Lord of the Harvest

But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” Matthew 9:36-38

3 Facts:
1. The number of lost souls in the global fields of harvest is plentiful.
2. The number of laborers working to bring in the harvest is pitiful.
3. Our greatest response to this need is to pray.

Today, there are over 6.804 billion people on this earth, and 5.443 billion souls are lost; without Christ, without hope, heading to an awful eternity. The harvest is plentiful.

In our nation, there are 258 million people who are not a part of any church of any denomination-lost. There is not one county in our nation, not one in any of the fifty states, that has over 50% of the population in some church. Not one county is "churched" in this whole country. The harvest is plentiful.

In the state of North Carolina, with thousands of churches of all kinds and sizes, there are nearly 6 million people who will not be in any church this Sunday. Lost. The harvest is plentiful.

There are over 146,000 people living in Nash and Edgecombe counties. Research shows that one out of three people in our area will attend some kind of a church service at least one Sunday in a year. IF every person who stepped inside of a church building one time a year would all go to heaven, that still would mean there are over 98,000 people living within 30 minutes of our church property that are lost and heading for a Christless eternity. The harvest is plentiful!

Our precious Savior came to earth for the harvest. He died for the harvest. Soon, He is coming back for the harvest. His main concern today and tomorrow is not the election, the economy, or the environment; He is concerned only about the harvest. He is- the Lord of the harvest.

Would you join Him? You can, by praying and by participating in the harvest. Pray that He would send out laborers into the harvest fields of our area, into our nation, and to the world.

There are over 269,000 people in one unreached, unengaged people group in India called the Koli Malhar. There is not one church among all these people. Lost.

Pray that He would send a couple from Englewood, either a married couple or two single adults or college students, to live for 8-12 months among the Koli of India. This mission team of two would follow-up on those who give their life to Christ when our volunteer teams go there in February and April of 2011. Pray that this team of two would hear His call, heed His call and be ready to go to India in February of 2011.

Pray, and then be the answer to someone else's prayer by personally going out into the harvest.