If you would, go ahead and get your Bibles, turn to Psalm 96. Psalm 96. And I'd just like to say what an honor it is. I'm truly humbled to be here tonight in this missions conference. I certainly do appreciate all your prayers, your prayerful support, and your financial support. What a faithful church. I mean, what a testimony of supporting Brother Gomez he is over all these years. Brother Gomez, I appreciate that testimony. I do. And I get to go to these things all over the country and meet folks where we see that God's working not only in their lives, but where they're called to. And so, I certainly do appreciate that, and I'm going to give you just a little bit of an update on our ministry as we go along in each of the services. I'm not going to take time to do it all at one time. There's so much to tell. But as far as a family, Brother Gomez was talking about family, we welcomed three new grandchildren this year. Two was born in May. One in Colorado which was a grandson and one in North Carolina which was a grandson and both are healthy and doing well and we were excited and then our youngest or our latest one was in September out in Montana. So we got to spend some time with her. And she is the only girl with two rambunctious boys. And so that's the way our grandchildren are in Colorado. It's the same. One girl, two guys. I'm telling you. But the girl in Colorado is older. So she's going to take care of business. Now the girl in Montana, she's the youngest. She'll take care of business when it comes time. And so we're excited. That's our eighth grandchild that's here on earth. We have three in heaven that we'll get to meet one day. And I honestly believe we know exactly who they're gonna be. When we get to heaven, we're gonna know they're our grandchildren. And so that's 11 altogether. And so we're excited for that day. But that's family news that we really, really rejoice in. I love the grandchildren. I never knew. I heard one pastor say, if I knew then what I know now, I'd have had the grandchildren first. I say amen to that all day. I love my kids, but I love my grandkids too. And our boys, our boy grandchildren are out numbering the ladies. I had four girls. And so now we have more boy grandchildren than we do girls. And so it's exciting. We're excited. And so that's just our news. And in our ministry, we have been all over the place this year. The Lord has really opened doors everywhere. And one of the things we were doing, a VBS in Idaho. and a five-day VBS. You don't see those very much anymore, but the pastor I preached on Sunday, and we did the VBS that week, and five young people came to know the Lord and Savior. And so we're rejoicing, and those folks, that pastor's following up with those young people, and he's actually got a way into the parents. He's able to witness to the parents through those children who came to know the Lord. And so we're excited about all of that there. And the Lord's just really blessed. And so that's just a little bit tonight. Like I said, I'll give you a little bit as we go along. But Psalm 96 tonight, I wanna think this, the Lord laid on my heart this theme, a heart for the harvest. And we look at this, the heart for the harvest is, that's what God's heart is. He wants people to come to know him. He wants people to come to know him as savior. And so they can have a home in eternity in heaven. And so in this, God laid upon my heart, this theme and this verse. And as we come to this tonight, I wanna look at Psalm 96, which is Charles Spurgeon said is a missionary Psalm or a missionary hymn. And I looked at it, and I began to study it, and I began to look at it, and I began to agree with Spurgeon more and more as I studied it. And tonight, we're gonna look at this and break it down, and I wanna think on this thought tonight of why missions matter. Now, if you were to ask several people and many people, they would probably tell you the same thing. It's because it matters to God. Well, and that's so true. Maybe somebody else may tell you something else, but I look at this and as we look at this Psalm tonight, I hope it becomes clear why missions ought to matter to us. Now, and we know that it matters to God. That's his heart, right? That's his heart. His heart is missions. His heart is spreading the gospel for us to spread the gospel all over this world. And so why should missions matter to us as much as it matters to God? And I think when we look at this hymn, or we look at this psalm, I think you'll understand that. And I hope you will anyway. So when you find your place there in Psalm 96, if you would please stand with me out of reverence and honor of the reading of God's Word. We'll pray and we'll get right into the message tonight. Psalm 96 verse number 1, the Bible says, O sing unto the Lord a new song, sing unto the Lord all the earth. Sing unto the Lord, bless his name, show forth his salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the heathen, His wonders among all people. For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised. He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens. Honor and majesty are before Him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. Verse number 7 says, Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people. Give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name. Bring an offering and come into his courts. