Harvest is about TALENTS

Text:      Matthew 9:35-38

Thesis:  “The Harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.”

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I.  God has ________________ gifted you and ________________ placed you in a location to be His witness of Christ.

A.      Your ______________ _______________ ______________ is often evidenced in your _________________ and designed to build a bridge to a _________________ group of people.

“You are the salt of the earth.  But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?  It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.  You are the light of the world.  A city on a hill cannot be hidden.  Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.  Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.  In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.  (Matthew 5: 13-16)

1.        God places his people at the ________________ of humanity and not at the “out of the way” places of life. 

2.      God has always used a _________________ of people not the majority. 

B.       ________________ “talents” are to be used to build the Church.  (see 1 Corinthians 12:12-20) 

1.        Don’t deny the “Body of Christ” your God-given “talent”.

II.  God gives us a ______________ “fear of the Lord” which enables us to ______________ him better. 

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge  (Proverbs 1:7) 

A.      The “fear of the Lord” _______________ seriousness.

QUESTION:  Am I a sleepy, groggy-minded Christian? 

B.       The “fear of the Lord” provides _________________.

QUESTION:  Am I more interested in pleasures or people? 

C.     The “fear of the Lord” creates a _________________ to do God’s will.

QUESTION:  Are my goals more important than God’s goals?

“Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness.  Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.  But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living.  But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”  (Joshua 2:4)