The Missionary’s Message is the proclamation of Christ Jesus -

Repentance and remission of sins should be preached…to all nations…” (Luke 24:47). The missionary’s message is not nationalistic, favoring nations or individuals; it is “for the whole world.”

A missionary is someone who is bound by marriage to the stated mission and purpose of his Lord and Master. He is not to proclaim his own point of view, but is only to proclaim “the Lamb of God.”
- Rethinking Church by Francis Chan

We are sometimes alone in our faith...and that aloneness would be painful if it wasn't for the presence of our heavenly Father.

Our willingness to stand alone before God is the bedrock test of servanthood and faith.

 It is easy to stand with the crowd --- to do God’s will as long as we know that others will agree with us.

 But from God’s perspective, the life of a true servant requires solitude, an intense faith to follow Him, and a desire to serve Him without notable recognition.

 - unknown author

Who do you worship?

Look at the mountains, woods, and plains.
Look at the oceans and beaches.
Look at your hands and feet, look at others around you.
Look at the world around you.
Who made all of these things? God did, not mother nature. (that term gives me the heeby jeebys every time I hear it or read it.)

 A great many people in America today are involved in nature worship. Any reference to mother nature reveals the contents of a person’s heart, and how they think.

 But if a professing Christian is whole heartedly sold out for Jesus Christ, worldly terms such as in the above will not leave their lips as they do the people of this world.

 - unknown author

We might read...


...many Christian writings from various sources, both ancient and modern, but there is only one true source and that is God’s word contained within the Christian bible.
The Christian bible is the only trustworthy source of truth. All else is only informative speculation.

You are only a tool in the hands of the Master...


If you are a Christian writer, preacher, evangelist, or doing the Lord’s work in any way --- Do Not seek a name for yourself. Hold up the name of Jesus only.
There are many people that fill the pews of churches on Sundays who are good, upstanding, and moral people...

- www.intouch.org/listen/featured/religious-but-lost
What evangelists write or preach should have only two elements,
1. showing those who are lost the way of salvation,
2. encouraging other Christians on to greater victory.

 Showmen entertain,
Evangelists state the facts.

Today' Church in America

- The Christian Mission in a Dying Culture -
John MacArthur

There is only One Truth and that is God’s Truth

In this modern world we live in a large number of people think everyone is going to heaven and they refuse to believe in hell. This is disaster in the making.
Many of them are in churches that call themselves Christian.

 Genuine Christians follow the teachings of Jesus Christ in the New Testament and do not veer off to the right or the left.

 - Will Everyone Go to Heaven?
by Wayne Jackson

- Who will go to heaven?

Those who hesitate when called lose a great blessing

Matthew 4:18-22
:18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. :19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” :20 At once they left their nets and followed him.

 :21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, :22 and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

 Dear Friend,
Do likewise when the Savior calls you...don’t hesitate, respond at once. You may not have a second chance. Death can happen to any of us without a moment's warning, and then comes eternity.

What is the object of your devotion?

Do You Worship The Work?
- by Oswald Chambers

 Beware of any work for God that causes or allows you to avoid concentrating on Him. A great number of Christian workers worship their work. The only concern of Christian workers should be their concentration on God. This will mean that all the other boundaries of life, whether they are mental, moral, or spiritual limits, are completely free with the freedom God gives His child; that is, a worshiping child, not a wayward one. A worker who lacks this serious controlling emphasis of concentration on God is apt to become overly burdened by his work. He is a slave to his own limits, having no freedom of his body, mind, or spirit. Consequently, he becomes burned out and defeated. There is no freedom and no delight in life at all. His nerves, mind, and heart are so overwhelmed that God’s blessing cannot rest on him.

 But the opposite case is equally true– once our concentration is on God, all the limits of our life are free and under the control and mastery of God alone. There is no longer any responsibility on you for the work. The only responsibility you have is to stay in living constant touch with God, and to see that you allow nothing to hinder your cooperation with Him. The freedom that comes after sanctification is the freedom of a child, and the things that used to hold your life down are gone. But be careful to remember that you have been freed for only one thing – to be absolutely devoted to the one you serve.

 We have no right to decide where we should be placed, or to have preconceived ideas as to what God is preparing us to do. God engineers everything; and wherever He places us, our one supreme goal should be to pour out our lives in wholehearted devotion to Him in that particular work. “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might…” (Ecclesiastes 9:10).

What are you doing with the resources God provides for you to serve Him?

