Mat 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
Well good morning again my friends. Last night started off our missions revival and how great it was! We were able to see a good crowd in attendance and I am personally praying for that same bunch to make it again tonight plus more! We have had two missionaries arrive safely last evening and they were able to settle in before the services. What a joy it is to have them with us and prepared to share with us the burden that God has placed on their hearts. We started off the services with some excellent singing and then a special that was sang by some young ladies in the church. Our first missionary to present his burden was from Bessemer, Alabama and the Lord dealt with him to go to the country of Tanzania. It is a relatively poor country compared to most of the world, and the missionary has already been in country serving for a year so he was very knowledgeable about the people that he is trying to reach for the Lord. He made a remarkable statement that kinda put things into perspective for us. In the country there are only 18 Baptist missionaries and with that he said that the work is so great that you could put fifty missionaries in one of the cities and they would never rub elbows because of the amounts of people to reach! He also said that it would be like our single church in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee trying to reach the whole state all by ourselves! After the presentation the Pastor opened the revival with a wonderful message on the Lord speaking to the disciples and the multitudes of the work that needs to be accomplished, and because my Pastor at one time was a missionary I saw his heart come out, he made the remark that it is a shame that missionaries must spend a better part of 2 years on deputation because of our lack of compassion! He said it would be great if pastors were calling for missionaries, instead of missionaries calling on pastors. If we were moved with compassion then things would change! In the above verse the people were scattered because of the lack of compassion of others not surrendering to go into the field to work, people were scattered because of the lack of compassion for people to give for the work, they were scattered because of the peoples lack of compassion for the calamity that ensued during their time. Friends as the preacher said, if we could open our eyes and see as Jesus saw the people scattered because of their need of the great Shepherd then we would be moved with compassion to get missionaries to countries that have a need! Friends the preacher also made a wonderful point on our own personal efforts from home, at the alter when we decorated we placed the flags of the countries that we currently support, then all over the front of the sanctuary there are more flags from nations of the whole world, and when you look at the plain reality we are only reaching a handful of the many nations in need of salvation through Jesus Christ and His shed blood on the cross of Calvary! Don't be fooled into believing that we are so world missions minded that we leave out our own mission field around us, the pastor encouraged us to continue to reach our nieghbors, to reach the county next to us and to reach the people that we have contact with daily in our own country. Friends maybe you would surrender today to the Lord for salvation and quit living for this world, maybe you are saved and you would surrender your hearts to do more for world missions. You can only surrender though unless the heart has compassion and sees the need, then as the Lord Jesus Christ said Mat 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Mat 9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. Friend won't you pray today for the laborers, or better yet won't you enter into the labor and get with your pastor that you may help reach the world for Jesus and His glory! Remember there is a command, Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Well good morning again my friends. Last night started off our missions revival and how great it was! We were able to see a good crowd in attendance and I am personally praying for that same bunch to make it again tonight plus more! We have had two missionaries arrive safely last evening and they were able to settle in before the services. What a joy it is to have them with us and prepared to share with us the burden that God has placed on their hearts. We started off the services with some excellent singing and then a special that was sang by some young ladies in the church. Our first missionary to present his burden was from Bessemer, Alabama and the Lord dealt with him to go to the country of Tanzania. It is a relatively poor country compared to most of the world, and the missionary has already been in country serving for a year so he was very knowledgeable about the people that he is trying to reach for the Lord. He made a remarkable statement that kinda put things into perspective for us. In the country there are only 18 Baptist missionaries and with that he said that the work is so great that you could put fifty missionaries in one of the cities and they would never rub elbows because of the amounts of people to reach! He also said that it would be like our single church in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee trying to reach the whole state all by ourselves! After the presentation the Pastor opened the revival with a wonderful message on the Lord speaking to the disciples and the multitudes of the work that needs to be accomplished, and because my Pastor at one time was a missionary I saw his heart come out, he made the remark that it is a shame that missionaries must spend a better part of 2 years on deputation because of our lack of compassion! He said it would be great if pastors were calling for missionaries, instead of missionaries calling on pastors. If we were moved with compassion then things would change! In the above verse the people were scattered because of the lack of compassion of others not surrendering to go into the field to work, people were scattered because of the lack of compassion for people to give for the work, they were scattered because of the peoples lack of compassion for the calamity that ensued during their time. Friends as the preacher said, if we could open our eyes and see as Jesus saw the people scattered because of their need of the great Shepherd then we would be moved with compassion to get missionaries to countries that have a need! Friends the preacher also made a wonderful point on our own personal efforts from home, at the alter when we decorated we placed the flags of the countries that we currently support, then all over the front of the sanctuary there are more flags from nations of the whole world, and when you look at the plain reality we are only reaching a handful of the many nations in need of salvation through Jesus Christ and His shed blood on the cross of Calvary! Don't be fooled into believing that we are so world missions minded that we leave out our own mission field around us, the pastor encouraged us to continue to reach our nieghbors, to reach the county next to us and to reach the people that we have contact with daily in our own country. Friends maybe you would surrender today to the Lord for salvation and quit living for this world, maybe you are saved and you would surrender your hearts to do more for world missions. You can only surrender though unless the heart has compassion and sees the need, then as the Lord Jesus Christ said Mat 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Mat 9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. Friend won't you pray today for the laborers, or better yet won't you enter into the labor and get with your pastor that you may help reach the world for Jesus and His glory! Remember there is a command, Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
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