G12 Life Group Notes–October 25, 2009–6:30 a.m. Pastor Goudeaux (Pg 1 of 2)
Open in Prayer Song Testimonies Prayer of Three Witnessing Closed Cell

ONCE WE GET SAVED, GOD GAVE US A PURPOSE:
1. TO WITNESS
2. TO MINISTER

Acts 26: 14-19
14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 16But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; 17Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 19Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
• God continually reveals things to us that He wants to do in our lives.
• We have experiences that we can share with people.
• In order for God to use us, we must be delivered.
• We are in the greatest harvest time ever. People are looking for answers.
• God told Paul that He was going to deliver him and then send him.
• We need to pray to God to use us.
• Our first harvest field should be our families.
• God wants us to reach the lost.
• God’s number one thing (#1) is for us to be a witness.
• It’s not called “the commission,” it’s called the “great commission.” It’s the greatest thing you can do.

Luke 1:74
74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
• The enemy tries to use fear to stop us from witnessing.

Luke 1:79
79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
• Our job everywhere we go is to bring people out of darkness.

G12 Life Group Notes–October 25, 2009–6:30 a.m. Pastor Goudeaux (Pg 2 of 2)

NOTE: Google Evelyn Roberts. Study the Welsh Revival.

• God wants to use us NOW!
• We don’t have to be eloquent or educated, just willing.
• Christians don’t seem as motivated as other groups with respect to witnessing.
• People don’t want to just be ministered to, they want relationships. For example, we should not just minister to people, but pick them up and bring them to church.

Matthew 4:16
16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
• Our job is to be the light to the world.
• We should not just be a light, but a great light.

HIGHLIGHTS OF VIDEO SHOWN
 We must return America back to God.
 There is a worldwide threat from Islam.
 In order for a culture to sustain itself a birthrate of 2.1 must be annually sustained.
 When we describe culture, we are talking about our way of living.
 Most European countries are well below this number.
 The United States has a birthrate of over 2, but this is in large measure the result of immigration from Mexico.
 The Islamic culture has an annualized birthrate of 8.
 The Islamic population is growing rapidly in some European countries, and if present trends continue they will gain control and establish Islamic republic’s through their sheer numbers.
 Catholicism was once the largest religion. Islam has now surpassed it.
 Christianity has suffered from two major issues: 1) Abortion, and 2) Lack of Evangelism.
 We must take a righteous stand against anything that threatens our way of life.
 We must be greater witnesses and return back to America.