
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  It's partnership with the Holy Spirit. And so
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  we hope that this message encouraged you. And
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  we ask that you share it with a friend. Leave
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  a comment. Share it to your small group. Let's
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  foster our faith together. Let's grow in community
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  because we are better together. And so I would
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  love to pray for you this week. Dear Holy...
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  Spirit, dear, thank you God for today. Thank
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  you for yesterday. Open our eyes to see the people
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  the way that you do. Thank you that you make
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  us sensitive to your voice. Thank you that we
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  have boldness to act on your nudges. Thank you
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  that our life reflects Jesus in our everyday
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  environments. Thank you that you use us today.
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  Thank you that you can use us anywhere. Thank
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  you that you can use us at any time. Thank you
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  that we're living open handed. Thank you that
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  we are the ones that can go out and be fishers
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  of men. Thank you for all that you do. In Jesus
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  name, I pray. Amen and amen. Stay tuned for our
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  last episode in our faith and action next week
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  as we are going into our episode four and it's
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  going to be called what it means to be the hands
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  and feet of Christ. See you next week, guys.
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  We love you. Bye.