Global Missions

'Brothers, Never ever ever has the Lord let the cause of world missions in a local church hurt that church. It doesn’t happen. Go for broke when it comes to the unreached peoples of the world. I don’t care how bad it is in your church. Lift up your sights towards the unreached peoples of the world.'

Piper sermon on John G. Paton

2 Ways 2 Live (For Kids)

I'd guess it was about 2 years ago when I was first pointed to Matthais Media's helpful discipleship and evangelistic material.

As a parent I'm always wanting to find helpful ways to point my children to Christ. This simple version of "2-ways-2-live" for kids is great.

(HT: Steve McCoy...who would appreciate your prayers for his wife, Molly).

GC--Summer of Spreading Christ--Week 1 Pix

A House of Prayer for All the Nations

In an attempt to move toward being a church with a vision for Christ's global glory, Grace prays for a different country/people-group during each Sunday's service. This year, we are focusing our prayer support for the believers in the 52 most Christian-persecuted peoples/places in the world. For those of you who were at GC on Sunday, you may remember that we prayed for Gaza/West Bank.

Now, I don't want to confuse "American" with "Christian," but I think the following prayer (From the lips of Sheik Ahmad Bahr; Acting Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council) for Allah to effect the total anahilation of all Jews and Americans is reason enough to continue to pray fervently to the only true God for our Christian brothers and sisters who are living and ministering in Palestine.

Oh Allah, vanquish the Jews and their supporters. Oh Allah, count their numbers, and kill them all, down to the very last one. Oh Allah, show them a day of darkness. Oh Allah, who sent down His Book, the mover of the clouds, who defeated the enemies of the Prophet defeat the Jews and the Americans, and bring us victory over them.

Read the short article here.

(HT: Drudge)

Worship Preparation - February 4

Whichever body of Christ you worship corporately with this weekend, resolve by God's grace to do so with a prepared heart. But believer, unless providentially hindered, do worship Christ corporately.

For those who are planning to worship with Grace, these are only suggestions to aid you as you prepare your soul. Note: be freed from all legalism. If you can't read the sermon, for example, praise the Lord! If you can, praise the Lord!

Suggested Helps:

1. Meditate (pray) through 2 Corinthians 4-5
2. Pray for me :)
   
3. Pray for all who will gather
   
4. Try make find time to read prayerfully through John Flavel's sermon, Christ The Desire of All Nations.
5. Pray for God to make you a full-time missionary everywhere you are
6. Pray for God to provide opportunities for you to engage intentionally in going and/or sending the gospel to those who have never heard.
   

Excerpt from Flavel's sermon:

“...So here, the “desire of all nations,” is Christ, the object of the desires of God’s elect in all nations of the world. He is a Saviour infinitely desirable in himself, and actually desired by all the people of God, dispersed among all races, tongues, and nations of the world. Therefore note,

Doctrine: That the desires of God’s elect in all kingdoms, and among all people of the earth, are, and shall be drawn out after and fixed upon, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Anointed Evangelistic Preaching

Over the past decade I've had the joy (and heartache) of speaking at well over 300 youth events. Because I too have plead with a broken heart for teenagers to awaken from their spiritual stupor, I have a unique joy in recommending to you one of the best evangelistic sermons I've heard in a very long time...a sermon that earned this Christian youth communicator the infamous "never invite back" reward.

Consider giving this sermon to any and every unconverted person you know...especially those who are duped by the rampant false gospel of easy-believism.