(2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT) This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

(Matthew 28:19-20 NLT) Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teachthese new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

(Mark 16:15 NLT) And then he told them, "Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.

(Luke 24:47 NLT) ... this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem: 'There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.'

(John 20:21 NLT) ... "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you."

(Acts 1:8 NLT) But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere--in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

(John 4:31-35 NLT) ... the disciples were urging Jesus, "Rabbi, eat something." But Jesus replied, "I have a kind of food you know nothing about." "Did someone bring him food while we were gone?" the disciples asked each other. Then Jesus explained: "My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work. You know the saying, 'Four months between planting and harvest.' But I say, wake up and look around. The fields are already ripe for harvest. So the people came streaming from the village to see him.

1. WHERE they are.

(Psalm 37:23 NLT) The LORD directs the steps of the godly. ...
(Proverbs 16:9 NLT) We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps.

√ Connect before we correct.

2. WHO they are.

√ Don't have to be like them but . . . you do have to like them.

(Matthew 9:36 NLT) When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

3. WHAT they need.

(John 1:14 NIV) The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.