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A guy on his way to the Mauser North Carolina.

He's not even like these Philistines ways call to be a missionary for Christ and a man of God is discipling people all over the world. I want to start with him that Willis just finished Lindsay in a word, or it Dario.

It's loud sigh. So I facets of folks listing know there's a fanfare, but those guys are praying over there is guys are sharp each other as guys are playing us on, they haven't forgiven in years were talking about that today integrity is that you and your wife Allison. I read a book called master life together. Discipleship experience for small groups through the missions pastor account managers Reos here. You're kind of my pastors know so soon after and to the right of me is Michael Zwick is an amazing talkshow host have big beers on our varsity team that you know you see this young man of God wants to does serve Christ as he does other young man got Lauren him going to Mexico your heart.

Scotty just beaten for missions right now is this is what you been teaching this is what drove you and Allison write this book, you absolutely my wife and I served as missionaries in South Asia with the international mission board for seven years before coming to Calvary seven years ago and I'm thankful for in the next generation, the great commission is making disciples of all nations in my family's personal mission statement is to grow as disciples and make disciples of Jesus Christ of the lease treats people. My wife and I met on a mission trip to China 20 years ago and I kept having conversations with people who are 78 years old and had never heard the name of Jesus one time just has a permanent place in my heart heard little to nothing about Jesus blessing. Another advantage to going on a mission trip, Michael Zwick, as you might meet your future wife about that was an encouraging user talk shows most of, if not for God radio show. That's it. And you know one of the things that I hear about is that we we are doing these. We were doing the show here, but we've got people at Wednesday in the word were coming together in one person is doing one thing another person is doing another, but were all reaching the same goal which is to reach the unsaved and the lost. For Jesus, and so you know, sometimes I don't think we always know exactly how working to do it or we don't.

We don't always exactly have to have the perfect plan, but I'm reminded of a story of a young man who had who who had actually he was working out. He was good to become a gymnast and he said one day it was finally his big dated to do the event and he taught. He told his teacher he says I can't do this. I can't do this. I don't know what I'm doing and the teacher said throw your heart over the bar in your body will follow.

What a great story and see that's what you've done.

I'm not seen him grow up.

I've seen them in church and we we play bass on a Calvary gym down there and share the Lord and suddenly he says I'm going to Mexico. What's up with that bro will the Holy Spirit just amazing things. That's what happened exactly to me was I just got hit very hard spiritually and emotionally. And at that point I dropped everything that was doing, I went straight to my church and I was looking for all the passes I could just pray with if this is something that you don't take lightly to go out into the world and speak to other people about God and having all the work I've done with the youth group and the stories I've collected. Now I want to go out and share this to people that with these kind of situations you can really hear a very often is going to a six month and since it was why women Mexico you know are you going is right so it's it's three months in Mexico or when it comes down to the outreach. They don't really tell you. Sometimes it takes a while, but Connor kinda has an idea for his mom for two different locations, but for me, I was told that a possibility is just somewhere the Middle East.

That's all the information I've gathered so far as young young whippersnapper across from you Connor will want to do is introduce him to so I met him on our summer trip of last year in 2021 we went over to Garden City, South Carolina. The way that he's developed has been incredible over just a year and a couple of months. I saw him go from a sinner that he claims to be so much of and then how much he's matured over, just that year and I'm coming. He's more of a leader than I am now I feel like he he'll go on and on talking to these kids in. It's been incredible and sometimes I had to take the seat back and he'll just keep going to go and he's asking people questions and being 18 years old. You don't see this very often. Okay, so Connor 18 years old and are used mostly party and are pursuing a career or get a big-time degree of me what's his deal that you called missions what is driving what is driving range and what are you passionate about the gospel side the Celotex money grew up unchurched.

II knew about is that in knowing and so Garden City I heard the true gospel I heard that this is only name and have my woodsman can be saved in knowing that knowing this sounds people out there millions of you that I don't know the Lord and don't know how to be saved on the name of Jesus and the forgiveness is in him. What else would I do is no time to waste doing partying doing all that so there's no point. But spreading the good news been the gospel of grace. That's my heart cries for however that may be whether that be through missions W through me walk into a school, whatever. That's where the Lord's colony. That's where Bill is going all of us is going through this book really. Matt young you and Allison want young guys like that note you.