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Fear before him all the earth. Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth, the world shall also be established, that it shall not be moved. He shall judge the people righteously. Let the heavens rejoice and let the earth be glad. Let the sea roar in the fullness thereof. Let the field be joyful and all that is therein. Then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord for he cometh For he cometh to judge the earth, he shall judge the world with righteousness and the people with his truth. Father in heaven, we're thankful to be able to come to your house tonight. Lord, I'm thankful everyone that is assembled together here, that Lord, we can worship you in spirit and in truth. Lord, as we look at this psalm tonight, Lord, I pray that we set the cares of this world away for just a little while as we look at your words, Lord, and I pray that as your people, we'd open our hearts and minds, Lord, to what you'd have for us, Lord, that we may go forth from this place to be better witnesses, to be better Christians, to be better servants for you, and that, Lord, we would have your eye on the harvest. And so, Lord, tonight I pray you bless in a mighty way. I pray, Lord, you'd help me as I preach your precious word. Lord, I can't do it upon my own strength, Lord, but I'd ask you that you'd fill me with your Holy Ghost, Lord, that I'd say and I'd think and everything that would honor and please you. Thank you again for each one. Thank you for your blessings you give us in each and every day, Lord, in Christ's name. Amen. Thank you. You may be seated. Thank you for standing for the reading of the word. As we look at this Psalm, I know that was a lot of reading there in these verses, but I felt as we look at this Psalm tonight, I think we can look at and we can get the eye for the harvest or we can have that heart for the harvest as what the Lord has laid upon my heart. for this thing. Now there's a little over eight billion people on earth at this time. Eight billion. Now you think about that, I'm not very good with numbers, but I do know that eight billion is eight with nine zeros after it. I can't even fathom eight billion of something. But there is eight billion living, breathing people. So I want you to give you more of a manageable number. The number is 7,220. Now according to an organization or several, 7,220 is the number of the unreached people groups in the world. An unreached people group is a unique segment of the global population that is less than 2% evangelical Christian. Now what that means is, is much of these people groups have no churches, they have no missionaries, they have no Christian witnesses among them whatsoever. Now why would these numbers be important to you? Because they're important to God. Jesus left his home. Jesus came and traveled to this world that did not know him. He spent his life seeking those that were lost and gave his life that they might be saved. The Bible tells us that he came to seek and to save that which was lost. Our Lord is the master missionary. And all those who truly follow in his steps knows that missions really matter. In Psalm 96, we read what is described as a missionary hymn or psalm. It's a Old Testament song written with New Testament notes. Reading as we look at this, we're reminded of God's desires for all the nations and all the people of the world to hear the gospel and to know His glory. So I want you to, as we examine this psalm, I want us to be reminded that we should have a heart for the harvest like God has a heart for the harvest. You and I need to have that urge to spread the gospel. You and I need to have God's heart in our life because that's what it's about. And so as we look at this psalm, I want you to notice with me, number one, missions matter when we look around. Missions matter when we look around. Although Jehovah, our God, was the unique God of the Jewish people, He was never exclusively their God. Though they often forgot it many times, they were supposed to be the lights to the Gentiles. The Jews were supposed to be the lights to the Gentiles, to the people of this world and witnesses to the world of the glory of God. But they failed at that. And so we are reminded in Psalm 96, I want you to notice here, we find the reference in verse number nine, look at verse number nine, we see all the earth. In verse number three, as we look at that, we see among all people. In verse number five, you notice here the nations. And in verse number seven, you'll notice kindreds of the people. You notice several things in reference to people all over the world. This psalm calls for the people of God to look around and realize that there are many others in these United States and around the world who need to hear about our God. Right? As Christians living in this century, the need to look around is greater than it ever has been before. As the world's population increases, so do the number of