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You are invited

Key Verses: Mark 2:13-17, Revelation 12:11, Romans 10:15, Luke 19:8-10 

Take Away Thought: Everybody is inviting

Large Group:

Stories Matter

1. Stories that believer in Christ should be the world

2. Stories matter to and they should matter to the .

Revelation 12:11

3.  They did not put themselves .  Even when they were faced with .

4. The stories that the church tells, display the of God.

I Was Invited

5. Every Christ follower’s begins with these three simple words.

6. Every was invited, at one point, to something bigger than .

Everyone Deserves an Invite

7. If we are truly Jesus, then we need to realize that everyone deserves to be to Him.

8. In the eyes of , everyone is inviting.

Mark 2:13-14

9. Tax collectors were by everyone.

10. But Jesus saw him ; He saw him as being “ it.”

Mark 2:15-17

The Power of Your Story (Romans 10:15)

11. “I have come for the , not the .”

12. Someone is to have their story with the most beautiful three words.

Luke 19:8-10

This is what we are inviting people to: a life story, and their story begins with three beautiful words.

I was invited…

Small Group Questions:

1. What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever been invited to? What made this so cool for you?

2. Which invitation would you choose: Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory or Jurassic World? Why?

3. How did you end up coming to this youth group/church?

4. What’s the hardest thing about inviting others? What excuses do you usually make?

5. How many of your friends know your testimony/church?