1. What does the Bible Indicate by "nations."
2. What is the "Great Imbalance?"
3. The groups Identified as the most unreached by the gospel are called "frontier people groups."
4. These people are not Impossible to reach.
1. The main requirement of Discipleship is being willing to Deny Self.
2. A mark of the last days will be a Delight in Self.
3. The work of Missions is a call to Develop the beauty of Christ in those who were once ugly in sin.
1. The Tragedy of a harvest neglected.
a) The Elasticity of hell.
b) The Enthusiasm of hell.
c) The Endurance of hell.
2. The Trouble with getting the harvest in on time.
a) The Two shortcomings in reaching a world for Christ are Manpower and Money.
3. The Treatment God provides for a dying world - Grace.
a) The Elasticity of grace.
b) The Enthusiasm of grace.
c) The Endurance of grace.
1. A harvest hearted church is willing to Shrink.
2. A harvest hearted church is willing to Sacrifice.
3. A harvest hearted church is willing to Seek God's will.
4. A harvest hearted church is willing to Separate.
5. A harvest hearted church is willing to Support their missionaries.
6. A harvest hearted church is willing to Submit to the Lord of the harvest.
1. We are urged to Continue in well doing rather than getting to a point where we Cease from being involved any more.
2. We are given a worthwhile promise which is Conditional if we don't Cool off.
3. The Context of this verse very much applies to missions.
4. As time moves on, we tend to lose the spiritual Charge and motivation of our early days as believers.
5. How do we Cultivate a Constant enthusiasm for well doing?
a) Not by trying to Churn up our emotions.
b) Not by responding to Compelling appeals.
c) By allowing the Control of the Holy Spirit and the Counsel of the Bible to be an important part of our daily life.
1. Sent people are often Despised in some way.
2. A sent man or woman is not only Directed by God Himself but commissioned by Him.
3. A sent man or woman has a Divine purpose to fulfil.
1. An object is considered precious for at least two Reasons.
a) Because its value is Rooted in and of itself.
b) Because of its Rarity, i.e., it is not common.
2. Missionaries are precious because they are Restricted in number.
3. Why aren't missionary numbers Rising?
a) The Lord is the One who sends more labourers into His harvest fields, but it seems that this is in Response to prayer.
b) We have an urgent need for prayer that God would Raise up more labourers to go to the mission field.
4. Missionaries should be Respected.
5. This should Rouse us to encourage the precious missionary already on the field, lest in discouragement, they fall from the place of spiritual vigilance.
Bible Text: 1 Kings 13:33, 34 | Preacher: Pastor Gifford Dennison | Series: Missions | 1. God has called every Christian to a Special purpose.
a) God has Sent every Christian by His Great Commission.
2. Yet God Selects a few to preach to the heathen.
3. An Old Testament Sample of the call - the priesthood.
4. Why a willingness is not Sufficient by itself.
a) A calling is something you cannot Stifle.
b) The only thing that can Smother the call in life is disqualification.
Bible Text: Nehemiah 2:17, 18 | Preacher: Pastor Gifford Dennison | Series: Missions | 1. Read their reports.
2. Own the missionary.
3. Pray regularly.
4. Encouragement.
Preacher: Dr Emmanuel Otutei | Series: Missions | Here is a new missionary family going to Anomabo, Ghana. Please pray for them.