those who are lost and in need of the gospel. So consider as we see it here in this psalm, for one thing, when we look around, we see number one, people are lost from their birth. Look in verse 3 with me. The Bible says this, Declare His glory among the heathen, His wonders among all people. Now you see in verse 3 the word translated heathen there was actually a title that referred to anybody that was not a Jew. That's the reference. It was anybody that wasn't a Jew. And it is applied specifically to those who were not in a covenant with God. Now the truth is, is that all men are born this way. All of us were born, as Ephesians chapter 2 and verse number 12 says, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. When we look around, we see the world and thousands and millions and billions of people that make them up, we must be mindful that we are not all God's children. We are not all saved. As you look around, you see people out there, we can't assume only God knows who's saved, that's true, right? But we can't assume that everybody's saved because we know that they are not. God wants everybody saved. God wants everybody to come to know him as Savior. But we know that that's not going to happen. We know people that's already died and gone to their eternity in hell. And you and I as we look at this Psalm and we see that people are born into sin. They're born separated from God. Humanity is born spiritually dead on their way to hell apart from the grace of God and the hope of the gospel. Romans 5.12 tells us that. Wherefore, by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin. And so death passed upon all men, for all, for they all have sin. When we look around, we see not only people that are lost from their birth, but we see also further, secondly, that people are lost in their beliefs. Look down in verse number five, if you would. The Bible says, For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens. Now as we see this, we see that people that feel this planet are not only born lost, but they believe lost. The multitude of gods and deities they worship are nothing but idols, creations of man's hands and minds. Nevertheless, anyone who honestly considers the various religions of the world recognizes they cannot be all right and in fact they are counter to one another. But we know there's only one way. John 14, 6 says, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me. Now I know I may be speaking to the choir here, but you can go not too far out of here and you'll see many different religions. You'll see many different beliefs. And you'll see many different idols. Right? People here in today's time, you read about it in the Old Testament a lot where people would worship idols. They would worship false gods. But I submit to you that we do the same thing today. They are not identical to what the Old Testament when we read about gods and idols and those kinds of things. But there are gods and idols today. Right? And it's easily defined as anything that takes the rightful place of God in our lives. That's an idol. That may even be so much as a god to us. Anything that takes the rightful place. And what is the rightful place of God in our lives? That is first place or preeminence. That's what the Bible says in Colossians, that he is to have the preeminence. That's first place. Above all else, that's first place. And that's odd to this world today. That's different to this world today because everything else should be just as important, right? Everything else, my family should be more important, or my wife should be more important, or my job, or making money and surviving, all of that should be more important. That's what the world thinks. Right? But the Bible tells us that God should have preeminence or the first place in our lives. And so in this world today, you know that many people have replaced that thing. Now, people are born with a vacancy, if you will, that only God can fill. People are looking to fill those things with many different things. That void, if you will, that only God can fill. That's what we're born. When God comes in and we ask God to save us, it comes in, that weight is lifted off, and we have more joy than we ever had before, no matter the circumstances. Right? That's what God does. But in our day today, people are looking to fill that with money, with a job, with drugs, with alcohol, with anything they possibly can to fill that in their lives. But you and I need to realize this harvest may not understand that. And you and I are to give them which will fill that in their lives. See, he's called us to do that. It's like Brother Gomez in Columbia. You give them the truth. That's what changes their lives. The truth, the gospel. That's what you and I are to give these folks today that are lost in their beliefs. There's so many different ones. But we know the truth. And there's only one way to heaven. I've heard this, I heard it the other day, and I don't know, we don't watch a whole lot of news. And I'm thankful for that. Because I used to watch news, and my wife says, you gotta do something. Because I'd get so frustrated. It's like, this is crazy. This is crazy. And my wife said, no, you gotta do something else. So I don't watch the news now. I try not to anyway. But I heard the other day that there was a prominent, if you will, Christian authority or whatever, that says there's many ways to heaven. And I thought, how deceitful can you be? There's only one way. That's what the word of God says. And we need to understand the fact that we are to give them that way. We don't save them. God saves them. But you and I are to give them the way. To show them the way. And so that's what we're seeing here is people are lost in their beliefs. We see that in verse number five because it says, for all the gods of the nations are idols. They're false gods that they worship. But the Lord made the heavens. I love that reminder there in verse five that the Lord made the heavens. Hey listen, whatever, all those false gods, they didn't do anything. But you need to remember the Lord who's made everything. Who's made everything. And so you and I need to realize tonight that missions matter when we look around. And we can't have that heart for the harvest like God does. And so, you and I need to realize that here, people are lost in their beliefs. See, we must look around and realize that every single person who lives without Christ is lost, and if they die without him, they'll spend forever without him in a place called hell. Missions matter when you and I, as God's people, look around at the hordes of humanity that are still lost and still without the hope of the gospel. Consider a second truth we draw from this song. Not only should missions matter when we look around, but missions should matter when we look above. When we look above. Now, while billions of lost people around us should move us towards the cause of missions in this psalm and in the rest of scripture, what truly furthers the work of the missions is the glory of God. It's the glory of God. In this psalm, we see its ultimate motivations in nothing less than to see the name and the glory of God spread throughout the earth and among the nations because that's what's right and that's what's due. When we fully, when we know fully who our God is and his worthiness, then we will understand better the importance of missions. Right? As we consider this, I want you to notice here, number one, our God desires to be proclaimed. Our God desires to be proclaimed. Look at verse number two. He says, Sing unto the Lord Bless his name, show forth his salvation from day to day. You notice the phrase show forth his salvation. And I found it interesting that the word translated show literally means to publish or to preach. Right? And this command is very similar to the one that we find from the lips of our Lord Jesus in Mark 16, 15. He says, go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Go ye into all the world. See, when we look above to our God, we realize that His heart is for men and women and young people to come to know Him. He desires to make Himself known, for His people to declare who He is. God's no recluse. He's not up there hiding in heaven. He's not trying to keep himself hidden from the world. He came into the world through Jesus. He died for the world on the cross and now he calls the world through the gospel. See, what we must realize is that this same God that revealed himself to us one day now desires to reveal himself through us to those who have yet to hear of him. See, when he reveals his self to us, then he can reveal his self through us. That's what he tells us. And we are to show forth his salvation from day to day. You know what that in a nutshell means to us? We tell people what God did for us. That's the greatest witnessing tool that you have. is your own testimony. Is that just to tell folks, listen, this is what God did for me and he can do the same thing for you. That's the gospel. The death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. And how he changed our life. You get all these different religions and they can argue with doctrine if they want to. But they can't argue with a changed life. They can't argue with a changed life, what God did. And that's what he wants shown throughout this is how God changed you and how God can change them. See, he revealed himself to you, now he wants to reveal himself to others through you. And how do we do that? We go tell others about the gospel. We go tell others about the great God who did that for us. Right? It really matters when we look above at God and who the glory needs to go to. It's not anything that we've done. It's what God did. It's what he did in our lives. That's what we are to proclaim. Because you do that, he gets the glory. Right? He gets the glory. And so that's what he is due. You think about this, he wants to reveal himself to this world through us. People often say that a person's religious beliefs are to themselves or private, if you will. I've heard that before, but God doesn't think so. He feels that his salvation is to be a very public matter. God has no concerns about protecting his privacy. He desires for all men to come to know him as Savior. And when we know him, we will want others to know about him as well. When we look above, we not only see that our God desires to be proclaimed, but also our God deserves to be praised. Our God deserves to be praised. Look at verse four. For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised. He is to be feared above all gods. Now when you think this psalm, you see here, for the Lord is great and greatly to be praised. Now look at the central, look at verse number seven, if you will. He says, give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name. Bring an offering and come into his courts. Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Fear before him all the earth. See, here is the highest and the ultimate motivation for missions. Our God is worthy and deserves all of the praise, all of the honor, all of the worship, all of the glory that mankind can give Him. We should be concerned for the souls of men. We should grieve over billions that are dying and on their way to hell. We should weep over the fact that God does not receive all the glory that he deserves. Don't miss this. It is when men are most concerned with the glory of God that we will become more concerned with the salvation of men. See, I fear that the majority of people are not really involved, that are not really involved in missions, not because they don't see the lostness of men around them, but rather they don't see the full worthiness of God above them. See, the greatest missionaries and the greatest mission supporters are not those who love men the most. They are the ones that love God the most. If you love God the most, then you will love man. You love God the most. If we would only realize how worthy and wonderful Jesus is, our single and solitary and sole ambition would be to make him known to everyone who lives under the sun. In Isaiah chapter six, we find the prophet saying this, here am I, send me. You hear that many times at missions conferences and missions days all around. He says that when you read it all, not after he has seen the wickedness of Israel or the sinfulness of his fellow man. No, he said that immediately after he had seen the Lord high and lifted up. That's when he said, send me. When he recognized God and he was high and lifted up, if we see the worthiness of God for worship, we'll not hesitate to enlist ourselves for the cause of telling others about him. Now as we look further at this psalm, not only do we notice that missions matter when we look around, Missions matter when we look above, but also, thirdly, missions matter when we look ahead. When we look ahead. Now, this psalm is not only a missionary psalm, it's a millennial psalm. Now, what I mean is that the psalm speaks of the coming day when Christ will set up his kingdom on this earth and reign for a thousand years, the millennial reign. And the closing verses of this psalm pick up this theme. Look down in verse 10, if you will. The Bible says, say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth. The word also shall be established that it shall not be moved. He shall judge the people righteously. When we as God's people remember that Jesus is coming back, and when we recognize that he's coming, what it will mean for this world, we are further motivated for the cause of missions. When we consider with me here what is ahead and what it means for the work of missions, number one, what does it mean ahead? Number one, it means the ruler that is coming to this world. We see that in verse 10. Look in verse 10, it says, say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth. He reigneth. Okay, so you notice that our message to the world is not that the Lord will reign. It is that he already reigns. He's already reigning. The truth is, Jesus is not waiting to become king. He's already king. His kingdom has already begun in the hearts and lives of his people. And there is a day coming when the king who reigns in heaven is coming to rule on earth. The first time Jesus came to this earth, he came through the womb of a virgin. He was wrapped in swaddling clothes and rested in a humble manger. The next time he comes, he'll be riding a white horse, wearing a bloodstained robe, and will sit upon his throne in Jerusalem. See, with that in mind, when we look ahead, we realize that the second coming of Christ will mean very different things for this world to which he returns. He came the first time as man's redeemer. He comes the next time as man's ruler. He came the first time to call them with the blood of his cross. He comes the next time to conquer them with the word of his mouth. When we, with that in mind, we plead with men to come to Christ today, offering them the Lamb of God now before they must face the line of Judah then. See, there's a lot of motivations that you and I have for this task of world evangelism. And there's one that Paul mentions in 2 Corinthians chapter 5. It says here that Paul was motivated, or Paul was motivated by the terror of the Lord. In verse number 11 of 2 Corinthians chapter 5, it says, knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men. See, the apostle Paul knew the coming judgment of God in this world. He knew that God was coming back, Christ was coming back. You and I have not been called to clean up this world because