From the August 22 sermon, "The Harvest Is Plentiful" on Luke 10:1-16: God is both a sent God and a sending God; Jesus was sent as a missionary, and he sends his followers out on the same mission, to bring the good news of his person and work to as many as possible. Jesus says that the harvest is plentiful. Do you believe that today? Pray for more laborers who are willing to follow God’s specific call for them, like the 72 did in Luke 10.

We need to come down [from the mountain] and scatter. We gotta get ministry started in other places. Friends, if you're a Christian, your home belongs to Jesus, a community group should be meeting there, and you should be open to the fact that there will be a harvest, more people will come, and you're gonna need to split that group and send people out. And those of you who are in those groups, you've gotta take it as a real honor, not a burden: "Man, I get to be like one of the 72 … we're gonna go start another group. We're gonna open our home. We're gonna see the harvest of the Kingdom of God on our couch. On our couch, we're gonna see the Kingdom of God. We're gonna see people go from death to life. We're gonna see generations and legacies altered on our couch." Just so you know, that's why God gave you a couch.

Watch a third clip, "Why Christians Send," after the jump: