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Good News About Jesus

Giving the Good News About Jesus to people - locally and beyond

"This is the Good News about Jesus…" Mark 1.1

"I gave them the message that you gave me." John 17.8
(Words of Jesus in red)

    Basics
    GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS MISSION
  1. Giving Good News About Jesus materials
  2. Giving Good News About Jesus witness
  3. Teaching Good News About Jesus
  4. Preaching Good News About Jesus
    GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS PLEDGE
  5. Praying and giving praise and thanks
    GOOD NEW ABOUT JESUS PRAYER
  6. Giving Good News About Jesus gifts
  7. Using the Good News About Jesus Letter and Program

BASICS

1. We believe God wants everyone to have the Good News about Jesus.
"God…wants everyone to be saved." 1 Timothy 2.3,4
"This gospel is God's power to save all who believe." Romans 1.6
"This is the Good News about Jesus." Mark 1.1

2. We believe everyone needs the Good News about Jesus.
"There is no one else…who can save us." Acts 4.12
"How can they believe if they have not heard the message?" Romans 10.14

3. Out of love we want to help give the Good News about Jesus to people everywhere.
"We love because God first loved us." 1 John 4.19
"The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them." John 15.13
"I want to help." 1 Corinthians 7.35
"I gave them the message." John 17.8
"I only want to complete my mission and finish the work the Lord Jesus gave me to do." Acts 20.24

4. We're following Jesus and helping in his mission.
"Jesus…said to him, 'Follow me.' Matthew got up and followed him."
Matthew 9.9
"Jesus said to them, 'Come with me and I will teach you'…"Mark 1.17
"They had followed Jesus while he was in Galilee and had helped him."
Mark 15.41

5. We're following Jesus in praying.
"He prayed." Mark 1.35
"This, then, is how you should pray:…" Matthew 6.9
"Watch and pray." Matthew 26.41

6. We're following Jesus in giving the Good News about Jesus to people through the written and spoken word.
"I gave them the message that you gave me." John 17.8
"Jesus explained to them what was said about himself in all the Scriptures." Luke 24.27
"Give this message." Mark 16.7
"Starting from this passage of scripture, he told him the Good News about Jesus." Acts 8.35

7. We're giving the Good News about Jesus to people so they can be friends and disciples of Jesus, believing Christians, and serving church members.
"I call you friends." John 15.15
"Make them my disciples." Matthew 28.19
"The believers were first called Christians." Acts 11.26
"I will build my church." Matthew 16.18
"Prepare all God's people for the work of Christian service." Ephesians 4.12

GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS MISSION

Giving the Good News about Jesus to more people in more languages and places - so they can be friends and disciples of Jesus, believing Christians, and serving church members.

Part 1 Giving Good News About Jesus materials

1. We're maintaining a supply of the Good News About Jesus booklet, tape, and lessons in our homes and churches, and in our pockets, purses, and vehicles.
"Jesus… unrolled the scroll…" Luke 4.17
"Bring the books." 2 Timothy 4.13

2. At every opportunity we're giving and otherwise providing the Good News About Jesus materials, especially the Good News About Jesus booklet and tape, also lessons, outline, picture, program, Jesus videos, New Testament, and Bible.
"Pray for us that God will give us a good opportunity." Colossians 4.3
"In my first book I wrote about all the things Jesus did and taught." Acts 1.1 "I gave them the message." John 17.8
"These have been written in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God and that through you faith in him you may have life." John 20.31
"Faith comes from hearing the message." Romans 10.17

3. We're sending and delivering the Good News About Jesus booklet to homes and following up with phone calls and visits.
"Write down what you see and send the book…" Revelation 1.11 "They…spread the news about Jesus all over that part of the country." Matthew 9.31

4. We'll keep on helping to spread the Good News about Jesus to people everywhere through more Good News about Jesus materials in more countries and languages.
"We can preach the Good News in other countries." 2 Corinthians 10.16 "There are many different languages in the world." 1 Corinthians 14.10

Part 2 Giving Good News About Jesus witness

1. We're adding witness and testimony to giving the Good News About Jesus materials.
"I gave them the message." John 17.8
"You will be witnesses for me…to the ends of the earth." Acts 1.8
"He held discussions with the people, quoting and explaining the Scriptures, and proving from them that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from death." Acts 17.2,3
"Starting from this passage of scripture, he told him the Good News about Jesus." Acts 8.35
"We believe in man's testimony, but God's testimony is much stronger."
1 John 5.9
"Who do you say I am?" Matthew 16.15
"Tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how kind he has been to you." Mark 5.19
"I have so much more to tell you, but I do not want to do it with pen and ink. I hope to see you soon, and then we can talk personally." 3 John 1.13
"You visited me." Matthew 25.36

Part 3 Teaching Good News About Jesus

1. We're finding interested people and working through the Good News About Jesus Lessons and teaching the Good News About Jesus classes.
"Seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you." Luke 11.9
"They set a date with Paul." Acts 28.23
"They continued to teach and preach the Good News about Jesus." Acts 5.42 "We taught you, both in our preaching and in our letter." 2 Thessalonians 2.15

2. We're writing letters and using phones to give the Good News about Jesus to people.
"I am writing this to you so that you may know that you have eternal life." 1 John 5.13
"Read this letter to all the believers." 1 Thessalonians5.27
"Tell them how much the Lord has done for you." Mark 5.19
"He told him the Good News about Jesus." Acts 8.35

Part 4 Preaching Good News About Jesus

1. We're preaching Good News About Jesus sermons to small groups and larger audiences and through media materials.
"Every day in the temple and in people's homes they continued to teach and preach the Good News about Jesus." Acts 5.42

2. We'll keep on spreading the Good News about Jesus in our communities and in every possible language area and people group.
"Invite to the feast as many people as you can find." Matthew 22.9
"They were from every race, tribe, nation, and language." Revelation 7.9
"Go, then, to all peoples everywhere, and make them my disciples:" Matthew 28.19

GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS PLEDGE

As God blesses, we'll keep on giving the Good News about Jesus to people - to the glory of God, as a witness to the world, and for the salvation of many, in Jesus' name. Amen.

