Caption: This week’s picture is actually a poster I made to encourage my local church to give towards the work of the church branch we have in Accra, Ghana. This is also our ‘Ordinary People of the week image / people. In the picture is Pastor Simeon taken and His wife Harriet. They have taken the Great Commission to the next level and have sacrificed their lives literally to move from London, United Kingdom to Accra, Ghana to be missionaries and see the nation of Ghana won for the Kingdom of God! Wow! Imagine that! They didn’t just give up a couple of hours on Saturday or speak to someone during the course of their day (whilst living the life they wanted to live) no, they left all that was familiar behind them and took their children to a foreign nation to preach the gospel and minister to that nation. Wow!!!
Key Scripture: Mark 16:15 (AMP)
‘And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach and publish openly the good news (the Gospel) to every creature [of the whole human race].’
Food for Thought:
We cannot all physically go to foreign nations to be missionaries as this requires a gifting and appointment from God if you are to go the distance and survive! But we can all be a part of the missionary journey and sacrifice by giving and praying. Missionary work is not free or cheap! This church in Accra, Ghana for example requires some two thousand pounds a month to keep it running, and in addition to that they are trying to build their own building, run a church van to get people to church, give to the poor in their congregation and surrounding areas…the list could go on…They need out support financially as well as our spiritual investment in prayer.
The Weekly Challenge:
1. Find a missionary work (that shares your beliefs and ethos) and find out how you can sponsor their work. Your church may already sponsor a missionary team, find out how you can be involved in that.
2. Make a commitment to pray for missionaries operating in one country regularly and keep tabs on their needs and add them to your prayer list (the ones you support financially is a good place to start).
3. Email us @ pgspreadtheword@gmail.com and tell us how you get on!
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