Personal Evaluation for missions – Part One
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The next few entries will help to personally evaluate where we are in the ministry and see if it has prepared us for the next step. Some questions may seem elementary, but trust me, they are very important.
1. Do you know that you have eternal life through Jesus Christ?
2. Do you have a growing love for God?
3. Do you exhibit the fruit of the Spirit?
4. Are you responsive to God’s guidance?
5. Do you get easily discouraged in the Christian faith?
6. Do you evidence obedience and submission?
7. Do you have a consistent time in prayer and the Word?
8. Are you committed to world evangelism?
9. Can others see you growing in the grace and knowledge of Christ?
10. Do you put others above yourself?
“Wanted – A Man.”
Wanted, a man who is larger than his calling, who considers it a low estimate of his occupation to value it merely as a means of getting a living. Wanted, a man who sees self-development, education and culture, discipline and drill, character and manhood, in his occupation. A thousand pulpits vacant in a single religious denomination, a thousand preachers standing idle in the market place, while a thousand church committees scour the land for men to fill those same vacant pulpits, and scour in vain, is a sufficient indication, in one direction at least, of the largeness of the opportunities of the age, and also of the crying need of good men.
The whole world is looking for such a man. Although there are millions out of employment, yet it is almost impossible to find just the right man in almost any department of life, and yet everywhere we see the advertisement: “Wanted: A Man.”
This is from “Pushing to the Front” by Orison Swett Marden. I pray that you would be such a man for the cause of Jesus Christ.
Bro. Tony
Interview with Matt Allen (part five)
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Interview With Matt Allen (part four)
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Interview with Matt Allen (part three)
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Interview With Matt Allen (part two)
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Interview with Matt Allen
This is an interview with Missionary Matt Allen hosted by Pastor Austin Gardner. I thought you would enjoy it.
Faith
So many times we talk of faith and have faith promise meetings, yet recently I was in two meetings back to back that stirred my soul. The first in Tn was a smaller church of less than 50 where the Spirit of God moved in the meetings. At the end of the meeting, the church faith promise was almost $40,000.00 There were no “money people” just faith. It was very exciting.
The next week we were in Louisiana. This is a very sweet, generous church that has a pastor with a heart for missions. Each night we were aware of God’s presence. On Sunday morning before the conference was over with or the cards taken up, the church voted to take on 25 new missionaries. Once again faith abounded.
God give us faith. Whether in the church or on deputation, God give us faith. Increase our faith. What is God not doing just because we do not believe?
Thanks for praying.
Bro. Tony
Traveling
Just to bring you up to speed, we have been in Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee, and now are in LA (and not that is not lower Alabama!)
We start a meeting with good friend Tom Schreeder and the dear folks of Grace Baptist Church here in Zachary, LA. This is a great church with a heart for the world. Please pray that God would do incredible things during this week for His glory.
In our other meetings, we have seen God move and work. In the last church we were in, they run less than 50 and had a faith promise of nearly $40,000! It was a very evident moving of God’s Spirit.
Pray for the family. In the last meeting some folks were sick and Lauryn had a 102 fever last night. The children are doing school and I have an “office” set up in the house we are staying at. Maybe over the next couple days we can get caught up some!
May God bless you greatly and thanks again for praying.
Bro. Tony
Connecting
As I was reading in Romans, I came to the last chapter and was touched by the people Paul names and greeted. How he spoke of men, women, couples and what they meant to him. How tender and sweet his words were as he salutes them.
Are we making any connections as we go into churches? Can we remember anyones name? Is there any type of relationship being developed? Can you recall anyone by name in a church you have been in recently? Guard yourself from being so focused on “support” that all a church becomes is a check once a month.
Yes, there may be churches where all you are is a certain amount of money they send you once a month. Though they are like that, does not mean you have to be. Establish relationships and connections. A good friend of mine, Austin Gardner, has been very good at this through email, blogs, twitter, facebook, etc. These things may drive me crazy but are a great tool for staying in contact with people.
A young missionary that does very well with keeping the churches he is in before people is Mark Tolson. Let me encourage you to go to projectchina.org and sign up for his blog.
As you go into your next meeting, see the people.
Praying for you,
Bro. Tony