WEEK FIVE: World Changers Part 4 - "Go into all the world..."

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!

Do you know Him?

WEEK FOUR: World Changers Part 3 - 'Go beyond your boarders...'

Caption:   This is another short of the busy shopping centre in Derby, United Kingdom that we saw last week. I took this picture whilst in Derby on an ‘evangelistic outreach’ (impact team) helping the local branch of my church fellowship in Derby reach their city for Jesus. One of the churches from London joined us and here we see some of them ministering in song (rap actually) which can be heard resonating all the way up the hill and beyond where the eye could see, Jesus was lifted up!

Key Scripture: John 12:32 (KJV) 

‘…And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.' 

Food for Thought: 

One of the marks of Christianity is giving of one’s self for the benefit of others. When it comes to evangelism a really good way of giving is of your time to purposefully go and support a neighboring church or Christian friend in reaching their city or their family / friends. Helping other people reach their city or sphere of influence is just as important as you reaching your own because the scriptures call for us to ‘go into ALL the world’ not just our world and preach the gospel or in other words [Jesus] up so than people can hear the gospel and Jesus can then use that to draw them to Himself…God wants us to be involved in helping our neighbors, near and far to reach the lost in their city for His glory…

The Weekly Challenge: 

 1. If your local church has impact teams, sign up to go on one!, if not find a friend whose church has an evangelism program or enquire about other churches in your network or fellowship in another city and go up to visit on a day their church has an evangelism outreach to help them witness.

 2.  Think of other ways you can look beyond your boarders and act on them! Be creative!!!!!!

 3. Email us @ pgspreadtheword@gmail.com and tell us how you get on!

WEEK THREE: World Changers Part 2 - 'Go into Your Local World...'

Caption: In this week’s picture is a street full of people in the busy shopping centre of a town called Derby, United Kingdom. Just look at how many people are in just this one street on a Saturday afternoon going about their lives, some having never heard the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ, some lukewarm in their faith, some are those who knew Christ and are now backslidden (far from God) and others wear labels of other religions or non religions and others still simply confused....This is a picture of what my city and your city looks like today without Christ...

Key Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:20 (NKJV) 

'Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.' 

Food for Thought: 

It is so humbling to think that God wants to include us in His plan to save the world isn't it? Imagine that! God thinks I (you) are worthy to be His ambassador in our local city / town, community, office, university, school, network...No matter who we used to be, or how qualified we may think we are, God wants to send us to spread the gospel and share the truth that Jesus is in our lives with others in our local community. This is the focus for this week, ‘your local community’...

How can you be an ambassador and represent Christ in your community through evangelism?

Does your church have a local evangelism program you can step out in faith and participate in?

Is there a scripture union or Christian group in your school, university or workplace you could join and work with to evangelise to the non believers and backsliders in your community?

* An ambassador is a diplomatic official of the highest rank appointed and accredited as representative in residence by one government or sovereign to another; A diplomatic official heading his or her country's permanent mission to certain international organizations; An authorized messenger or representative. [http://www.answers.com/topic/ambassador]. 

The Weekly Challenge: 

 1. Find out what your church is doing in the area of evangelism and get involved...if nothing is really happening, why not ask if you can start an outreach group?

 2.  Purposely go out each day looking for an opportunity to be an *ambassador of Jesus Christ

 3. Email us @ pgspreadtheword@gmail.com and tell us how you get on!