One thing have I asked of the Lord,
    that will I seek after:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord
    and to inquire in his temple.

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10:1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3 Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 4 Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and greet no one on the road. 5 Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’ 6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you. 7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.8 Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. 9 Heal the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10 But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, 11 ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’ 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more bearable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. 15 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades.

16 “The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

It is his mission before it is ours.

I. Pray for Workers vv 1-2
II. Go Where He Sends vv 3-9
III. Trust Him with the Response vv 10-16

Intro

1. When you think about speaking to someone about Jesus, what usually makes you hesitant?
2. Who are two or three people already in your life that you would especially like to see come to faith?

Into the Text

3. Read Luke 10:1-2. What does Jesus say about the harvest, and what is the first thing he tells the disciples to do?
4. Read verses 3-4. What do the picture of “lambs among wolves” and Jesus’ travel instructions tell us about the way he sends his people?
5. Read verses 5-9. What do you notice about the way the disciples are meant to enter people’s homes and relate to them? What are they there to say?
6. Read verses 10-15. What does Jesus teach about rejection and about the responsibility of people who have been given the opportunity to hear and see the truth?
7. Read verse 16. Why is this verse so important for understanding the whole passage? What does it tell us about the relationship between Jesus and those he sends? 

Apply it

8. Think again about the two or three people you named at the beginning. What would it look like to pray for them regularly and take one natural step toward them this week?
9. Where do you most need to trust Jesus in evangelism: having courage to speak, knowing what to say, or leaving the response with him?