We talk about discipleship was Avenue admissions will the master said go and make disciples years ago may converse so this is at the heart of when you hear him and Jesse Connor and Michael your this is the heart of your you analysis – I guess it yeah that's right you know when I've gone mission trips and seen people come to faith going back that trip to China. I went back a year later and was really naïve about how much they would have grown spiritually over the last year and I was sad to see that they were the exact same place where we left them a year before because no one else had invested them. Discipleship happens in relationships and so this content is not sufficient in and of itself. The subtitle is a discipleship experience for small groups. So, whether that be you take two people through it or 12 people there like my wife and I are right now with the brand-new group discipleship is so vital and it's a lifelong relationship with Christ.

That's based in love and results in obedience Stu Epperson I'm in Dario justice was a word.

It's kind allowed big trees on our street team. He sees spread the word got out here we got Michael's WIC is not for God hosts amazing man to God. We got these two young guys who are serving Christ on his way to Mexico on his way to the area. North Carolina just got saved, you know, out of unchurched background.

I was reach folks and we got the guy them the Mrs. maestro Mrs. passerby church that will is seen Allison for this amazing book mass life together WIC look like a Core System nearby for these guys while you know that we we been talking about this a lot lately.

The Bible says that you will face persecutions. We all we all know whether were Christian or not, were going to face obstacles in our lives, but what keeps you going. When you face obstacles perfect response, it is something I just run to the our small group on Sunday says Philippians 129 is been granted on you tube on behalf of Price not only to believe in him but to suffer for him and I'm ready to put everything out there.

If I lose all the money that I have my go homeless as long as I have and I know that I'm good and that's why have my faith is to know that no matter what happens I have Connor make it tough out there rear.

Young you get a flat tire you it's only because the outer tries to attack you for sharing the gospel is, my mind goes there for the joy set before him endured the cross for the joy set before me cries that eternal heaven and on fighting for them, trying to bring the people trying to bring them to.

That's what refi does not have somebody makes fun of me. I don't care it's for the Lord. This is how men are saved, not how my I feel good will is you bring to me yes all the time I came to see the names at the time because are serving Christ in a country were a normal Christian is assaulted for their faith. A normal Christian is attacked and so you know I'm encouraged to hear these young men that see that I'm encouraged by her? I want to follow that up I did. Can you think of a specific time were you did face an obstacle and it seemed insurmountable.

But with the help of the Lord. He was able to help you overcome the New Testament says everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. One time that I can think of is when I was on a mission trip in Asia and we had been sharing the gospel with different people even gave little booklets to people and they one person called the cops on us and we got interrogated by communist police threatened us with prison time they send regular come back tomorrow if you told anyone else about Jesus will throw you in jail. So it was one of those things were Jesus told us what to do, wipe the dust off your feet move on to the next village where there are more people receptive to the next place I cannot get overburdened by persecution. But just think there are a ton of people who are ready to receive Christ if they would only just hear it from someone what a deal.

What a blessing Jesse. How can we support you in your literally, you brought a bunch of cards and other card you cut them up and said a God was our yard send money to my ministry to help support you to pay for you to fly to Mexico and then potentially somewhere. Maybe the Middle East will know. But how can we support you and Connor and pray for you guys and for you not to meet your match mobilizing guys that Matt is on cloud nine. Right now because he sees a bunch of guys here that I want to go out and he's benefit archers tell us all wake up seven conferences missions guys try to bring these people in the fires up so I know he stopped and easily give us a closing challenge on missions, especially with his new book he wrote his wife master life together.

Discipleship experience for small groups, every church should take your small groups is 12 session Bible study can do in your home with your family. You do your church with we support.

Pray for you know when asking the same question.

Obviously, the first thing is the support that we can get from just prayer itself on me that like you said right before we went to his interview that prayer is so important to set the second thing is to just tell people about it. Just tell people about my name, Jesse Fowler and you find me on Facebook all guy you'll see a hoodie.

