Sunday, March 3, 2019

Who we are can be defined by what we do!...

...Think about that in light of this month of February. Three Sundays have been dedicated to strong emphasis on Missions and our responsibility to send missionaries. Faith Promises. Your pastor started us out by giving glory to God for what we were able to accomplish thru Him in 2018. We again were able to increase the number of missionaries we support by another ten. PTL! Ann Marie and Steve McCarthy challenged us through their ministries in dangerous and difficult places. I personally believe if you sit through those services and not give to Missions, something in you has died.

Romans 10:15 (NKJV) 15  And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!" I get it that not all of us are called to go to the mission field overseas somewhere. What I don’t get is how some in the church can actually believe they have no responsibility to get involved. I want you to do me a huge favor if you decide you have no responsibility in helping fulfill the Great Commission through a Faith Promise. Email me or write me and explain why. Please sign your name. rick@lifechurchag.net  Maybe you think, Pastor, I am not comfortable trying to explain to you why I do not want to support Missions through Faith Promises. It may be hard to explain. I am sure it will be. Imagine how hard it will be to explain it to Jesus when we stand before Him on the great Day of Judgment. I wonder if that is why He will have to wipe tears from our eyes. 

The very next week after our Mission’s Emphasis we started our Holy Spirit Conference with Tim Enloe. If you missed this time in God’s presence and the great teaching from Tim, you missed it. Many were baptized in Holy Spirit power. Who we are can be defined by what we do! In my mind, we are a Holy Spirit filled Mission’s Church! Isn’t that what Jesus wanted back then and isn’t that what He wants for us now? You, also can be defined by what you do. I can’t make you embrace what God has sent me here to accomplish. I can challenge you, and that is what I will do, as long as I am pastor here…welcome Holy Spirit, walk in Holy Spirit, and touch our world through missions. Are you on board with us or have you abandoned the ship? Listen to Jesus…Holy Spirit and Missions: Acts 1:8 (NKJV) 8  But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." 



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