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New Year's Resolution: Resolve to Go
Turning Point Ministry
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.
Acts 1:8
Recommended Reading
Matthew 28:19-20
The Internet is shrinking the world. In the nineteenth century it took missionaries weeks to travel from England or America to reach a foreign field. Today, via our computer, we can be active participants in a missionary endeavor a half a world away.
The distinction between evangelism being local and missions being "not local" is still helpful. And today, there is no reason for every Christian not to be involved in both. God may not call us to physically travel to a foreign country to do evangelism, but we can "go" in other ways. We can learn about the country and its people groups, scan the news feeds to stay informed, and then give and pray with a focused intensity to see souls brought into God's kingdom. Information is no longer a barrier to involvement. The Internet -- and other technologies -- provides more information than we can ever use.
In 2012 resolve to become a world Christian -- one who is vitally involved in reaching the world Christ died to save.
The Spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions, and the nearer we get to Him the more intensely missionary we become.
Henry Martyn
Read-thru-the-Bible*
Exodus 35:1 -- 40:38
Turning Point Ministry
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.
Acts 1:8
Recommended Reading
Matthew 28:19-20
The Internet is shrinking the world. In the nineteenth century it took missionaries weeks to travel from England or America to reach a foreign field. Today, via our computer, we can be active participants in a missionary endeavor a half a world away.
The distinction between evangelism being local and missions being "not local" is still helpful. And today, there is no reason for every Christian not to be involved in both. God may not call us to physically travel to a foreign country to do evangelism, but we can "go" in other ways. We can learn about the country and its people groups, scan the news feeds to stay informed, and then give and pray with a focused intensity to see souls brought into God's kingdom. Information is no longer a barrier to involvement. The Internet -- and other technologies -- provides more information than we can ever use.
In 2012 resolve to become a world Christian -- one who is vitally involved in reaching the world Christ died to save.
The Spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions, and the nearer we get to Him the more intensely missionary we become.
Henry Martyn
Read-thru-the-Bible*
Exodus 35:1 -- 40:38