This is Jesus loves you on it. He says I'm young, I don't really look anymore us to have a young spirit, for God and then thirdly, is that you can go on to Google. You can type and why when muslin donations find is very easy and I'll give you ill tell you how to write out your check and then you follow those directions very carefully and then you'll just write down that the and in a separate note that the funds are for Jesse Fowler now the angle is not for me to be filled out completely. Like if it goes past the amount that I need goes out to other people and why Wham I don't care if I get full or not. I want other people to be able to have the opportunity go out and were more about G3 to see your kid to the mission field you go to the mission field send money and you can send prayers your more powerful. That's a supernatural think on a prayer for you are going to gonna wrap up yeah I'm just prayer.

That's what I need I need the Lord because all the other things that's where he's distilled off the rectory brings all the things about meeting trust and that your challenge these young men. A closing prayer Michael Zwick your challenge. These young men and everyone out there about being on mission with Jesus, you talk about a lot of innovative classes and I love that never in a down about your challenges. We got here.

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So a prayer for Fermina ministry. You know, is to get the word out about this material because it's life-changing of God's word with God's people is coming out in a few days from now. So people could go to.LI/master life together that will directly to lifeways website so it's been published in a few days rent from life way. My prayer is that the Lord would do at least half of what he did with the original material that my granddad Avery Willis wrote with master life 40 years ago.

Over 330,000 people of been discipled through that material. And so my wife and I just simplified it revised it to make it fresh for another generations so it's 12 weeks experience with small group so my encouragement everyone listening, whether they be you know through the radio podcasts are here in person is your Timothy's who are you investing into. We all need a Paul in our life. Someone is investing and dies.

We need a Barnabas is a brother or sister in encouragement to another, but we need Timothy's in our life.

Who are we going to pour into this material. Just makes it intentional and gives you a plan to the chapter sections of this is only will your relationship with God is a good place to start relation with yourself, your relationship with others Chrysler community relationship with the world. Are you going all this you know what is your spiritual gift.

What are the fruits of the spirit power you growing. Who are you discipling was discipling you what is God's mission for the world. What is God's heart for the gospel in like having a better person wraps up with prayer is Michael Zwick he's the host of, if not for God. We we need to play this on his show doer elite union interviews guys your awesome program. Everyone needs to download his podcasts and make sure you interview Matt about his will you please on your show.

Michael is not forgot. What's it about and then pray for such a tell us what we are shows about its stories of hopelessness turned in the hope and you know it's basically what we talked about this morning about how you know that we need to forgive other people because of all that God has done for us. Probably my favorite passage in the Bible is his Luke 18, he says that two men went up to the temple to pray, one Sunday. The one fair, the one a Pharisee and the other Republican said the other Pharisee looked up and he said God I thank you that I'm not like this other man. He says I give 10% of my money. I don't commit adultery, pretty darn good person. He says the second guy went up and he wouldn't even look at his chest.

The publican in the publican was a tax collector, and he said God have mercy on me a center and Jesus said the second man went away justify the guy beating on his chest, saying God have mercy on me, not the first one he says because everyone who humbles themselves will be exalted, but anybody who exalts themselves will be humbled, Lord, and I just want to pray right now in Jesus name. All of these men who are at this table and all the men who are at Wednesday in the word today. Lord I thank you for their humble spirit. Lord I thank you for their willingness to say yes to the calling on their lives. Lord and not Lord I thank you Jesus for dying on the cross for our sins so that we know that just by believing in you. We have eternal life.

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believe it in him shall not perish but have everlasting life in Jesus name, amen. What a blessing and reform ago. I want to give each of you a chance to challenge we have a country is in a mess. We have a world of sentiments, but we have less than 10% of Christians even give 10% of their church were commanded to give were more concerned about arguing over the theology of the Thai what percentage they were about. Is she reaching in and pulled also been Frank is a given to the Dean of units of missionaries like by Jesse and the minute we bring in a Calvary like honor, so we have sent to the camp.

We have less than I heard our distort grosses dizzy from Greg Laurie lesson 4% of Christians how you lead someone to Christ as your lesson 4% and he said I is less than 6% are even actively sharing their faith.

So how what would you say I was and asked Connor is 18 on his way to mission. The mission field is asked him what he would say to his younger self uses younger self, but to challenge other young people and old people like me out there about mission for Christ all you go you go you go in as wiggle closes out with the child you so I'd say stop intake with God's outline and be your own thing, but every single place to go school sports all those things.

