Trips overseas don’t usually make me nervous. But as the departure date approached for the RP Global Missions exploratory trip to South America, I could feel an anxious churn in my stomach. But that all changed the morning after our first night in Ecuador.
Read MoreWhen you pray “Lord, your will be done,” is it because you have surrendered all and you are no longer insisting on your own will being done?
Read MoreNavigating new people and new places while trying to achieve a goal can be difficult, especially since groups tend to go through stages or phases.
Read MoreIf you were to choose, what is your one greatest ambition—the one thing that’s essential in your life?
Read MoreTo teach and guide the children of Japanese Christians was an encouragement to me and I am grateful for all the help that many in my congregation, and those in our Japanese congregations, provided. To see so many Japanese Christians gathering for the glory of our God, showed that the prayers of many saints were not left unheard…
Read MoreOn the plane ride to Cyprus, I had plenty of time to review my concerns and expectations for the trip. As we greeted the pastor at the airport, though, I decided I had to release my worries, seeing that I was already there, and focus on doing whatever I could in the coming three weeks.
Read MoreWhen we talk to people—more importantly, when we listen to people—are we perceiving the motivations of their lives? Listening to understand, rather than prejudge. Listening to identify those fundamental questions they are asking of life?
Read MoreWe must not refuse to become goers or senders simply because we are afraid of making mistakes on the field.
Read More“I believe it will only be known on the last day how much has been accomplished in missionary work by the earnest prayers of believers at home.”
Read MoreBy returning to and being refreshed by the knowledge of our Triune God, our souls well up with new desire and enthusiasm to make him known.
Read MoreBecause of Jesus, we’ve been adopted—grafted into God’s chosen people Israel. Along with the patriarchs and apostles in the Bible, other believers—for instance, those in my church—are my family, my people.
Read MoreLikewise, God’s people should seek a way for the deliverance of the nations. Why? To promote God’s glory so that the nations will know God’s power to bring justice.
Read MoreThe past three years have been years of learning for Lydia VanWingerden, who joined the Cush4Christ team in early 2019 to teach at the Cush Christian School. During her recent visit back to the States, she reflected on what she has learned about faithfulness in the past year.
Read MoreWe engage in missions, the sending activities of the church, because God has sent his church on a mission to the world.
Read MoreIt has been over two years since Pam and I were in South Sudan. How did we mentally prepare for this three-month exploratory trip with departure only two months away?
Read MoreMy wife, Pam, and I would have described ourselves as homebodies, content with a peaceful life—when one day an idea was posed to us that would shake us to the core. When given an opportunity to serve the Lord in this unexpected way, doubts arose: “Why me? What do I/we have to offer?”
Read MoreGlobal mission work is meant to always involve the Church as a whole. In other words, the other half of the work of GOING in global missions is SENDING.
Read MoreWhat comes to mind when you think of missionaries you have helped send to the field and continue to support in prayer and in other ways? How can we condition our hearts to be encouraged at the first thought of those we’ve sent?
Read MoreIn Scripture, we are called as Christians to be concerned for the traveller, the poor, and the disadvantaged—those who face injustice. The prophets in the Old Testament had strong words for God’s people when they neglected this duty. With this in mind, how can Christians help refugees in our local communities and those still stuck in their home country?
Read MoreThe everlasting God has in him a love that lasts forever. This is the only true love available to us. No earthly bonds of love will last (Matthew 22:30) except the abiding love of God that endures forever.
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