Go Beyond At Home
28-Week Prayer Guide
Mission Endeavors
“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.” (Acts 1:8, NASB)
The last command of Jesus was a command to evangelize (read also Matt. 28:19-20; Mark 16:15, John 20:21). We are still under obligation to obey this command; it has not been repealed. There are no exemptions to obedience by virtue of our age, gender, rank, race, or riches. Nor can we substitute anything in place of this command. Regardless of whatever else we may do in the church and for the kingdom, these things are to be done in addition to but not in place of evangelism. Determine to look for opportunities to share the story of Jesus with those whom God puts in your path.
Week 20
Day 3
July 16
”My aim is to preach the gospel where Christ has not been named, so that I will not build on someone else’s foundation.”
— Romans 15:20
REMINDER: Imagine a new and different map of the world, one with a series of concentric circles with peoples and nations organized according to their access to the gospel. On such a map you and I would occupy the gospel-saturated center. Peoples with less access to the gospel would occupy the concentric circles radiating away from the center. Our Missions Ministry is committed to moving from the center to the edge — from the comforts of our own community to the inconveniences of faraway places in order to make Christ known.
TODAY’S PRAYER:
– Pray for the people in the world today who have the least access to the gospel.
– Pray for those who are kept in darkness by hostile cultures and governments.
– Pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest (Matthew 9:38).
– Determine to be among the workers whom God sends into His harvest.