it's on a collision course with the judgment of God. What we have been told to do is to tell others about Christ, right? To tell them that Christ is their only hope. and of the God that loves them. There's a saying that people don't realize how much you care until you show them how much you care. And the greatest thing that you and I could ever do for somebody to care for them, to love them, is tell them about Christ. Because we are on a direct line. And you read about the scriptures, and you look at what's going on in the world today, and we're closer to Jesus coming back than we've ever been before. And I think it's close, sir. It's not going to be long. Pastor, I really don't believe it's going to be long before the Lord comes back. I know the things and the chaos happening in the world and in this country today, the only fix for that is the Lord Jesus Christ. It's gone so far. And I had somebody say this is, when I was growing up, that I never thought the world would be in the shape that it is now back then. It has gotten way worse than I could ever imagined. And that tells us, the Bible tells us, we don't know when Jesus is coming back, but we can know the times and the seasons that he's coming back. And boy, we're there. We're there. There's nothing else left to be fulfilled. All we're doing is waiting for that trumpet when he calls us out of here, the church out of here, then the seven year tribulation, and then he's gonna come back and reign for a thousand years. See, you and I, if we're saved, we're not gonna be here for that tribulation. We're gonna be in heaven. And so you think about that in the heart for the harvest. There's people that you and I know. There's people that you can reach that I can't reach. There's people that you can reach that your neighbor can't reach. But the whole point of the fact of this Psalm is telling us is that Jesus is coming back to reign and he's gonna come back and it's gonna be a little different than the first time he come. Because the first time he come, he has given opportunity. He has given his gospel. He wants people to know him. But when he comes back the second time, he's gonna reign with righteousness. Gonna be a little bit different then than it is now. But you and I need to have that heart as Lord Jesus Christ did when he was on earth. He had that heart for the harvest. And so when we think about that, this leads us as we look at this motivation, as we look at this realization that Jesus is coming back. But secondly, in this as we look ahead, We need to notice the reckoning that is coming for this world. The reckoning, look in verse 13 of Psalm 96. The Bible says, before the Lord, for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness and the people with his truth. Right? This Psalm, and through this Psalm, the coming of the Lord is surrounded by calls for rejoicing from the heavens and the earth. There's a truth that reminds us that his coming will not be a joyful experience for everyone. For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness and the people with his truth. When he returns, he's coming to execute judgment and to bring people of this world to account. Revelation chapter 19 and verse 11 says, and I saw heaven opened and behold a white horse and he that sat upon him was called faithful and true and in righteousness. He doth judge and make war. See, when you and I are saved, we are, it's this theological term of the doctrine of imputation. See, when we're saved, our sins are imputed into Jesus and his righteousness is imputed to us. When you're saved, His righteousness is imputed into you. And that's the only way that you and I can stand before the Lord. That's the only way. It's not through anything that we have done. It's not by works. It's not by anything that you and I can do. It's only by the Lord Jesus Christ. And He's coming to judge in His righteousness. He's coming to this world to judge in his righteousness. See, you and I today, we really act as a district attorney, if you will. During my years in law enforcement, I don't know how many hours I spent in the courtroom. And I worked with the DA all the time, all the time, because he was prosecuting all the cases that I would bring before him. But you and I act as a DA in the world today. How do we do that? See, all the people, it's already been proven that all of us are born sinful men and women. We're all born into sin, every single one of us. But when you and I, we say to people, listen, you're guilty. You're guilty. The evidence is against you. It's overwhelming. If you stand trial before the judge, you're gonna be convicted and you'll be condemned. But we also tell them that the judge that sits on the throne is merciful. He's gracious, he's loving, and he's willing to give you or grant a full pardon. to all that confess their sins and trust in his son, who paid for their crimes on the cross. See, we urge all people to set of their case out of court, to be justified before they are judged, because when judgment comes, there will be no more time for pleas and pardons. When we look ahead, our hearts are stirred to call men to repentance. and faith in Jesus, knowing that when they