My New Missional Life - June 7, 2009

Text: Acts 5:20 "Go, stand in the temple courts," he said, "and tell the people the full message of this new life."

Acts 11: 19-26

There are three very important parts of the Missional life.
1. UP

A. We look UP to abide in God- John 15:4


B. We look UP to connect with God


C. We look UP to capture the heart of God -John 5:19

The missional Church is an expression of God’s heart.
The missional Church is Redemptive and joins God in His redemptive mission in the world.

The missional Church is a Church that is shaped by participating in God’s mission, which is to set things right in a broken, sinful world, to redeem it and to restore it to what God has always intended for the world.

2. IN

A. We come IN to encourage one another


B. We come IN to challenge one another -Heb 10:24-25


C. We come IN to share life together

3. OUT

A. We go OUT to fulfill our missional calling- Matt 5:13-16



B. We live OUT our missional calling in everyday life

* You are the aroma of Jesus in the cemetery of decaying flesh. We are different in the hope we offer, in the grace we exhibit and in the obvious sacrifice of love we display in the dealing with others in everyday life.

- It is a life of blessing others. Genesis 12:2,3



C. We go OUT to share the full message of this New Life that we have in Christ - John 3:16-19

We are in competition with the kingdom of darkness that steals life from people.



CONCLUSION: My new missional life is a life of looking UP, coming IN and going OUT. Let’s join God in His mission of redeeming lost and hurting people back to the Father.