Serving God in Ecuador
God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like You, Lord Jesus. Jim Elliot Would you… Continue Reading “Consumed”
No one, I am convinced, will follow Jesus very long without tribulation. It is His way of demonstrating His presence. K.P. Yohannan, Revolution in World Missions We hear the words of Christ echo throughout the corridors of history: “All authority in heaven and on… Continue Reading “Presence”
Have Asians rejected Christ? Not really. In most cases they have rejected only the trappings of Western culture that have fastened themselves onto the Gospel. K.P. Yohannan, Revolution in World Missions The work of missionaries is particularly essential to the Church. Not simply becuase… Continue Reading “Smelting”
Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter. Charles Spurgeon Missionary. What do you think of when you hear the word missionary? Missions, primarily, is not about men and women giving their lives away for a moral or humanitarian cause. Rather, missions are… Continue Reading “Where”
The primacy of missions is written in large letters across the pages of the whole Bible. All the apostles gave themselves to missions, and only the sword could cut short their path to the uttermost part of the earth. George W. Peters Like concentric… Continue Reading “Concentric Waves”
In Proverbs we read: “He that winneth souls is wise.” If any man, woman, or child by a godly life and example can win one soul to God, his life will not have been a failure. He will have outshone all the mighty men… Continue Reading “Example”
And Mary gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. Doctor Luke, Luke 2:7 On the very first Christmas there was no room… Continue Reading “Christmas Reflection: Room”
When the wise men saw the star they shouted joyfully. As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.… Continue Reading “Christmas Devotions: Gifts”
After Herod had died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.” Angel… Continue Reading “Christmas Devotions: Egypt”