see him face to face, it will be too late to negotiate for their souls. Jesus offers a full pardon for anybody that will come to him. And he says he won't cast anybody out. How do we do that? He does that through us, by having a heart for the heartless. And that starts here at home. Missions start here at home. Why? Because this is where people are. Missions are wherever you go because lost people are there. One of the greatest missionaries that ever lived and served was J. Hudson Taylor. in September of 1853 as a 21-year-old man, Taylor, boarded a little ship in Liverpool, England. And he set sail for China with the hopes of winning people to Christ. At that time, only a handful of missionaries had ever entered that country. By the time Taylor died some 50 years later, thousands had volunteered to go, motivated by his preaching and writing. Taylor once said this, would that God would make hell so real to us that we cannot rest. Would that God make heaven so real that we must have men there. Would to God that he would make Christ so real that our supreme motive and aim shall be to make the man of sorrows the man of joy by the conversion to him of many. Would Christ be so real that our supreme motive and aim shall be to make the man of sorrows the man of joy by the conversion to him of the many lost. What a statement. What a statement. See, remissions really matter. Only God can truly open our eyes to see the reasons why it matters so much to him as it should to us. Our prayer is that our eyes will be truly open to the harvest. That you will look around and see the many that are dying without Christ. that you will look above and see the worthiness of Jesus to have his name praised by all men, and that you will look ahead and see that the time for sharing the gospel is now before the end of the age. May what matters most to him matter most to us. With our heads bowed and our eyes closed tonight, thank you for listening so well. As we think about the message that God's laid upon the heart tonight, on my heart tonight, I think in our human thinking that in the back of our minds, we know that missions are important. But how important is it to us? Does missions really matter to the fact that it causes us to do what the Lord told us to do, to go? No, we're not all called into missions, we're not all called to be in the ministry to go, but we're all called to tell others, right where you're at. The heart for the harvest begins in you. Do you see the lost people as you look around? Do you see the worthiness of God as you look above? And do you see the need to hurry to spread the gospel? as much as we can because Jesus is coming back. It's a great day for us who are saved when Jesus calls us out of this world, but it won't be for those who are still here. Do you have that heart for the harvest? If you don't, you can ask God to give you that burden. because that's his heart. Father, I pray you'd have your will and way during this invitation time. Lord, have your will and way in our hearts and our minds, Lord, that we would get your heart for the harvest. In Christ's name, as we stand to our feet with our heads bowed and our eyes closed, Pastor, you come. As the music begins to play, I pray if God's spoken to you tonight, I pray that you do business with him. As the pianist plays a song tonight of God spoken to your heart, you need to come tonight. We invite you to come. The altar is open. You come and kneel here and talk to God. I love the statement, I don't know if it was his statement or a missionary, but the greatest missionaries that this world has ever produced have been great, not because they love man more than anybody else, but because they love God more than anybody else. Do you love God? Really simple, do you love God? We are moving towards our mission Sunday, Faith Promise Sunday. This was a great, a great night, a great step in the right direction. Please pray, be praying. I know you have been. I know you have been. Please pray for tomorrow night. Pray for Sunday. We're gonna sing a song, just a really brief chorus. 857, if you turn there. I love you, Lord. Can you sing that song and mean it? I love you, Lord. 857. When Isaiah saw the Lord, then he said, send me. Got it, Sharon? I don't care if you play it on both the same time, that's fine. 857, I love you, Lord. Let's sing it twice. I love you, Lord, and I lift my voice to worship you, O my soul. One more time, go home, I pray, go home. One more time, I love you all. Sing it from your heart. I love you, Lord, and I lift my voice to worship you. Thank you so much for the good message tonight. Thank you for the challenge. in our hearts for missions tonight. Lord, we want to praise you. We want to make you known to those around us. We want to have a heart for missions because that's your heart, Father. So would you bless us even on tomorrow as we go about our different, varying things and different things that we have to deal with tomorrow. Give us opportunity, yea, give us eyes to see the needs of those that we encounter tomorrow. And may we be blessed to be able to even lead them to a saving knowledge of the Son of God, I pray. And this I ask in Jesus' name, amen.