TEXT: MATTHEW 4:23-25; 9:35-38
TITLE: CONSCIOUS AND INTENTIONAL MINISTRY
INTRODUCTION
A. Conscious Ministry…
B. Intentional Ministry…
C. Conscious and Intentional Ministry in the Moment…
WHAT DO WE DO?
A. “Teaching”
1. Teaching = didasko
2. To discharge the office of a teacher
3. In addition, to hold discourse with others in order to instruct them
B. “Preaching”
1. Preaching = kerysso
2. To discharge the duty of a herald
3. Primary proclamation of the message vs. the continuous instruction
in the contents and connections of the message (teaching)
C. “Healing / Reaching”
1. Healing = therapeuō
2. To heal, to restore to health
3. In addition, To serve, to minister to, to render voluntary service
4. Sickness and Disease
a. Sickness = sickness, pain, sorrow
b. Disease = softness, weakness, debility
TO WHAT END?
A. Moved with compassion
B. Prayed for more help
C. They followed
CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
THAT I WILL SEEK TO ENGAGE IN CONSCIOUS AND INTENTIONAL MINISTRY
