I have been in Swaziland for a little over a month now & have been working my way through a great devotional called, "Gospel Meditations For Missions." At the end of each day, it has a phrase to think about that day & they have helped lay a solid foundation for my first month living in Africa.
Let the Gospel...
...open your eyes to the harvest of worshipers around the world.
...stir you inside & out.
...comfort & compel you, even when no one seems to care.
...prompt your prayer for its bold proclamation amidst opposition.
...blow you away with its audacious promises.
...'s past victories inspire present & future faith.
...be as urgent to you as it was to your savior.
...free you to love Christians who are different form you.
...interpret your interruptions.
...which delivered you, inspire you to evangelize fellow sinners.
...'s advance on the frontlines drive your oh-so-normal life at home.
...be evident in your response to persecution.
...'s goal of magnifying God's fame in every corner of God's world be the passion of your life.
...drive you to your knees.
...'s advance inflame your corporate praise & prayer.
...remind you of the cross - His and yours.
...change hearts and families and cities and nations...in that order.
...'s advance be your heartbeat.
...make you live and give with reckless abandon for Christ's name.
...'s supremacy compel you to do everything in your power to spread it.
...embolden you to proclaim the controversial, soul-saving truth.
...produce in you a Christlike compassion for real people.
...reignite your faith in its power to save.
...and eternity determine how you use your time & money.
...stir your heart to spend & be spent to help people to heaven.
...inspire you to live as though souls are more significant than gourds (based on Jonah).
...knit your heart with the hearts of your persecuted brothers & sisters.
...demonstrate its power through risk-taking, self-replacing ministry.
...reach its target by sending and taking it where it isn't.
