You Can Start a Movement of God Lesson

You Can Start a Movement of God Lesson 3: Sharing Your Testimony

God wants all the peoples of the world to trust, follow and worship Him. From Dallas. . . To the Ends of the Earth

How do we reach all peoples?

God Wants Us to Join Him in What He Is Doing Forest Meadow Baptist Church Following Jesus. . . From Dallas to the Ends of the Earth

60 30 125 800 I. B. Forest Meadow • I. B. Hebron • I. B. Luz y Verdad • 2 Apartment Churches Sudanese Comm. Church How FMBC Multiplied 150 75 Niche/ Ethnic Churches • Pleasant Woods • Walnut Place • The Well • Zambian Light House Churches 5500 Team Church • 12 Churches • 2 Churches • Rockwall • 5 Churches in • Guatamalan Dallas • Mesquite • 4 Churches in (Lay) Sudan • Indian • Parkland From 30 people in 2002 to more than 6500 in 2009.

Training for Trainers Forest Meadow Baptist Church Following Jesus. . . From Dallas to the Ends of the Earth • Lesson 1: Vision for Spiritual Reproduction • Lesson 2: Reaching Your Circle of Influence • Lesson 3: Sharing Your Faith • Lessons 4, 5, 6: Creation to Christ Story

We Train Others to Train Others Forest Meadow Baptist Church Following Jesus. . . From Dallas to the Ends of the Earth And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses, entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others. 2 Tim 2: 2 NIV

We Train Those We Have Influence Over Forest Meadow Baptist Church Following Jesus. . . From Dallas to the Ends of the Earth In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. NIV

We Share Our Testimonies Forest Meadow Baptist Church Following Jesus. . . From Dallas to the Ends of the Earth • What My Life Was Like Before I Met Jesus Christ • How My Life Has Changed Since Meeting Jesus Christ

Obedience Based Discipleship Forest Meadow Baptist Church Following Jesus. . . From Dallas to the Ends of the Earth • Luke 6: 46 – "So why do you keep calling me 'Lord, Lord!' when you don't do what I say?

Obedience Based Discipleship • Haggai 2: 4 -5 Forest Meadow Baptist Church Following Jesus. . . From Dallas to the Ends of the Earth – Be strong, all you people still left in the land. And now get to work, for I am with you, says the Lord of Heaven's Armies. 5 My Spirit remains among you, just as I promised when you came out of Egypt. So do not be afraid.

The Story of Elijah (1 Kings 18 -19) Forest Meadow Baptist Church Following Jesus. . . From Dallas to the Ends of the Earth • Complete Obedience Resulted in Miraculous Victory (1 Kings 18) • Partial Obedience Resulted in God Replacing Elijah with Elisha. (1 Kings 19)

The Perils of Partial Obedience • Dialogue Questions: Forest Meadow Baptist Church Following Jesus. . . From Dallas to the Ends of the Earth – What does this story say? – What was Elijah’s problem? – What did his partial obedience cost him? – Is there anything in this story do you not understand? – What does it teach you about God? – What should you obey?

Memory Verse: • “So why do you keep calling me 'Lord, Lord!' when you don't do what I say? 47 I will show you what it's like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it. 48 It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against the house, it stands firm because it is well built. 49 But anyone who hears and doesn't obey is like a person who builds a house without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will collapse into a heap of ruins. " Luke 6: 46 -49 NLT

Assignment Forest Meadow Baptist Church Following Jesus. . . From Dallas to the Ends of the Earth • Using Paul’s testimony as inspiration, use the outline below to write out a short testimony. Then tell it ten times to someone you know. Use a separate piece of paper if you need to. – My Life Before Meeting Jesus Christ – How I Met Jesus Christ – How Jesus Has Changed My Life