“I believe it will only be known on the last day how much has been accomplished in missionary work by the earnest prayers of believers at home.”
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By returning to and being refreshed by the knowledge of our Triune God, our souls well up with new desire and enthusiasm to make him known.
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Because of Jesus, we’ve been adopted—grafted into God’s chosen people Israel. Along with the patriarchs and apostles in the Bible, other believers—for instance, those in my church—are my family, my people.
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Likewise, God’s people should seek a way for the deliverance of the nations. Why? To promote God’s glory so that the nations will know God’s power to bring justice.
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The past three years have been years of learning for Lydia VanWingerden, who joined the Cush4Christ team in early 2019 to teach at the Cush Christian School. During her recent visit back to the States, she reflected on what she has learned about faithfulness in the past year.
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We engage in missions, the sending activities of the church, because God has sent his church on a mission to the world.
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It has been over two years since Pam and I were in South Sudan. How did we mentally prepare for this three-month exploratory trip with departure only two months away?
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My wife, Pam, and I would have described ourselves as homebodies, content with a peaceful life—when one day an idea was posed to us that would shake us to the core. When given an opportunity to serve the Lord in this unexpected way, doubts arose: “Why me? What do I/we have to offer?”
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Global mission work is meant to always involve the Church as a whole. In other words, the other half of the work of GOING in global missions is SENDING.
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What comes to mind when you think of missionaries you have helped send to the field and continue to support in prayer and in other ways? How can we condition our hearts to be encouraged at the first thought of those we’ve sent?
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In Scripture, we are called as Christians to be concerned for the traveller, the poor, and the disadvantaged—those who face injustice. The prophets in the Old Testament had strong words for God’s people when they neglected this duty. With this in mind, how can Christians help refugees in our local communities and those still stuck in their home country?
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The everlasting God has in him a love that lasts forever. This is the only true love available to us. No earthly bonds of love will last (Matthew 22:30) except the abiding love of God that endures forever.
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How would the global promise to Abraham come to pass? Through disciples proclaiming to the nations the blessed gospel of Abraham’s ultimate offspring.
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One might say that the missions world is to the global church what Kevin Bacon is to the entertainment industry. All it takes is one trusted contact in a region and a bit of inquiry and detective work from there and the connections can typically be made.
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In your present situation, are you asking “How long, O Lord”? The Lord may not answer that specific question, but he has revealed to us his way in our waiting.
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As we look out of our window and see a partially-finished church building roof, we are reminded of the reason we are here in South Sudan. The church is started. The foundation has been laid. It is growing. But there is still much unfinished work.
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The Larger Catechism contains a wealth of things to think about in terms of world missions, in addition to good theology. Several of the questions ask about prayer—and specifically about the Lord’s prayer.
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February 7, 2021, was one of the most remarkable Lord’s days I have yet experienced in my life.
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And how are we told that the Holy Spirit empowered Jesus’s disciples to be His witnesses there in Jerusalem? If you answered something like “He gave them the gift of tongues” you would not be wrong. But you would not have the complete answer, either.
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If God is giving you a gift should you not take it? You would cherish that gift; you would know it is important; you would assume it was something of great value that you need. His gifts are valuable and are just what you need most to serve him well. What of the gift of “the wife of your youth”?
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