The "Meat" Is In The Street: Knowing and Following Jesus into His Mission | Ariana Waters | From Sidelines to Sent Ones | Luke 10

This past Sunday, we moved from the "Why?" of our Vision Series into the practical "How?" How do we see rivers of renewal in us, the city, and ultimately our world?We saw that in Luke 10, Jesus chooses 72 anonymous disciples to be "Sent Ones" in pairs of 2, we talked about how this was probably representative of the 72 known countries in the world at that time. Jesus came for ALL and then invited us to be SENT to ALL.We can often feel we aren't the best candidates to invite people to follow Jesus, but these are the rookies of evangelism, not the all-stars Peter, Paul, and Barnabas and they are just the ones Jesus chooses to SEND. We can see ourselves as one of the 72 as well.Ariana shared about her friend's faith journey for us to see how this practically plays out in a place like NYC.From Luke 10, we learned 4 practical pieces in the journey to faith in Jesus and 2 missional tools for inviting our friends to engage with the Good News of Jesus.Earnest & Powerful PrayerFriends: Secular to Sacred FriendshipsMissional Tool #1 - Food - sharing a meal with the friend you want to open up a faith conversation with.Experience: Healing & Hearing MomentsMissional Tool #2 - The Bible - Many people who have never been to church or thought about Jesus are interested in the words in the Bible. They most likely haven't had someone invite them to read it before in an open, honest and safe way.Conversion: Rejoice With MeWe saw in Luke 10 that God wants us to rejoice in knowing Him versus the power and authority that He gives us to send the darkness away and usher in healing.