Fellow goers and senders,
In previous posts, we’ve talked about the need to be spiritual leaders in the home. I am thankful that we can continue to encourage each other towards this goal. Sunday will wrap up our collection of faith promise missions cards for this year as we set the missions budget at Village. I want to challenge the men of Village to lead the way of faith in our homes. Our wives are greatly encouraged when we initiate spiritual discussions and discussions of God’s leading in things such as missions. One wife I was talking to said that she longed for it! This is an opportunity for us as men to lead well. For those that are not married, now is the time to develop faith practices. The earlier we start practicing faith, the better!
So how do you go about leading in a commitment to missions? Here are some ideas.
- Start with solidifying your own resolve to support missions. Answer questions in your mind like “Why should I support missions?” and “What is faith promise?” On Sunday, we will be putting an insert into the worship folder answering various questions about faith promise. Also, we focused on faith promise during the April 3rd service. These may be helpful tools.
- Bring up faith promise with your wife by asking questions to see what she is thinking and any amounts she may be thinking of.
- Pray together. Both for the world to be reached with the gospel and for God to put on your hearts how much to give to missions.
- If you have any children old enough to understand, include them in the decision. A great way to do this is to get pictures of some of our missionaries and “introduce” them to some of our missionaries. The missions information sheets in the worship folder often has pictures. Pastor Andrew also can send you pictures of most of the missionaries.
- Encourage your family to trust God with what He leads you to give. Then make it a challenge to see how God is working! It is incredible to see children observe God answering faith for the first time.
- Fill out a card together on Sunday. If your kids are teenagers, encourage them to fill their own card out.
- Pick one of our missionaries and bring them up in prayer with your family. Use times you already pray together such as meals or bed time and add your missionary in on a regular basis.
- Share with us how God supplies!
I am excited to see how God uses our obedience to missions to form us in His image. May our hearts long to see God worshiped in all nations.
Pastor Ron
