The Missional Manifesto

Just read the missional manifesto. It is excellent - well worth reading the whole thing (it isn't that long so click on the link and read it). It defines some things at the beginning and then lists a series of affirmations. And this is how it ends:

Because we believe these things, we are compelled to action. We urge God’s people to align around the lordship of Jesus, the missional nature of His church, and the reality of His kingdom. We invite the body of Christ everywhere to see people and the world through the lens of God’s kingdom, to live holy lives as Jesus’ disciples, and to intentionally represent Him together as the church. We affirm that Jesus was sent to fulfill God’s purposes in the world through His perfect life, substitutionary death, and physical resurrection so that redemption could be made available to us. With Christ as our focal point, His kingdom as our destiny, and His Spirit as our empowerment, we accept the privilege and joy of His mission.

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“I am a member of a royal priesthood”

"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

1 Peter 2:9

Ask Jesus:

• What is a “royal priest”?
• What is the role of a “royal priest”?

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“I am sent by Jesus”

Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”

John 20:21

Ask Jesus:

• Where are you sending me?
• What is my mission?

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“I am gifted by God”

“There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.”

1 Corinthians 12:4-7

Ask Jesus:

• How have you gifted me?
• Why did you gift me the way you have?

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“I am the beloved of God”

“We give thanks to God always for all of you...knowing, brethren beloved by God, His choice of you.”

1 Thessalonians 1:2-4

Ask Jesus:

• What does it mean to be beloved by you?
• Is there some reason that I doubt that I am your beloved?

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“I have everything I need for life and godliness”

“His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.”

2 Peter 1:3

Ask Jesus:

• What do I believe that I am lacking?
• What is godliness?

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“I am a reconciled to God”

“For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!”

Romans 5:10

Ask Jesus:

• What does it mean to be reconciled to you?
• How should this affect my life?

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“I am a fellow heir with Jesus”

“Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.”

Romans 8:17

Ask Jesus:

• What does it mean to be an heir?
• What is our inheritance?

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"I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me”

“I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”

Ephesians 3:12

Ask Jesus:

• What am I afraid of?
• What are you calling me to do?
• How will you strengthen me?

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“I may approach God with freedom and confidence”

“In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.”

Ephesians 3:12

Ask Jesus:

• Is there anything that is limiting my freedom and confidence in coming to you?
• Is there anything you want me to deal with?

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“I am God's workmanship”

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

Ephesians 2:10

Ask Jesus:

• What do you want to say to me today?
• In what ways have you made me unique?

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“I am seated with Jesus Christ in the heavenly realm”

“And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus”

Ephesians 2:6

Ask Jesus:

• What does it mean to be seated with you in the heavenly realm?
• How should this change how I see myself?

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“I am God’s co-worker”

“As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain ”

2 Corinthians 6:1

Ask Jesus:

• How do you want me to work with you today?
• How will you help me if I cannot do what you call me to do?

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“I am a minister of reconciliation for God”

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. ”

2 Corinthians 5:17-21

Ask Jesus:

• How have I experienced reconciliation in my life?
• Where do you want me to be your minister?

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“I am God's temple”

“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?”

2 Corinthians 3:16

Ask Jesus:

• What does it mean to be your temple?
• How have I experienced you dwelling in my life?
• How should this affect the way that I live?

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“I am a personal witness of Christ’s”

“ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 1:8

Ask Jesus:

• What does it mean to be a witness?
• Why have you chosen me to be your witness?

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“I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit”

“ You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.”

John15:5

Ask Jesus:

• Why have you chosen me?
• How have you used me to bear fruit?

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“I am a branch of the true vine, a channel of His life”

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”

John15:5

Ask Jesus:

• In what ways have you given me life?
• In what ways have you used me to show the world who you are?

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“I am the salt and light of the earth”

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.”

Matthew 5:13-14

Ask Jesus:

• In what ways I am salt and light in world?
• In what ways do you want me to be salt and light?

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“I am born of God; the evil one cannot touch me”

“We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.”

1 John 5:18

Ask Jesus:

• Show me your power and glory.

Journal

Jesus told me that if I want to see his glory and power today I would need to keep my eyes open. Specifically I need to pay attention to the people around me. For he will show his glory and power in and through people.