That's a mission field.

Whether you are using her knowledge. Whether your work.

You can spread the gospel through the way you live.

Do you love how you forgive but also the word through the word Jesus were saved and get the speak the words so that they know how to be.

That's what we need.

Going out of the gospel is doing everyday task doing it on the God John Connor eight years old on his way to missions right now what he's with encouragement to meet what you say Jesse your little bit older than him. You're still a young person category which means your lawyer to me, but you're on your way to Mexico. I know everyone else is coming from there. Here you're going there against the grain to share the gospel.

What what your challenge there went out there about waking up going on missions with Christ delayed social media and distant news put fear into you because that's what makes you feel like you can go out and talk to people they only show the bad of the two sides colliding with each other and it's it's much easier to go and talk to people about Jesus and what the social media makes it out to and especially being in a different country that you don't really collide as much when it comes to Mexico. I feel like people are much open to hearing things like that. The more welcoming you hear stories all the time about people going to other countries and going into Africa and going going to this nation's and their more than accepting to just hear what you're talking about, but people try to look at social media, and they look at us as if it's such a bad thing, but socially just puts fear into people just ignore that. Don't look into that God is with you by your side to get you through your socially like you guys are doing to share the gospel like you know so you like Ohio's liquors you to jail, he share the gospel on tick-tock on Instagram on Twitter with the verses about God's word out there and reach people face over fear Matt Willis. Your challenge mobilizing people what what you tell everyone become everyone in this listing that you talk right now become our missions pastor again. Are you Mrs. Basher Calvary Baptist church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on peace Haven Road dear ones. This is not your second and preaches a word, click the greatest problem in the world are Christians who are not acting like disciples. Over 25% of the people in the world would say that they are Christian.

So really if everyone would just share the gospel with three people each time in the whole world deliver the gospel and yet here we are 2000 years later and we still haven't finished the task were not very close. Something's got a change in the challenge I would leave is what Jesus challenge in Luke 923 and 24 is that if anyone would be my disciple and he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it for anything more worthy of living for and even like Paul said four things you said in the gospel of Jesus Christ ensuring about the one he died for me so that I can go share with others the life and the forgiveness he offers in the gospel Mike Zwick take us home. Your final shows everyone out there share Jesus with one person.

Today I got that from you and I think about you know Zwick was a young man like you Connor and he was a college and he saw two girls and no Christ. He was enjoying a live party and whatever and someone challenge that young girl may be a radio show. She heard like to talk some else to share Jesus and what happens are one day she Bugging Me She Bugging Me. You Need to Give Your Life to Jesus and I Said Okay Fine, and from That Point It Was Funny after That. I Said Okay Have Made the Decision and That's When God Started to Reach Me.

I Was Going to Church Every Week and Then One Sunday I Was at This Pinedale Christian Church Right Here in Winston-Salem Not Too Far Right of the Street and the Pastor Bill McKenzie Is That His Name He Said the Devil Is Knocking to Tell You Not to Give Your Life to Christ Necessarily José Just Do It Later, but the Bible Says That Today Is the Day of Salvation. When I Heard That I Ran up to the Front of the Church. I Got Baptized and the Rest Is History. So You_Date with the Young Lady and Escorted It with Eternity and Now Is Hosted If Not for God Michael Zwick Amazing Time Together. Jesse with Why We Must Wait and I Still Pray for Them. People Think a Second You Could Do That Asked the God of the Universe, the Lord of the Harvest to Bless Jesse and His Were to Go at Him and to Use a Miley in Mexico and the Wherever God Leads Him after That Training Time with Why Wam and Then I'll Pray for Connor. This Young Man.

I Got 18 Years Old Is He Goes and Shares Jesus Christ in the Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina, and Everywhere Else God Leads a Man, You Blessed Us Today While so Glad You Came to Burial Was in the Word As We Are. That's Why There's Always Noise These Men Can't Leave Their Still Here in Our Hot Dogs yet but They're Praying There. They Got the Words out There Occurs Each Other, and Matt Willis. Matt, Thank You for This Amazing Book.

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