ListenDaily - 11 June 2009: Matamoros, part 4: Therefore...go!
"Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:16-20 NIV (find any passage at www.Biblegateway.org)
Early this Saturday morning, I will be leaving Delaware, along with a group of youth and adults from my church, for a week of serving Christ in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico., the first of two trips this summer. The second is to Goldsboro, North Carolina. The Matamoros trip is planned for the 13 - 19 of June. During that time, may I ask you to pray for the following?
For our safety
For each of us to grow in Christ
For His Name to be glorified and His Kingdom expanded
In preparation, I thought the "Great Commission" passage was an appropriate one to study.
"Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go..."
"Therefore go..."
Go.
Go.
Go.
Go to Mexico for a week, like we are. Go to a Muslim Middle Eastern country to live for a few years, like friends of ours. Go to Africa or China and stay for the rest of your lives, like many missionaries have before.
Go across the street.
Go home.
Go where God is calling you -- but know, know, that He is indeed calling to to go somewhere...indeed He has commanded you, to go.
Therefore go!
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Questions:
1. Will you pray for our mission trip? 2. Have you heard God's call? 3. What will you do to hear it?
INTERESTING THOUGHTS:
It will not do to say that you have no special call to go to China.
With these facts before you and with the command of the Lord
Jesus to go and preach the gospel to every creature, you need
rather to ascertain whether you have a special call to stay at home.
Hudson Taylor
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