Missions Archives - My Manna https://mymanna.org/tag/missions/ Daily Devotionals for Comfort and Counsel from the Bible Sun, 24 Sep 2017 22:00:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://i0.wp.com/mymanna.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-My-Manna-512-x-512.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Missions Archives - My Manna https://mymanna.org/tag/missions/ 32 32 189112494 Ends of the earth! https://mymanna.org/ends-of-the-earth-2/ Sun, 24 Sep 2017 22:00:37 +0000 http://mymanna.net/?p=3120 “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). I read about a man not long ago who started a mission organization at the age of 65. He does a lot of pastoral training around the globe, including several training seminars in China each year. During his most recent trip to China, the man was teaching a group of pastors when they were interrupted by Chinese officials....

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]]> “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8).
I read about a man not long ago who started a mission organization at the age of 65.
He does a lot of pastoral training around the globe, including several training seminars in China each year.
During his most recent trip to China, the man was teaching a group of pastors when they were interrupted by Chinese officials.
He was detained and held for questioning, his visa was suspended, and his passport was confiscated.
After eight hours of questioning, he was released and allowed to leave the country.
His future access to China is unknown right now, but he is pressing on.
Less than two weeks after this he was en route to Romania to continue his work!
Our Lord has commanded us to take His message to the ends of the earth!
Not all of us can go to China.
But there’s no excuse for not being involved in missionary work on some level.
Chances are your church sponsors mission trips or missionary families or both.
Find out what you can do to get involved in those areas.
Or you could look online for any number of independent mission groups who could use your support.
Support doesn’t have to mean going or even giving financially.
Prayers are just as important as dollars.
Countless people in the field have seen great provision through the support of prayer warriors at home.
And don’t forget that the mission field includes your neighborhood or place of work!
If you can’t go to China-
– you still can go next door.
Pray that God would present you with an opportunity-
– to be directly involved with missionary efforts.
(PA)

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]]> 3120 Join me in my struggle https://mymanna.org/join-me-in-my-struggle-2/ Fri, 17 Jun 2016 23:00:43 +0000 http://mymanna.net/?p=1992 “I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ…to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me” (Romans 15:30). To be a missionary in today’s world- One has to separate himself from the I-want-it-now culture we live in. Results on the mission field can be slow going! So it’s not uncommon for missionaries to retire having seen but a handful of conversions during their entire career. This fact is enough to discourage many people- – from ever...

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“I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ…to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me” (Romans 15:30).
To be a missionary in today’s world-
One has to separate himself from the I-want-it-now culture we live in.
Results on the mission field can be slow going!
So it’s not uncommon for missionaries to retire having seen but a handful of conversions during their entire career.
This fact is enough to discourage many people-
– from ever becoming full-time missionaries.
But for those who have heard their Divine calling to missions-
– nothing—not even the lack of apparent progress
– or the constant persecution—can keep them from fulfilling their task.
One reason they are able to push on is that-
– they have Christian brothers and sisters faithfully supporting them through prayer.
Fellow believers!
We should never underestimate the power of our words offered up to God-
– on behalf of the brave souls on the mission field.
God hears those words and grants His workers the ability-
– to remain encouraged and faithful to the cause.
Prayer for our missionaries is tantamount to the work itself!
American missionary Samuel Zwemer once said:
“The history of missions is the history of answered prayer.”
Remember us in your prayers-
– that we grow not weary in well doing!

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]]> 1992 Mission field https://mymanna.org/mission-field/ Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:00:04 +0000 http://mymannaonline.com/?p=1574 Thursday, 28 January 2016 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). A young woman excited about her salvation developed a deep desire to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. She felt called to missions, so she asked her pastor where she might go to serve and be most effective....

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“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth”
(Acts 1:8).
A young woman excited about her salvation developed a deep desire to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world.
She felt called to missions, so she asked her pastor where she might go to serve and be most effective.
He told her to come back the following day and he would have an answer for her then.
The next day, when she returned to his office, the pastor was waiting for her with an answer.
He handed her a folded slip of paper and said:
“I’m suggesting that you begin with someone who needs you right now more than anyone else in the entire world.”
The young woman quickly left the pastor’s office-
– eager to find out where her mission field was.
She carefully opened the note and was surprised to discover two words:
“Your father.”
She had been so passionate about reaching the lost in foreign lands-
-that she had neglected sharing the gospel with someone so close to home.
Are there people in your life who don’t know Jesus?
Maybe it’s a sibling, a grandchild, a close friend, an acquaintance, one of your children, or even your spouse.
Some people make the mistake of thinking the mission field only belongs overseas.
But God has also called you to share the Good News of His Word right where you are-
– in your city, neighbourhood, and among your circle of friends.
If you know someone who is living with no hope and without a relationship with Jesus-
– then take the time to share the truth that will change their lives forever.
Ask God to reveal people in your life that need to know the Lord so you can share Christ with them.
Pray that He would open up the right opportunity at the right time for the Holy Spirit to work in their lives through you.
(PR)

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]]> 1574 Ends of the earth! https://mymanna.org/ends-of-the-earth/ Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:00:25 +0000 http://mymannaonline.com/?p=889 “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). I read about a man not long ago who started a mission organization at the age of 65. He does a lot of pastoral training around the globe, including several training seminars in China each year. During his most recent trip to China, the man was teaching a group of pastors when they were interrupted by Chinese officials....

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]]> “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8).
I read about a man not long ago who started a mission organization at the age of 65.
He does a lot of pastoral training around the globe, including several training seminars in China each year.
During his most recent trip to China, the man was teaching a group of pastors when they were interrupted by Chinese officials.
He was detained and held for questioning, his visa was suspended, and his passport was confiscated.
After eight hours of questioning, he was released and allowed to leave the country.
His future access to China is unknown right now, but he is pressing on.
Less than two weeks after this he was en route to Romania to continue his work!
Our Lord has commanded us to take His message to the ends of the earth!
Not all of us can go to China.
But there’s no excuse for not being involved in missionary work on some level.
Chances are your church sponsors mission trips or missionary families or both.
Find out what you can do to get involved in those areas.
Or you could look online for any number of independent mission groups who could use your support.
Support doesn’t have to mean going or even giving financially.
Prayers are just as important as dollars.
Countless people in the field have seen great provision through the support of prayer warriors at home.
And don’t forget that the mission field includes your neighborhood or place of work!
If you can’t go to China-
– you still can go next door.
Pray that God would present you with an opportunity-
– to be directly involved with missionary efforts.
(PR)

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