Part 5 Praying and giving praise and thanks

1. We're praying for God's blessings every day as we give the Good News about Jesus to people in our local areas and beyond.
"Many prayers for us will be answered, and God will bless us." 2 Corinthians 1.11
"Give us today…" Matthew 6.11
"Help us by means of your prayers." 2 Corinthians 1.11
"Jesus was praying alone." Luke 18.43
"When you pray…pray…in private." Matthew 6.6
"They gathered frequently to pray." Acts 1.14

2. We're praising God every day and giving thanks for blessings received.
"They all praised God." Luke 18.43
"As God's grace reaches more and more people, they will offer to the glory of God more prayers of thanksgiving." 2 Corinthians 4.15

3. We're celebrating giving the Good News about Jesus to people privately, in group and church meetings, and in Good News About Jesus Festivals.
"At that time Jesus was filled with joy." Luke 10.21
"My heart praises the Lord." Luke 1.46
"There was great joy in that city." Acts 8.8
"Let us celebrate!" Luke 15.6
"Sing hymns and psalms to the Lord with praise in your hearts."
Ephesians 5.19

4. We're expressing our joys and thanks to one another.
"I am glad and share my joy with you." Philippians 2.17
"Speak to one another with words of psalms and sacred songs."
Ephesians 5.19
"I thank my God for you." Philippians 1.3
"I am grateful to them." Romans 16.4

5. We'll keep on praying for one another, especially at noon when the hands of the clock go up to twelve.
"Keep on praying for us." Hebrews 13.18
"Pray for us that the Lord's message may continue to spread rapidly and be received with honor, just as it was among you." 2 Thessalonians 3.1
"The hour of prayer." Acts 3.1

GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS PRAYER

Lord God, - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - bless our giving the Good News about Jesus to people and thank you for blessings received, in Jesus' name. Amen.

Part 6 Giving Good News About Jesus gifts

1. Good News About Jesus helpers are volunteers, and our gifts, pledges, and bequests are used for preparing, printing, and giving more Good News About Jesus materials and information to more people in more languages and countries.
"He was so eager to help that of his own free will he decided to go." 2 Corinthians 8.17
"Not what I want, but what you want." Matthew 26.39
"I only want to complete my mission and finish the work the Lord Jesus gave me to do." Acts 20.24
"Used their own resources to help Jesus and his disciples." Luke 8.3
"Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find." Luke 11.9
"The disciples went and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them." Mark 16.20

2. We're helping the Good News About Jesus program to grow through more prayer, activities, and support.
"Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
1 Peter 3.18
"Help us by means of your prayers." 2 Corinthians 1.11
"Pray to the owner of the harvest that he will send out workers to gather in his harvest." Luke 10.2
"They were extremely generous in their giving." 2 Corinthians 8.2

Part 7 Using the Good News About Jesus Letter and Program

1. We're using the Good News About Jesus Letter and Good News About Jesus Program guidebook (or 3-Ring Notebook) for news, prayer information, directions, and inspiration.
"I wrote that letter because I wanted to find out…" 2 Corinthians 2.9
"The apostles came back and told Jesus everything they had done."
Luke 9.10
"This news brought great joy to all the believers." Acts15.3

2. We're keeping records and reporting helpful items and activities.
"This book is the record of the events…" Revelation 1.1
"Paul greeted them and gave a complete report." Acts 21.19
"I thought it would be good to write an orderly account for you." Luke 9.10 "So that you will know how I am getting along." Ephesians 6.21

3. As the Good News About Jesus program grows, we'll be adding information, teaching notes, and helpful guidance materials toward the best possible Good News About Jesus program.
"Get information on these matters." Acts 25.20
"From you will come a leader who will guide my people." Matthew 2.6
"Pay proper respect to those…who guide and instruct you…"
1 Thessalonians 5.12
"He thanked God and was greatly encouraged." Acts 28.15

4. We're keeping in touch through our Good News About Jesus Letter - sharing problems, blessings, and progress - and through the phone, mail, visits, meetings, printed materials, internet, and media materials.
"Get information on these matters." Galatians 6.6
"From you will come a leader who will guide my people." Matthew 2.6
"Pay proper respect to those…who guide and instruct you…"
1 Thessalonians 5.12
"He thanked God and was greatly encouraged." Acts 28.15

5. We're doing necessary Good News About Jesus business, planning, and organizing, and we'll keep on praying for and working at making improvements in our Good News About Jesus materials and program.
"Keep busy in your work for the Lord." 1 Corinthians 15.58
"Make it your aim to live a quiet life, to mind your own business."
1 Thessalonians 4.11
"Be as eager to finish it as you were to plan it, and do it with what you have." 2 Corinthians 8.11
"Be filled with the truly good qualities which only Jesus Christ can produce." Philippians 1.11
"This Good News about the Kingdom will be preached through all the world for a witness to all mankind; then the end will come." Matthew 24.14