How can we make Christ preeminent in our lives in the midst of heartbreaking circumstances? Listen in as our dear friend and coworker Becca M shares how God has met her in powerful ways throughout her (just 30-year-old) husband Chris's battle with cancer and then going to heaven in late August of 2022. This episode will not depress you; it will fill you with hope and faith that God will ALWAYS be 100% faithful and enough for you - no matter what happens in your life!
Becca shares honestly about how God taught her to give His Word more weight than doctors' words. She shares about making God's Word her bread and sustenance, learning to take God's promises literally, and wrestling with the Lord when His promises don't seem to be coming to fruition.
Becca shares that we can ask big, seemingly impossible things from God- full of faith and hope- without worrying about the possibility of being crushed with disappointment, b/c God is big enough and loving enough to take care of our disappointment for us too. (This was one of the biggest lessons Becca taught me, that I really want to grow in!)
Becca encourages the listener- no matter how big or how small your current situation is - God WANTS to meet you in it. He loves you so, so much and always gives more of His Presence when we come to Him humbly.
Yes, you will probably cry during this episode. But it is chock-full of Scriptural truth that will fortify your soul.
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Listen in as we discuss our own journey with reformed theology, and how those principles intersect with evangelism and missions. Along with embracing the sovereignty of God in salvation and election according to Romans 9:19-24, let's embrace Paul's unceasing anguish for the lost in Romans 9:2!
Serving and leading together as a married couple in our family lives and in ministry is a gift, and an area that requires ongoing intentionality. Listen in as we share 3 tips for growing in "laboring side by side for the faith of the gospel:" prioritizing the marriage relationship, valuing one another's gifts, and regularly communicating about our work and leadership.
The pattern of mission work that we find in Paul's missionary journeys includes laying a foundation of gospel proclamation and new churches, and then moving on to unreached places. Exit is a difficult but essential component of the missionary task, and drives local ownership. Missionaries from the beginning are trying to work themselves out of their job! Listen in!
What is the key to developing fruitful and faithful leaders in the missionary task? Learn from South Asian church planter Lipok as he shares from God's Word and from his years of fruitful ministry in South Asia. Lipok emphasizes that leadership is primarily a matter of the heart, and loving people is more important than having the perfect strategy. Lipok also shares the power of "walking in the light" as a leader, how he and his wife work together as a team, and much more!
Is it realistic and biblical to expect an intimate relationship with God daily? To hear his voice and experience his presence in powerful, fresh ways often? Or is it possible that God loved us and saved us, but doesn't promise intimacy? Listen in as Shanee shares 7 biblical proofs that God absolutely wants intimacy with us more than we will ever want with him! Be convinced, and make greater intimacy with Christ your #1 goal for 2024!
Is it realistic and biblical to expect an intimate relationship with God daily? To hear his voice and experience his presence in powerful, fresh ways often? Or is it possible that God loved us and saved us, but doesn't promise intimacy? Listen in as Shanee shares 7 biblical proofs that God absolutely wants intimacy with us more than we will ever want with him! Be convinced, and make greater intimacy with Christ your #1 goal for 2024!
Listen in as we continue our discussion on church formation with Nathan Shank, a global missionary leader of 20+ years and the author of the 4 Fields Manual for Church Planting. Nathan shares how baptist doctrine is conducive to multiplication, 4 key doctrines for church- the headship of Christ, the authority of the Word, the priesthood of believers, and regeneration membership-, and even gets into the biblical basis for movements!
Check out Nathan's Discovering the Missionary Task series
Listen in as we discuss the 4th part of the missionary task, starting new churches, with Nathan Shank, missionary leader in South Asia. Nathan shares basic church functions found in Acts 2:41-47, the importance of church identity for church health and sustainability, and how to help new churches of new believers grow in church health.
Check out Nathan's Discovering the Missionary Task series
Listen in on part 3 in our series on the missionary task, on discipleship. Kenny and Bethany B, missionary leaders in South Asia, share how discipleship requires intentionality, time, modeling, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Every believer needs discipleship! Kenny and Bethany share key bible passages and practical tips from their field experience.
If you've been on the field or in ministry very long, you've experienced a shortage of love for your people, and sometimes even bitterness, anger, and feelings of superiority. Listen in as Jesse shares the HOPE we can receive from the book of Jonah! God uses imperfect missionaries to reach large groups of people, because GOD'S heart posture towards lost people is first and foremost grace and pity.
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