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Our Call into His Harvest (4 of 6)
by Eddie Snipes
We have already seen that God, by His divine power, has given us everything we need in our personal lives to accomplish what we have been called to do. This is also true concerning the mission field of the culture God has prepared all around us. Look at John 4:35-38 35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. 36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. 37 And herein is that...
How to Pray for Missionaries
by Ken Trivette
The words ''missions'' and ''missionary'' are not found in the Bible; however, the words have become a part of our Christian vocabulary (or at least should be). Where do the words come from and what do they mean? 2. Our English word ''mission'' comes from the Latin word ''missio'' which was derived from the Greek word ''apostello'' which means ''to send, one sent forth.'' The Oxford English Dictionary says the word was first used in 1598 and by 1729 was used in terms of world evangelization. 3. When we speak of missions we are speaking of reaching people of all races, cultures, and countries with the Gospel of Jesus...
The Mandate for Missions
by James Merritt
I want to begin by asking a question: How many of you here are Christians? What I mean by that is not that you have joined the church, not that you have been baptized, not that you try to live a good life; but you have repented of your sins, by faith acknowledged Jesus Christ as God's Son, accepted His death on the cross as payment for your sins, and totally committed your life to Him as your Lord and Savior. Now my second question is this: How many of you are missionaries? Now be very careful, because if you responded to the first question, but not to the second question, then you ought to be embarrassed...
Why Are We a Mission Minded Church?
by Rex Yancey
A church without missions is a church without a mission. A church that doesn't care about missions is a mission field. Ministry is for believers. Missions are for unbelievers. Jesus said for us to go into the entire world. He said to go to the ends of the earth. He expects his people to obey his commands. That is our mandate. We will not carry out our marching orders unless we are informed, inspired, and motivated. The pastor asked the WMU director to visit a new Baptist family that moved into the neighborhood. She went and after the visit was over came back to her pastor and said, "She did not even know who Annie...
The Urgency of Missions
by Ernest Easley
Today marks another historic day here at Roswell Street Baptist Church. For the first time ever .. on this missions warm-up day .. we are simulcasting today's message from our Worship Center over to the "G" building so that I can speak to both worship venues at the same time. Today's technology is also helping us get the gospel in places around the world that 10-20 years ago we would have thought it was possible. And that's what I want to talk to you about today as we ask God to speak to us about what He would have us give next Sunday to our World Mission Offering. For next Sunday .. December 13th .. we're...
A Strategic Vision to Reach Cities and Nations
by Frank Damazio
We need to lift ourselves out of a self-centered spirituality, a mentality that says we are victims rather than warriors. Our vision must be God's vision - to reach our city and make it a place where God's presence, God's ways, and God's word are a dominant force. Over half of the world's population lives in urban centers and large cities. Most of these large cities are filled with violence, drugs, gangs, prostitution, poverty, perversion. We are called to our cities not because they are beautiful or the best place to raise children, but because God has called us to that particular city. The word ''city'' occurs 1,090 times in the Old Testament...
Setting the World on Fire
by J. Gerald Harris
When I was 9 years of age I became a Royal Ambassador. The RA's is a missionary education organization in Southern Baptist churches. The Royal Ambassador organization perhaps had a greater influence upon my life than any other one thing. That is when I began to memorize scripture. That is where I learned how to share my faith. That is where I developed a missions consciousness. I remember drawing a map of the First Century Mediterranean world and tracing the four missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul. I remember corresponding with Lanny Goldsmith, who was the son of one of our Southern Baptist missionaries...
On The Launching Pad
by Jerry Vines
It was a momentous hour in the history of American space travel when our first space craft was moved to the launching pad. It was carefully placed in its position. In a little while the engines were ignited and the first space craft blasted into orbit. All subsequent space exploration goes back and owes its success to that first initial successful launch. In a similar vein it was a momentous hour in the history of the Christian church when the Spirit of God said to the believers of the church of Antioch set apart Barnabas and Saul and they were sent out as missionaries from the church of Antioch. This is what we would call the...
The Greatest Enterprise of All Time - The Enterprise of Global Evangelization (31 of 42)
by Rick Ferguson
How would you like to participate in the most important mission of all times? This mission has greater historical significance than President Nixon's 1972 visit to Beijing and the opening of China to international commerce and trade, and diplomacy. This mission has greater historical significance than President George Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Helmut Kohl united efforts to bring down the Berlin wall and essentially bring an end to the Cold War. EX. The Denver Post (Nov. 9, 1999, section A, p.1) covered the 10th anniversary of the destruction of the Berlin Wall. It said,...Ten years after their artful diplomacy toppled...
Why Support Missions?
by Daniel Rodgers
Here, in chapter 4, of the book of Philippians, Paul commends the Philippian believers for their faithfulness in supporting his mission work. He praises them for their consistency and their willingness to sacrifice: (vs. 16), ''For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.'' However, not all churches could be praised--not all churches had been faithful; as a matter of fact, in (vs.15), he points out that no one except the Philippians had given him anything: ''Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving...
