I'm not sure exactly how short you can pray with me about that. I have three messages

planned in the series at this point and I'm open to two more at least if the Lord guides.

But it's an introduction to a series that I believe has been

pressed upon us in a number of ways.

I think there has been a strong conviction in staff

that God is calling us as a church to greater fruitfulness.

The ministers who came to us during prayer week delivered a kind of prophetic word

over us as a church that God did want to make us a more fruitful

and converting church.

Every time I'm in a group of prayer warriors and I seek the Lord earnestly with them about

God's heart for us, this kind of thing be fruitful, multiply, become a converting ministry, emerges.

I have heard two or three independent times where texts like Acts 931 have been prayed,

which says the church throughout all Judea and Galilean, Samaria, enjoyed peace being built up and going on in the

fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit it continued to increase.

It was multiplied.

So more and more it seems like there are these streams coming together to say,

pray this into reality. But more important than any of those signs or pointers is the

biblical fact that God's revealed will is for us to be a fruitful multiplying people.

Romans 101, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they might be saved.

This was the apostolic heart. My heart's desire and prayer to God is that they.

The Jews he was referring to, might be saved.

And John 1516, I appointed you, Jesus says that you should go, bear fruit and that your

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