Sending and Greeting

What do we greet and send to others?

• Who do we send?
• 2 Timothy 1 v 1-2
• Paul is sending Timothy this 2nd letter to be a final encouragement and inspiration to keep going with the stuff he has applied from the first letter.
• Paul sends people all over the world, he is willing to make a sacrifice in his own ministry to send a great person elsewhere, and Paul is sowing into the future.
• Genesis 26 v 12 - "Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the LORD blessed him."
• Isaac sowed in a time of famine.
• I have been extremely blessed to have worked with Emmanuel Pentecostal Church in Accrington, especially the great leaders Ps. Kam Pul and Sun Pul. With the support of Ps. Harry and Edna.
• These four people have sowed into me not for their gain but for the gain of the Kingdom. They have sent me out to where God is calling me (Burnley) and honoured and blessed me in the process. It has been an amazing season of 2 years being at and helping lead parts of the church.
• God has used them to grow me and developed my gifts and God has humbled and shaped me.
• Paul is willing to send, my pastors are willing to send, are you?
• Paul sent Timothy to Ephesus, Paul even says he is lonely in the previous letter. But ultimately Paul does not regret his decision to send Timothy because he knows it is furthering the Kingdom.
• Paul greets Timothy is Grace, Mercy and Peace; he does not say it is his doing to get these things but the Father's.
• God wants us to show the Grace of God.
• God wants us to show His Mercy in times of trial.
• God wants us to bring Peace where ever we go.
• These three are only possible if we are fully connected with the source - God!
• We have many opportunities to show these things in daily life.
• Do we choose to take them?
• Mark 10 v 46-52 - " ⁴⁶ Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging. ⁴⁷ When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” ⁴⁸ Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” ⁴⁹ Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” ⁵⁰ Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus. ⁵¹ “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.” ⁵² “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road."
• Jesus brought all three of these things to Bartimaeus who needed mercy for someone to take notice, the grace of God to heal him and the peace that comes from knowing Jesus.
• Who is your blind Bartimaeus in need?
• It is important who we send but also who we receive and who meet.
• A  preacher once dressed as a homeless and sat outside of the church and nobody helped him with food or money, then he got changed and preached in that church. 
• Who can we show mercy to? They might be the next person to be sent out into the mission field.