Let's Go Fishin' : Essential Attitudes

I. Nurture __________.

A. If you __________ nothing, __________ will happen.

Matthew 17:20 - 21 (NLT) ²⁰“You didn’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I assure you, even if you had faith as small as a mustard seed you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”

B. Lack of __________ produces no __________.

James 2:17 (NLT) ¹⁷So you see, it isn’t enough just to have faith. Faith that doesn’t show itself by good deeds is no faith at all—it is dead and useless.

II. Have a __________ heart.

A. Christ promises to give __________ through the __________ __________.

B. __________ brings joy.

III. Always rely on __________.

A. Prayer centered in __________ accomplishes __________.

Matthew 21:21 (NLT) ²¹Then Jesus told them, “I assure you, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May God lift you up and throw you into the sea,’ and it will happen.

B. God __________ __________ prayers.

Matthew 7:12 (NLT) ¹²“Do for others what you would like them to do for you. This is a summary of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.

IV. Let God’s __________ overflow.

A. Love for __________.

John 14:23 - 24 (NLT) ²³Jesus replied, “All those who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and live with them. ²⁴Anyone who doesn’t love me will not do what I say. And remember, my words are not my own. This message is from the Father who sent me.

B. Love for __________ and __________ in Christ.

Hebrews 13:1 (NLT) ¹Continue to love each other with true Christian love.

C. Love for the __________ and __________.

Luke 19:10 (NLT) ¹⁰And I, the Son of Man, have come to seek and save those like him who are lost.”

D. Without love __________ __________?

1 Corinthians 13:3 (NLT) ³If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would be of no value whatsoever.

V. Be __________.

Luke 18:1 (NLT) ¹One day Jesus told his disciples a story to illustrate their need for constant prayer and to show them that they must never give up.

A. __________ is the secret of __________.

B. Life and __________ is tested by __________.

Romans 12:1 (NLT) ¹And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask?

God’s judgment is not based on __________ but on __________ __________.

Let’s Go Fishin: Discouragement of Fishing for People

1. People who care about individual __________ often face discouragement.

1. The greatest discouragement __________ of __________ by people who say they are __________.

Some of the Reasons

1. A Lack of True __________: __________, __________, __________.

+ Who does the Bible say we are?

• We are __________:
Romans 6:17 - 18 (NLT) ¹⁷Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you have obeyed with all your heart the new teaching God has given you. ¹⁸Now you are free from sin, your old master, and you have become slaves to your new master, righteousness.

• We are __________:
Colossians 1:13 (NLT) ¹³For he has rescued us from the one who rules in the kingdom of darkness, and he has brought us into the Kingdom of his dear Son.

• We are __________ :
1 Thessalonians 5:5 (NLT) ⁵For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night.

+ Some people are __________ but have not become __________ - __________.

1. A wrong view of the __________.

+ We are not an __________.

+ We do not exist just to __________ __________

Jesus said, I have come to __________ not be __________.

+ We do not exist only when we are __________.

1. A lack of individual __________.

+ Being a Christ-follower means __________ __________

Romans 6:16 - 18 (NLT) ¹⁶Don’t you realize that whatever you choose to obey becomes your master? You can choose sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God and receive his approval. ¹⁷Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you have obeyed with all your heart the new teaching God has given you. ¹⁸Now you are free from sin, your old master, and you have become slaves to your new master, righteousness.

+ Being a Christ-follower means __________ in a local church.
1 Corinthians 12:11 - 12 (NLT) ¹¹It is the one and only Holy Spirit who distributes these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have. ¹²The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up only one body. So it is with the body of Christ.

1. An unwillingness to __________

+ __________ of the Bible

+ __________

+ __________ by world interests

+ __________ by the __________

The Cure

1. Acts 2:42 (NLT) ⁴²They joined with the other believers and devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, sharing in the Lord’s Supper and in prayer.
2. __________

+ __________ vs ignorance of the Bible, __________ – apathy, __________ vs world’s interests, __________ vs devil’s undermining activity