How should missions be accomplished? - Willie
As you may have read before, there are some strong reasons that explain how important missions is that are rooted from the Bible. The same applies to how we should accomplish these missions. The Bible lays out some good foundations as to how we should approach these situations, from what our intentions are inwardly to the way we conduct ourselves outwardly.
This idea applies to my first point: We should have a Godly attitude inward and out. In Deuteronomy 11:13, it says “if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.” The Bible cannot be any clearer as to what we should do. We need to serve the Lord with all that we have and are blessed with. During that passage, it is also stated that we should love our God. This is strongly related to serving the Lord. We need to make sure that we do his commandments purely from love and not just doing them to do them.
The Bible provides further information as to how we should serve the Lord. In Psalm 89:1 the word says “I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.” This verse is extremely appropriate since we will be helping the children of
The last idea that I want to point out was found by doing my daily devotions. In the book of Leviticus Moses is a near perfect role model of our servitude towards the Lord. In chapter 8, verses 4 and 5, it says “And Moses did as the LORD commanded him and the assembly was gathered together… And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done.” How great would it be to follow the Lord like Moses did. The Lord commanded him to do something and he simply did it. No complaints or whining. This is the attitude we should have. Simply do what the Lord does us to do and our missions will be accomplished the way God wants them accomplished.
posted by LBC Teen Missions Trip @ 2:57 PM
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2 Comments:
Willie,
This is a tremendous article. I realy appreciate your focus on the minister's need to focus on our relationship with the Lord before we seek to impact others. I am very proud of how well you thought through your topic, and am grateful for the challenge you gave from God's Word.
Hello Willie, I am impressed by the way the Lord inspires you to write what you wrote. Missions always be accomplished by a yielded and surrendered life to His will. Jesus Christ must be first in our lives. Thank you.
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