Missions, Discipleship, Evangelism, prayer, Living, ... what is it? Most Christians are confused.

There has been a lot of talk lately about the needs for missions, discipleship, evangelism, prayer, Christian living and so much more.  Many are confused and end up focusing on one thing and missing the beauty of how God gave us His instruction in His Word.  ALL of our lives are to be lives and work together for His glory.  

We are commanded by Jesus in Matthew 28 to go and make disciples, teaching them all that He commanded.  Jesus taught how to live, how to share the Gospel, how to make disciples, how to live, how to pray.  All of it is meant to fit together.  As we learn and grow we are to take all the God teaches us and use it to train others.  God does not want us to learn and grow as His disciples to our own end but rather for His purposes and those purposes are stated clearly in His Word.   

So we are to pray, prayer is one of the primary parts of our faith.  This in union with the Bible is how we commune with God, we are to do this alone and with other believers.  As we pray and seek God through His Word then we are to also serve Him.  We serve Him by following His commands like go and make disciples which begins with the word "go" meaning as you go through your life.  So we live out our faith and as we do we seek to share the Gospel (evangelism) and as people respond we are to teach them or help them to grow as disciples of Jesus.  This all to be so that where ever we go it can continue.  What we teach others about Jesus is for them to become stronger in their faith and to share with others.  Replication is a core part of Christianity and we must have this mindset in what we do.

So we commune with God so we can server Him to His glory out of His power to bring others into relationship with Him so that they can learn and grow to do the same.   A cycle of reproduction, the Church is to be living and growing through God's people being active in this mission.

So let us get radical.  Let's make better decisions.  Let's make kingdom minded decisions.  Maybe one less holiday or a less expensive car or wait on new appliances and instead be on mission.  That mission may be in your neighborhood, city, province, country or across the world and we need to make sure we keep our resources (time, talents and Treasure) freed up to be used by God.  Yes we need to use all of what God has given us for His glory.  These are hard words for me and I pray that God would continue to be patient with me as I mature in the process of making my desires, my wants, my time, my priorities, my resources, my life all fully submitted to the Lord Jesus to be used for His mission.

Pastor Bruce