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Luke chapter 10 verse 2 and Jesus 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.

What an amazing verse, and it's echoed in Matthew Chapter 9,

verses 37 and 38 here and Luke Chapter 10 and it's real similar in the sense that right after Jesus says this he sends out his disciples and gives them instructions for the spread of the

gospel of the kingdom through them but he starts by saying the harvest is plentiful like the harvest language here is

language that we see all throughout scripture and particularly in Jesus

teachings as relating to judgment and salvation,

the reality that one day every single person in the world will either experience the final judgment of God,

eternity in what we've already seen in Luke,

unquenchable fire, or the final ultimate salvation of God,

everlasting joy in the presence of God. So that moment is coming for every single person and

there's a harvest field just waiting to hear the good news of salvation and Jesus says the harvest is plentiful.

The problem is not that they're not ready to hear. The problem is the laborers are few.

There are not enough laborers who are going into the harvest field and proclaiming the judgment and salvation of God. Therefore

Jesus says pray earnestly, not just pray, but earnestly,

to the Lord of the Harvest

to send out more laborers into his harvest.

So let's do it. God we pray to you the Lord of the harvest. We're just

gonna straight obey exactly what Jesus said to do here. We pray together right now earnestly for the sending out of more

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