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Dangerous Prayers - Part 3: Send Me 

- Pastor Ben Kellert

 

Recap:

  1. Search Me
  2. Speak to Me
  3. Send Me

Isaiah 6:1-8  

 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another:

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;
    the whole earth is full of his glory.”

4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.

5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”

8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”

And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

Dangerous Prayer #3 "Send Me!"

It's amazing what God can do with our blank check!  Let God fill it in!

Jeremiah 29:11  "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

He is faithful!  He's proven Himself time and time again!

Ask:

  • "God what can I do for YOU?"
  • "What are you up to today?  Let me be a part of it!"

3 Responses to God's Call:

1. Jonah: "Here I am, I'm not going!"

  • Jonah 1:3 "But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord."
  • Are you willing to go??

2. Moses: "Here I am, send someone else!"

  • Exodus 4: 10-13 

    "Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.”

    11 The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? 12 Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.”

    13 But Moses said, “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.”

  • Even if you feel inadequate, trust God to equip you.
  • Trust Him - the Harvest is ripe, if He's calling you, He will help you!
  • Will I allow my excuses to send others to Hell>?
  • The hour is urgent...we don't have time for excuses!

3. Isaiah: "Here I am, Send Me!!!"

  • No Excuses, just willing availability!
  • How do we get to this point?

Psalm 45:6 "Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom."

1 Timothy 6:15-16 "which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen."

Psalm 29:1-2 "Ascribe to the Lord, you heavenly beings,
    ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
    worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness."

Seeing God for who He really is, leads us to see ourselves for who we really are:

  • sinful...in need of a saviour (Romans 3:23-24 "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.")
  • sin should drive us to our knees to ask God's forgiveness and grace!

Here am I, Send Me!

  • Here am I....not Here I am....
  • Availability not location!

God, what do you want me to do?  Where do you want me to go?

"Who will go for us...?   Send Me!

  • He already knows where you are...
  • He wants to know if you're available

We have a community that needs Jeus.... will we go??

Will we be His Hands and feet?

He will take your YES and use it for His Glory to build His Kingdom!

 

*Next, click here to watch the full replay of this service: Thailand Missionaries - Jim & Christine Kelly and Dangerous Prayers Part 3: Send Me