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This time of year, it's certainly a time where a lot of people, they're making New Year's routines, setting goals, resolutions,

whatever you want to call them. Who who hears setting goals or has some things that

they want to improve in their life? Yeah, it's generally a good thing, right?

People aren't making goals to become a smoker, gain weight, stuff like that.

These are good things. However, it's important that we don't lose sight of the ultimate mission at

hand. How many people know that while we're here on earth, we all have a mission to accomplish?

In Matthew, excuse me, chapter 29, verse 19, Jesus tasked his disciples with a mission. He says, go therefore and make disciples of all the

nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to

observe all that I commanded you. And lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

So notice, first, Jesus is talking to men who have already undergone a discipleship process.

Okay?

They are disciples.

And now he tasked them with the mission of making more.

Essentially, he says, go bear fruit.

The Webster Dictionary defines commission as an instruction command or duty given so he commands them with this task right and then he says an interesting

phrase he says and lo i am with you always pay attention to the fact that he doesn't say anything about whether it will be easy or not.

But in my personal experience of life and serving God, it's generally been associated with a high degree of suffering.

But the ironic thing is that the suffering is always worth it.

What I'm not talking about is the consequences of our own stupid decisions. What I'm talking about specifically today is

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