CHOOSE THE RIGHT HARVESTING EQUIPMENT

•    selecting the appropriate tool for the job
•    things buildings cannot do: (a) make a church grow
•    (b) improve giving to ministry
•    (c) motivate people to minister
•    harvesting involves responding to people’s needs

HEAVENLY HARVESTING IN SCRIPTURE

•    Bible stresses winning souls / leading others to righteousness
•    harvest of God’s final judgment on wickedness of nations
•    righteous will shine following Son of Man’s harvest

ATTENTION TO THE OVERLOOKED

•    disciples shocked that their Rabbi was speaking with a woman
•    compensation inequity continues
•    care enough to discover backstory of the hurting

THE POWER OF PRONOUNCED PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

•    Samaritan woman invited others to come see: didn’t have all the answers
•    enough to share your own personal experience

MORE IMPORTANT THAN MY NEXT MEAL

•    Jesus delayed lunch in preference for doing Father’s will

HEAVENLY HARVEST HASTILY HAPPENING

•    fields ripe for spiritual harvest already
•    loss of ‘Christendom’ actually presents opportunities
•    ennui: listless dissatisfaction; anomie: unrest, anxiety, lack of purpose

IT’S A SET-UP!

•    various sowers: OT prophets, John Baptist, Jesus, woman
•    witness of nature; “rigged” human nature (conscience)