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The Church part II: What Is the Church Called to Do?

Isaiah 61:1-11

CM
Crossway Mission Church
Teaching Ministry
June 6 2021

This second message on the church turns from identity to calling. Drawing from Isaiah 61, it presents the church as a people anointed to carry good news, healing, comfort, freedom, and restoration into the world. The service begins with a strong sense of renewal, asking the Holy Spirit to refresh the mind, revive the spirit, and help the church become a community of lovers of Jesus, his kingdom, and his word. That atmosphere shapes the message itself. The church is not called merely to gather, but to be formed into a people through whom the heart of God is expressed. The sermon leaves the congregation with hope that the Lord is still doing something new, and that his people are invited to participate in it with compassion, purpose, and joy. Ask God not only who you are in the church, but what you are called to do through it. Make room for the Holy Spirit to refresh your vision and revive your heart for people in need of comfort, healing, and hope. Choose to live this week as someone sent with the compassion of Jesus. Lord, renew your church and teach us to live out the calling you have given us. Anoint us with your Spirit, make us carriers of freedom and comfort, and help us take part in the new thing you are doing with faith and joy.

  • The gathering opens by laying down the past week and focusing again on Jesus as King.
  • Isaiah 43 frames the day with a promise that God is doing something new and making a way in the wilderness.
  • From there, Isaiah 61 becomes a vision for the church's calling as a people who carry the Lord's anointing into places of need.
  • The message keeps returning to this shared purpose: the church is meant to embody the kingdom through healing, comfort, freedom, and praise.
  • Ask God not only who you are in the church, but what you are called to do through it.

Ask God not only who you are in the church, but what you are called to do through it. Make room for the Holy Spirit to refresh your vision and revive your heart for people in need of comfort, healing, and hope. Choose to live this week as someone sent with the compassion of Jesus.

Lord, renew your church and teach us to live out the calling you have given us. Anoint us with your Spirit, make us carriers of freedom and comfort, and help us take part in the new thing you are doing with faith and joy.

The Church June 6 2021 1:22:46

The Church part II: What Is the Church Called to Do?

Isaiah 61:1-11

Crossway Mission Church Teaching Ministry
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The Church Isaiah 61:1-11

This second message on the church turns from identity to calling. Drawing from Isaiah 61, it presents the church as a people anointed to carry good news, healing, comfort, freedom, and restoration into the world. The service begins with a strong sense of renewal, asking the Holy Spirit to refresh the mind, revive the spirit, and help the church become a community of lovers of Jesus, his kingdom, and his word. That atmosphere shapes the message itself. The church is not called merely to gather, but to be formed into a people through whom the heart of God is expressed. The sermon leaves the congregation with hope that the Lord is still doing something new, and that his people are invited to participate in it with compassion, purpose, and joy. Ask God not only who you are in the church, but what you are called to do through it. Make room for the Holy Spirit to refresh your vision and revive your heart for people in need of comfort, healing, and hope. Choose to live this week as someone sent with the compassion of Jesus. Lord, renew your church and teach us to live out the calling you have given us. Anoint us with your Spirit, make us carriers of freedom and comfort, and help us take part in the new thing you are doing with faith and joy.

  • The gathering opens by laying down the past week and focusing again on Jesus as King.
  • Isaiah 43 frames the day with a promise that God is doing something new and making a way in the wilderness.
  • From there, Isaiah 61 becomes a vision for the church's calling as a people who carry the Lord's anointing into places of need.
  • The message keeps returning to this shared purpose: the church is meant to embody the kingdom through healing, comfort, freedom, and praise.
  • Ask God not only who you are in the church, but what you are called to do through it.

Ask God not only who you are in the church, but what you are called to do through it. Make room for the Holy Spirit to refresh your vision and revive your heart for people in need of comfort, healing, and hope. Choose to live this week as someone sent with the compassion of Jesus.

Lord, renew your church and teach us to live out the calling you have given us. Anoint us with your Spirit, make us carriers of freedom and comfort, and help us take part in the new thing you are doing with faith and joy.

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