Let's pick up where we left off last night.

So my heart's desire and prayer to God for you is that he would put your boat, the boat of your life,

on a course toward the completion of the Great Commission, towards the remaining task of world evangelization, either as a sacrificial goer

or a sacrificial sender. And I'm putting the word sacrificial on those words, not for any particular

effect, but because of Jesus' statement, whoever would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross.

I think it belongs to the very essence of Christian life

that we sacrifice, that we say no to numerous desires that we have for the sake of something greater.

A life of sacrifice is not a life of unhappiness.

We deny ourselves things that would diminish our delights in God through serving people. And there are thousands of things that would diminish our delights in God through serving people. And there are thousands of things that

would diminish our delights in God, and they are all pleasurable. And we deny ourselves those

for greater pleasure. So, number one, I'm eager that God would direct the boat of your life toward the remaining task of world evangelization,

either as a sacrificial radical goer or a sacrificial radical sender, but not a coaster in this life,

not a disobedient, indifferent person just going about your business

with no care for the task of world evangelization.

That's number one goal.

Number two is that I want to help you, and this is the focus this morning, to lift up a

mast on your boat.

This is a sailboat.

It's not a motorboat.

The great tragedy is that people think the Christian life can be turned into a motorboat.

It can't.

You can grow a church by putting an Evan root on the back of your boat and making it happen,

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