Read : Mark 5:1-20
Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you. - Mark 5:19
Many Christians, enthusiastic about foreign missions, answer the call to service. By going to foreign countries, praying faithfully, or giving financial support they help reach the lost in faraway lands. Yet some who have a great burden for people in spiritual darkness across the sea seem oblivious to the same need in their neighbors across the street.
A young woman wanted to share the gospel with others, so she asked her pastor where she might go to serve most effectively. The pastor wrote something on a slip of paper and handed it to her. The young woman quickly left the pastor's study, eager to read where her mission field might be. When she opened the note, she saw that he had written two words : "Your father." She had been so enthusiastic about reaching the lost in distant lands that she had neglected someone close. Convicted of her negligence, she acted on the pastor's advice. She visited her dad regularly, ministered to his physical needs, showered her love upon him, and witnessed to him.
Serving the Lord on some remote mission field is challenging, and the tremendous sacrifices and hardships are praiseworthy. But, like charity, missions must always begin at home. - Richard De Haan
There Is No "Home" or "Foreign" In God's Missionary Vocabulary.
Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you. - Mark 5:19
Many Christians, enthusiastic about foreign missions, answer the call to service. By going to foreign countries, praying faithfully, or giving financial support they help reach the lost in faraway lands. Yet some who have a great burden for people in spiritual darkness across the sea seem oblivious to the same need in their neighbors across the street.
A young woman wanted to share the gospel with others, so she asked her pastor where she might go to serve most effectively. The pastor wrote something on a slip of paper and handed it to her. The young woman quickly left the pastor's study, eager to read where her mission field might be. When she opened the note, she saw that he had written two words : "Your father." She had been so enthusiastic about reaching the lost in distant lands that she had neglected someone close. Convicted of her negligence, she acted on the pastor's advice. She visited her dad regularly, ministered to his physical needs, showered her love upon him, and witnessed to him.
Serving the Lord on some remote mission field is challenging, and the tremendous sacrifices and hardships are praiseworthy. But, like charity, missions must always begin at home. - Richard De Haan
In the joy of seeking souls,
God's time I waste no more;
And my life has found its mission-
Found it at my very door. - Van Tine
There Is No "Home" or "Foreign" In God's Missionary Vocabulary.
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