This document discusses the concept of invitation and inclusiveness. It references biblical passages about God extending invitations to all people, including those who are poor, thirsty, or self-sufficient. The document encourages readers to see the value in everyone and invite others to learn about God by being real, listening without judgment, and meeting people where they are. The overall message is that Christians should work to ensure the marginalized feel welcomed and find the gospel message to be good news.

3. 7 Also, seek the peace and
prosperity of the city to which I
have carried you into exile. Pray to
the LORD for it, because if it
prospers, you too will prosper.“
Jeremiah 29:7 (NIV)

4. “Because how you see what you see
determines how you do what you do.”
Life is SACRED
Everything is good
Everything is fallen
Everything is redeemable

5. “ B e c a u s e h o w y o u s e e
w h a t y o u s e e d e t e r m i n e s
h o w y o u d o w h a t y o u d o .”

6. Jesus was INVITATIONAL
to the woman at the well
• Be real
• Look beyond the labels
• Listen to the heart and meet the felt need.
• Only then share God’s big story!

7. • God makes all the preparations.
• God sends us to extend the invitation to
others.
• God doesn’t want anyone to miss out.

8. “The challenge comes to us today. Christians,
hearing this anywhere in the world, must work
out in their own churches and families what it
would mean to celebrate God’s kingdom so
that people at the bottom of the pile, at the
end of the line, would find it to be good news.
It isn’t enough to say that we ourselves are
the people dragged in from the country lanes,
to our surprise, to enjoy God’s party. That may
be true; but party guests are then expected to
become party hosts in their own turn.”

9. 1"Come, all you who are thirsty,
come to the waters; and you who have no
money, come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without
money and without cost.
2Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labour on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and your soul will delight
in the richest of fare.
Isaiah 55:1 -2 (NIV)

10. God is very inviting!

11. Who Are Invited?
1. The Thirsty and the Broke
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the
waters; and he who has no money, come, buy
and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without
money and without price.”

12. Who Are Invited?
2. The Self-Sufficient
“Why do you spend your money for that which
is not bread, and your labour for that which
does not satisfy?”

13. It’s time for something to happen!
W h o s h o u l d y o u i n v i t e ?

14. Make the most of opportunities
1 . B e P e r s o n a l
2 . B e I n t e r e s t i n g
3 . B e R e a l
4 . M a k e I t E a s y

15. W H Y ?
7 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of
the city to which I have carried you into
exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if
it prospers, you too will prosper.“
Jeremiah 29:7 (NIV)