Prepartions for Sunday

I suppose since I have so much time i can really kick off this new blog. This Sunday evening I have been asked to talk about my mission trip to Brazil. So today I have been preparing a video (which hopefully will be done soon and I can post it on here). I have been trying to pick out a passage from Scripture to use as I talk about Brazil and how my life has changed since that time.

I have prayed and settled on Hebrews 13:11-13. I think I will call the presentation Reflections of Brazil: Moving Outside the Camp. And I must give credit to Dr. David Platt because of his zeal in preaching this message and his heart for the glory and salvation of Christ.

I plan to talk about Brazil and the use this Scripture as a means to share my heart. I must come with the Word of God because I in and of myself bring nothing to the table.

Reflections of Brazil: Moving Outside the Camp
Introduction: Brazil Video

THREE QUESTIONS FOR ____________CHURCH:

WILL WE DIE IN OUR RELIGION
OR DIE IN OUR DEVOTION?

• Two Problems…
• They were driven by formalism .
• They were paralyzed by fear .
• Two Options…
• Retreat from the mission.
• Risk everything for the mission.
  

WILL WE EMBRACE OUR COMFORT
OR WILL WE EMBRACE HIS CROSS?

• Let us go with Jesus to the…
• Dirty places.
• Despised places.
• Dangerous places.
• Do we really want to be where Jesus is?
• Mission without suffering is Christianity without a cross.
• Suffering is not a just consequence of our mission; it is the central strategy for achieving our mission.
  

WILL WE LIVE FOR PLEASURE IN THIS WORLD
OR PARADISE IN THE WORLD TO COME?

• The best earthly security is ultimately insecure.
• The bottom line: It’s worth it!
  

THE BIBLICAL TRUTH:
Jesus calls the church to live according to
a radically different definition of success than the rest of the world.
Jesus calls me to live according to
a radically different definition of success than the rest of the world.

Date	Message Title	Speaker	Audio	Video	Outline
06/11/06	Outside the Camp (Radical Restoration: Becoming the Church that God Intended, Part 1)	David Platt	MP3 File	MOV File	PDF File