WE READ IN THE BOOK OF ACTS 20:17-38 WHERE THE GREAT MISSIONARY 0F ALL TIMES SHOWED THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN EPHESUS:

# 1. THE MANNER IN WHICH WE SHOULD SERVE THE LORD.
VERSE 18 SAYS, "...YE KNOW, FROM THE FIRST DAY THAT I CAME INTO ASIA, AFTER WHAT MANNER I HAVE BEEN WITH YOU AT ALL SEASONS." HE SHOWS US IN THE NEXT VERSE THAT THE MANNER IN WHICH HE SERVED WAS "...IN HUMILITY OF MIND, WITH MANY TEARS AND IN TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS." NOTE THAT HE WAS THE SAME IN ALL SEASONS. HE SERVED THE LORD IN FAITHFULNESS.

# 2. THE METHOD IN WHICH WE SERVE THE LORD.
VERSE 20 SAYS, "...BUT HAVE SHEWED YOU AND HAVE TAUGHT YOU PUBLICLY, AND FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE." MY FRIEND, IS IT IMPERATIVE THAT WE ALL BECOME INVOLVED IN USING THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY OF SOUL-WINNING, AND THAT IS FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE. WE ARE HAVING OVER 150 OUT EACH WEEK, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY THAT NEVER JOIN US IN OUR EFFORTS TO REACH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WOULD YOU DECIDE TODAY TO JOIN US ON THE LARGEST OUTREACH DAY OF THE YEAR? SATURDAY, OCTORER 28, AT 10:00. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE OVER 200 OUT SOULWINNING AND MAKING VISITS, INVITING PEOPLE TO CHURCH AND WINNING SOULS.

# 3. THE MESSAGE THAT WE MUST PREACH.
VERSE 21 SAYS, "TESTIFYING BOTH TO THE JEWS, AND ALSO TO THE GREEKS, REPENTANCE TOWARD GOD, AND FAITH TOWARD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST." MY FRIEND, WE HAVE THE RIGHT MESSAGE. NOW IS THE TIME TO SNARE THAT MESSAGE. THE WORLD IS DYING AND GOING TO HELL AROUND US, AND WE MUST LOVE THEM ENOUGH TO TELL THEM.

# 4. THE MISSION THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN.
VERSE 24 SAYS, "BUT NONE OF THESE THINGS MOVE ME, NEITHER COUNT I MY LIFE DEAR UNTO MYSELF, S0 THAT I MIGHT FINISH MY COURSE WITH JOY, AND THE MINISTRY, WHICH I HAVE RECEIVED OF THE LORD JESUS, TO TESTIFY THE GOSPEL OF THE GRACE OF GOD." WE TAKE OUR MISSION SERIOUSLY. WE MUST BE AS PAUL AND MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO FULFILL THE MINISTRY THAT THE LORD HAS GIVEN HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH IN FORT DODGE, IOWA.

# 5. THE MANDATE TO BE FULFILLED.
VERSE 31 SAYS, "THEREFORE WATCH, AND REMEMBER, THAT BY THE SPACE OF THREE YEARS I CEASED NOT TO WARM EVERY ONE DAY AND NIGHT WHITH TEARS." WE SEE HERE THAT THE MANDATE IS THAT WE LET NOT ONE SOUL'S BLOOD BE ON OUR HANDS. WE MUST WARN THEM OUT OF A COMPASSION FOR THEIR SOUL. COME GO WITH US EITHER ON THUSDAY EVENINGS AT 4:30; SATURDAY MORNINGS AT 8:30; OR SATURDAY MORNINGS AT 10:00.

WE ARE TRUSTING GOD TO SEE MANY SOULS WALK THE AISLES AND BE SAVED AND BAPTIZED. THIS CAN ONLY HAPPFN AS WE PUT FORTH THE EFFORT OUT IN TNE HIGHWAYS AND HEDGES.