1. Solve the present need - impact of the miracles, spiritual breakthrough.
2. To be fishers of men - Cleanse the leper => reach out to terminally illness.
3. To be fishers of men - Heal a paraltic => compassionate to the weak and disabled.
4. To be fishers of men - Tax collector => fellowship with sinners.
5. To be fisher of men - Heal the sick and meet the needs.
6. Reach out to fallen humanity - Step out of Glory, step down into humanity.

Requirements to be an influences in society.

1. RISKS - you have to launch out into the deep, out of your confort zones to catch the good catch. Step out of your identify yourselves to fallen humanity.
2. ROOFTOP SYNDROME - Peter in the Bible is always spending time to understand the visions but in actual fact God actually wan him to go into the streets to reach out to the lost. SO dun be catch up into spirituality that you forget to reach out to the fallen humanity. Mission of God's vision is to bring His presence out into our world. Have patient in dealing with sinners, giving them the second chances.
3. RIGHT WEAPONS IN THE WRONG BATTLEFIELD - Using spiritual weapons against physical bodies. Understand that spiritual weapons is a warfare against the devil not humanity, while in the physical realm is to serve the people, carrying the servanthood.

It is our responsibility as a Church to bring skin and flesh to the Word. We are to be like Jesus where the word become flesh and impact the society. When ppl look at you, they can see God. We are to go into the world to make disciples, only when you love them, they will know that God is here. Understand tt it is not how much u know, but how much they know that you love them. It is a warfare against spiritual principality. We need to love God wholeheartedly and love ppl fervantly. Ppl are not your enemies but the devil.

How den shall we love humanity?:

1. Be hospitable to one another - 1 Peter 4:9
2. Care for one another - 1 Cor 12:35 - show selfless serving.
3. Pray for one another - Dun ignore ppl's needs.
4. Restore one another - James 5
5. Teach and admonish one another - Col 1:3
6. Serve one another - Gal 5

We got to be like star thrower. The story goes like this:

There was once a wise man who was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead, was reaching down to the shore, picking up starfish and very gently throwing them into the ocean.When asked why he was throwing Starfish into the ocean, the young man answered "The sun is up and the tide is going out and if I don't throw them in they'll die". The wise man replied "But don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach with Starfish all along it, and that you can't possibly make a difference!"The young man listened politely, then bent down, picked up another Starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves. "It made a difference for that one", he said.

I believe that we all have been gifted the ability to make a difference, it’s all up to us whether to do it or not. If we are aware of this gift, do you not realize you have the power to shape the future? We got to make a difference, cuz without love, it is nth even when you are spiritual => Balance is impt. We have to have individual, coporate making a difference in the society.

Great Commission is fulfilled outside the church not within the church.

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