We’re back in Georgia after a wonderful trip to Solola, Guatemala. At the outset however, we were a little concerned. We were a small group getting smaller as a couple of our folks needed to drop out of the trip. We were also looking at COVID health issues and restrictions, not to mention the impending hurricane Iota. The weather forecast for the week was bleak. But as with any mission trip, we were ready to
Luke 10:1-2“After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” I write this as I am preparing for my first mission out of the country. The
Matthew 24:14“And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”The title of this passage in my Bible in Matthew 24 is called “Signs of the End of the Age.” The disciples came to Jesus asking what the world will look like when the end is approaching. In verses 5-12, Jesus said that they would know his second coming was
Romans 10:13-14“For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?”Like a lot of people who grew up going to church (with my mother’s loving “encouragement” as a youth, and now with a grateful heart), I assumed
Acts 13:2-3“While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.”If you are anything like me, you have probably read passages like this and thought something like, “I don’t know how God could use me like He did Barnabas and Saul.” Barnabas
Psalm 96:1-3“Oh sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth!Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!”When the ark was being moved, this was the psalm, a song of praise, recognizing three important aspects; the greatness, power and mercy of God. The psalmist praises God, and the Christian
