Fireside Chat | Sunday, August 23, 2026

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“Year of Faith, Courage & Living in God's Grace”

Sermon Title: The Harvest Is Ready: Will You Answer The Call?

Sermon Text: Matthew 9:37–38; Luke 19:1–10

“FIRESIDE CHAT” QUESTIONS”

1. If the harvest is already plentiful, as Jesus said in Matthew 9:37, what do you believe is preventing more of us from becoming active laborers? Is it fear, comfort, busyness, lack of compassion, uncertainty, or something else?

2. The sermon says, “The crisis is not the harvest, the crisis is the workforce.” What does that statement mean to you personally, and where do you see yourself in the harvest?

3. Jesus called Zacchaeus even though the crowd saw him as a sinner. Who are the “Zacchaeuses” in our communities today, the people we may be tempted to judge, avoid, or overlook? How can we learn to see them the way Jesus sees them?

4. "Before talking to people about God, talk to God about people.” How can prayer change the way we approach people who are lost, hurting, or living differently from us?

5. We were challenged to “visualize, strategize, and evangelize.” What practical tools, relationships, gifts, and opportunities has God already placed in our hands that we can use to reach people?

6. The sermon says, “You will not reap if you don’t love and have compassion for the crop.” What happens to evangelism when we know the truth but lack compassion for the people we are trying to reach?

7. What area of your life might be a “comfortable field,” and what would it look like to surrender your comfort and say, “Lord, wherever You send me, I will go”?

8. If you knew that one person you reached for Christ could impact an entire generation as Edward Kimball’s witness to D.L. Moody demonstrates, what one person would God be placing on your heart to reach, encourage, pray for, or invite to Jesus?