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There is hunting season, football season, baseball season, the holiday season, and now I have discovered “conference season.”
Each week for a month I am in a different State participating in District conferences and mission events. It started in Keystone, Colorado with the Gateway District of Foursquare Churches. Then down to the Los Angeles area for Missions Week at LIFE Pacific College. This week has been with the North Pacific District Conference in Portland, Oregon. (Yes, Portlandia is real.) Next week it’s Spokane, Washington with the Northwest District of Foursquare Churches.
A common theme is dominant in all these gatherings. I believe the Holy Spirit is speaking A Fresh Word for a New Season:
“The Mission of God is the Central Theme of the Bible: Therefore it should be the Central Focus of the Church.”
Pastors, leaders, and churches are being refreshed with a renewed call to fulfill the Mission of God.
The nations are His focus and the church is His agent. So, let us ask God for the nations. Let us dream dreams greater than making it through another Sunday. Let us take bold actions of great faith.
We can do this because the Word of God is still alive and powerful, the Holy Spirit is still present and working, the church is still victorious, and Jesus is still Lord!
Hudson Taylor once said, “Ask Great Things of God! Attempt Great Things for God!” Let this be our motto for this season. Because the Mission of God is too grand for small living, shallow thinking, and timid action.
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Debbie and I serve as the FMI Global Associate Director for MENACA and Europe. We focus on cultivating disciples, leaders, and church planting movements.
