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Developing Love for Jesus to

be an Effective Evangelist as aStudent and Professional

March 21, 2009

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A worker in God's Vineyard

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Many are called...

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...but few are chosen

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A seaside interview

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John 21:17He said to him the third time, Simon, son of

John, do you love me? Peter wasgrieved because he said to him the third

time, Do you love me?

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and he said to him, Lord, you knoweverything ; you know that I love you.Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.

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Do you love me?

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Do you love Me?

YOU

Who are you?

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Who am I?

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What is man that thou artmindful of him?

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Woe is me! for I a

undone; becauseam a man ofunclean lips, anI dwell in the

midst of a peopof unclean lips:for mine eyes hav

seen the King, theLord of hosts.

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Isaiah 64:6

But we are all as an unclean thing, andall our righteousnesses are as filthy

rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and ouriniquities, like the wind, have taken us

away.

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Do you Love Me?

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Do You Love Me?

Are you willing to give up everything forme?

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Luke 14:33

So therefore, any one of you who

does not renounce all that he hascannot be my disciple

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Give up our wealth

If you would be perfect,go, sell what you

possess and give to the

poor, and you will have

treasure in heaven

Matthew 19:21ESV

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Give up your plans

By faith Abraham obeyed when he wascalled to go out to a place that he was to

receive as an inheritance. And he wentout, not knowing where he was going.

Hebrews 11:8

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Give up your Ambitions

By faith Moses, when he was grown up,refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's

daughter, choosing rather to bemistreated with the people of God than to

enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin

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Give up your talents

And he also who had the two talents cameforward, saying, Master, you delivered to

me two talents; here I have made twotalents more.

Matthew 25:22

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Give up your relationships

Whoever loves father or mother morethan me is not worthy of me, and whoever

loves son or daughter more than me is notworthy of me.

Matthew 10:37

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He said, Take your

son, your only son

Isaac, whom youlove, and go to the

land of Moriah, and

offer him there as a

burnt offering on

one of the

mountains of which

I shall tell you.

Genesis 22:2

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Give up your life

For whoever would save his life will loseit, but whoever loses his life for my sake

will find it.

Matthew 16:25

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Do you love Me?

Will you take up your

cross and follow me?

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This is our Job description

And he said to them all, If any man willcome after me, let him deny himself, and

take up his cross daily, and follow me

Luke 9:23

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How do we do that?

And the King will answer them, Truly, I sayto you, as you did it to one of the least of

these my brothers, you did it to me.

Matthew 25:40

I am hungry you gave me

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I am hungry ... you gave mefood...

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I am naked... you clothe me...

I am homeless you took me

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I am homeless... you took mein..

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I am sick ... you visited me...

I am in prison you came to

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I am in prison... you came tome

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...if we are the BodyWhy aren't His arms reachingWhy aren't His hands healingWhy aren't His words teaching

And if we are the BodyWhy aren't His feet going

Why is His love not showing them there isa way

How do we qualify for God's

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How do we qualify for God swork?

The question that Christ had put toPeter was significant. He mentioned

only one condition of discipleship andservice. "Lovest thou Me?" He said.This is the essential qualification.

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How do we love God?

And you shall love the Lord your God with

all your heart and with all your soul andwith all your mind and with all yourstrength.

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How do we show we love God?

You shall love your neighbor as yourself

I love youI love you

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I love you ...I love you ...

Do you love me?Do you love me?