Commentary in NLT Life Application Study Bible, for Matthew 25:14-30

 Matthew 25:15 The master divided the money among his servants according to their abilities. No one received more or less than he could handle. If he failed in his assignment, his excuse could not be that he was overwhelmed. Failure would indicate only laziness or hatred toward the master.

 The bags of silver represent any kind of resource we are given. God gives us time, gifts, and other resources according to our abilities, and he expects us to invest them wisely until he returns.

 We are responsible to use well what God has given us. The issue is not how much we have, but how well we use what we have.

 Matthew 25:21 Jesus is coming back --- we know this is true.
Does this mean we must quit our jobs in order to serve God? No, it means we are to use our time, talents, and treasures diligently in order to serve God completely in whatever we do.

 For a few people, this may mean changing professions. For most of us, it means doing our daily work out of love for God.

 Matthew 25:24-30 This last man was thinking only of himself.
He hoped to play it safe and protect himself from his hard master, but he was judged for his self-centeredness. We must not make excuses to avoid doing what God calls us to do. 

 If God truly is our Master, we must obey willingly. Our time, abilities, and money aren’t ours in the first place --- we are caretakers, not owners.

 When we ignore, squander, or abuse what we are given, we are rebellious and deserve to be punished.
Commentary in NLT Life Application Study Bible, for Matthew 25:31-46

 Matthew 25:29, 30 This parable describes the consequences of two attitudes toward Christ’s return.
The person who diligently prepares for it by investing his or her time and talents to serve God will be rewarded.
God rewards faithfulness.
The person who has no heart for the work of the kingdom will be punished.
Those who bear no fruit for God’s Kingdom cannot expect to be treated the same as those who are faithful.

 Matthew 25:31-46 God will separate his obedient followers from pretenders and unbelievers.
The real evidence of our belief is the way we act. To treat all persons we encounter as if they were Jesus is no easy task. What we do for others demonstrates what we really think about Jesus’ words to us: Feed the hungry, give the homeless a place to stay, look after the sick. How well do your actions separate you from pretenders and unbelievers?

 Matthew 25:32 Jesus used sheep and goats to picture the division between believers and unbelievers. Sheep and goats often graze together but were separated when it came time to shear the sheep.
Ezekiel 34:17-24 also refers to the separation of sheep and goats.

 Matthew 25:34-40 This parable describes acts of mercy we all can do every day. These acts do not depend on wealth, ability, or intelligence; they are simply acts freely given and freely received. We have no excuse to neglect those who have deep needs, and we cannot hand over this responsibility to the church or government. Jesus demands our personal involvement in caring for others’ needs. (Isaiah 58:7).

 - compiled by J.M.

Are Christians perfect?

No we are not.

 We may love the Lord with all our heart and mind...but we will never be perfect until the day our heavenly Father takes us home.

 And if anyone who bears the name of Christ thinks they have been perfected in the here and now, they have been fooled by their arch enemy the devil.

 In the verse below John is not talking to unbelievers, he is addressing the Church.

read:
1 John 1:5-8 “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.”

Christian writers should not write like the writers of this world...

...we have a different calling,
A sacred trust from our Lord that we might show others the way to Jesus and eternal life.

God has gifted every Christian with a special talent. And if we are sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit each one of us can use that talent to proclaim the message of Christ to those around us, and we will if we love them.

One of the greatest advantages of writing instead of being a speaker is that if you say something in front of others that you should not have said --- it's said. Too late to take it back. And people have long memories.

Thank God I only write.

I can't count the number of times I've written things I shouldn't have, mostly severe rebukes. (we shouldn't be overly severe, and I sometimes am.) But the Lord in His loving mercy has, many times, woke me up at different hours of the night and whispered lovingly in my ear, "You can't say that, it's way too harsh.

Most often I would get out of a nice warm bed, go in and turn the computer on, open up my working site and delete the offending material.

Why such urgency you might ask.

Because while it's night where I'm at it's daytime on the other side of the world and that harsh critique is being read by others.

Do you see the upside of writing.
We have time to review, correct, and change our tone before it's too late.

- Have a wonderful day, and let Jesus hold your pen for you.

An Open Door

When the Lord opens a door, go through it and Fear Not.

Thoughts can condemn or give praise…

Every thought that enters our mind, unproductive or productive, good or bad, the Lord who lives and rules above will hear it loud and clear.

 Considering that we have an all knowing, all powerful God who created and named every heavenly body in the entire universe, things we see and things we cannot see (Hebrews 11:3 and Colossians 1:16), shouldn’t every one of us who go by His name cleanse our thoughts and purify our speech.
- The Testimony of two former Ghost Hunters Turned Christian. -