A Spirit for Missions, Part One

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It's been eight weeks, give or take a day or two, since I last posted anything. Sorry about that! I've been swamped with homework for a college class on Missions. Which brings me to the subject for this post.
Ever since the fire at my church-Albright UM Church in Mishawaka, IN- God has placed a burden on my heart for missions. Specifically, overseas missions. You know, we have so much to be thankful for here in America. Freedoms that include the right to free speech, to free press, to religion, and to assemble peaceably in public. But in other countries these rights are restricted or abolished at the whim of political or religious intolerance. Repression of expression is the norm, and cultural differences are considered just as dangerous. I believe, however, that Jesus Christ died for all the world, and that even now He sits at the right hand of the Father, interceding, ahh . . . praying on our (the world's) behalf, so that those who have never heard will have the chance to do so. And those who have, will experience the urgent desire to share what they know with everyone they meet.
All it takes is one willing person to ask God in faith, 'What would you have me to do to bring the Light of God's Word to people who have never heard?' Then go out and do it. Will you accept that challenge?