The Church on Mission
by Josh Malone
This morning I want to share with you form Acts 1:8, as we talk about the mission of the church. I believe this passage helps explain why we need to do trips like this one, why we partner with our network of churches for gospel advance, and why we need to be sharing the gospel with those around us. Acts 1:4-8- And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, ''you heard from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.'' 6 So when they had come together, they asked him, ''Lord, will you at...
Missions
by Jason Dees
One of the great joys in this whole transition has been getting to know Dan Hall I know Dan will always be a friend to Valleydale and I am grateful to have a new friend and partner in ministry with Dan. This has been a great season for Valleydale and God has used him as an instrument to do much in this church, I pray that God would only take us into another great season where His grace is displayed in big and powerful way. And speaking of great seasons what an amazing week it has been I can't tell you how Paige and I have been incredibly blessed by getting to know our missions and ministry partners and hear about their...
Missions (3 of 4)
by Richard Bradley
Baptists have always known about the New Testament church being based on the solid foundation of missions. As a group of believers, we were birthed out of this understanding and have banded together for this purpose. I cannot speak with any degree of experience where others are concerned but of all the things we Baptists do well missions are at the top of the list. We engage in missions for a variety of reasons which are too many to mention this morning. So, why not just go to the number one reason: Jesus told us to. The Lord had come to the end of His earthly ministry. For forty days in between His resurrection...
The Impact Of A Missions Trip (28 of 70)
by Jerry Watts
For the last several weeks (and for another 4 weeks to come) we are talking much about the idea of 'church membership.' There is more to being a part of God's church than attendance. Christ came to give birth to the church, died for the church, and one day will return for her. In his study, "Your Church Experiencing God Together", Henry Blackaby identifies the church as "A World Mission Strategy Center." Candidly, think about this: "What if every church and every person had the vision to reach people for Christ as we did, what would be the outcome? How long would it take to spread the gospel around town, let...
On a Mission from God (1 of 8)
by Jeff Schreve
Now any of you who have little kids or have had little kids, you know that little kids are a lot of fun. And the thing is about little kids, as I remember back and now with my granddaughter, Emmy, they're so fun. But when they come over, they can make a mess. Have you noticed that about little kids? There's just something about them. You know, they want to get out all the toys, and their toys have lots of pieces, and it just goes everywhere. Well, when my kids were little, Debbie would want to go out and be like, ''Hey, I want to go shopping with my friends.'' And it's like, ''That's fine. You've just got to take the kids.'' There came...
Stay on Mission!
by Dennis Marquardt
THE MISSION: To bless the nations of the earth; to reveal God to all the nations of the earth; to worship God from their hearts, not from some false sense of entitlement that God owed them because they kept up the Temple and traditions! *If they don’t return to mission willingly, God will allow the ‘‘conditions of chaos’’ to get them to refocus back to God. Enter Babylon and captivity! PROP. SENT: The Bible teaches us that our mission has to stay clear! We are not called to restore America back to being a religious nation with a common morality - we are called by God to bring America back to God; and reveal to the world...
Focusing on the Mission
by Christopher Harbin
Why are we here? What are we about? What is the point behind what we do as Christians and as a church? How do the mission and priorities of Christ Jesus change what and how we do what we do? How does it impact who we are? Six weeks out from Jesus' resurrection, the disciples were doing a lot of soul-searching. They were working on making sense of Jesus' life, death, resurrection, and ministry among them. They were doing the difficult work of piecing their lives back together. They were looking toward how they needed to move ahead in preparation for the ministry, mission, and call set before them. It was not...
On a Mission from God (1 of 8)
by Jeff Schreve
Now any of you who have little kids or have had little kids, you know that little kids are a lot of fun. And the thing is about little kids, as I remember back and now with my granddaughter, Emmy, they're so fun. But when they come over, they can make a mess. Have you noticed that about little kids? There's just something about them. You know, they want to get out all the toys, and their toys have lots of pieces, and it just goes everywhere. Well, when my kids were little, Debbie would want to go out and be like, ''Hey, I want to go shopping with my friends.'' And it's like, ''That's fine. You've just got to take the kids.'' There came...
Me: A Missionary?
by James Merritt
It is probably the most well known Bible verse in the world. It has probably been preached on more by the greatest evangelist of modern times, Billy Graham, than any other single verse. Of course, I am referring to John 3:16. There may be some of you who do not know it, so here is what it says, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." (John 3:16, NASB) I want you particularly to pay attention to three key words in this verse, because these three words actually form the basis of everything we are going to be talking about...
What Is a Missionary?
by Daniel Rodgers
Here in Acts 13, we have Paul and Barnabas called out from the church at Antioch to be missionaries. In (vs. 3) it tells us that the people had "fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, and then sent them away." These are our first recorded missionaries. Just a note of interest; you will not find the word missionary or missions anywhere in the Bible. The word "Mission" comes from a Latin word meaning "to throw, let go, or send." And that's what we do, don't we? We follow God's command to "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). It is the job of the local church to commission men to...
