And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.And he said unto them, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.
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… chapter 10 and I want to read verses 1 through 3 out of the new revised standard version and then I want to moonwalk down and read verses 17 through 18 Luke chapter 10 verses 1 through 3 reads like this after this the Lord appointed 70 others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. That's good right there. Sometimes he can't go, so he'll send you to go represent and represent him in the places he intended to go. He said to them, the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore, I ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Verse 3, go on your way, Listen, Jesus says, see, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. Verse 17, the 70 returned with joy. okay verse three i'm sending you out like lambs in the midst of wolves they returned back to jesus and they returned with joy saying lord in your name even the demons submit to us yeah that's enough right there the 70 return with joy saying lord in your name even the most powerful power has to submit to us. Thank you. You may be seated. The 70 return with joy saying, Lord, in your name, even the demons submit to us. I want to talk today from this thought, life part two, life part two. …
… He was looking at their spiritual condition and they were like sheep without a shepherd. And then he said to his disciples, the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. When Jesus saw the crowd, He knew he was on mission and he saw the people. When he saw the people, he saw their spiritual condition. When he saw their spiritual condition, he had compassion on them. And he said, man, we've got to go to them with the good news of Jesus. We've got to go to them with the gospel. We've got to go to them and meet their needs. He had a missional mindset. And to be a follower of Jesus is to have that same missional mindset. And so why is it important that we include this in the collection today, our relationship with the world? because we're in all kinds of situationships with the world right now. And I want us to be purposeful today. …
… Then he said to his disciples, the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. Here we see the vision of Jesus. First thing is this. You are needed. The need is urgent. He looked out and he saw the crowd. He saw the people. and he saw they were harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd. What do those words mean? Harassed means, the Greek word there, skula means confused, exhausted by life, weary. If you're going to take a modern translation, I would take the title of Jonathan Haidt's book, The Anxious Generation. He looked out and he saw people full of anxiety. and then they were harassed and and hopeless what is that word ripto it means depressed emptiness aimless without purpose without direction no vision throw is the word for fish thrown in the sea thrown away perhaps again the best modern way of putting it would be depressed he looked out and he saw people who were anxious and depressed, like sheep without a shepherd. …