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[cimi]

January 3
Sunday


WIDENING
YOUR
PERSPECTIVE

READ:
Matthew 28:16-20
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Go therefore and
make disciples of
all the nations.
__Matthew 28:19
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A missionary and I were invited to lunch with David, a man in his late seventies who generously supported the missionary's ministry. David was not able to visit the missionary's country, but as he gave thanks for the food, he prayed with complete ease for the people, places, and situations there. Having prayed regularly for that ministry, he had no trouble mentioning specifics. David had a perspective on missions that extended beyond his own country of Singapore.

Our Lord Jesus commanded us to have a worldwide perspective on missions. When He said, "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,...teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you" (Matt. 28:19-20), He was not asking us to buy an around-the-world ticket to do His bidding. We may not have the opportunity to travel much beyond our own birthplace, but we can be involved with what's going on in the world without leaving our hometown.

But how? Is there an international student living near you? A family from another country who is trying to cope with life in a new country? Or just a lonely person whom you can cheer up? Sharing Jesus' love with them is your way of crossing the oceans with the gospel. __C. P. Hia
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``````````````````A PRAYER: Lord, widen my world.```````````````
````````````I want to be a part of the work You are doing.```````````
`````````Give me eyes to see as You see, hands to serve others,``````
```````````````and a heart to share Your gospel. Amen.````````````
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If you look through the eyes of Jesus,
you'll see a needy world.

*************Today's Bible Reading __ Matthew 28:16-20***********

16 Then the eleven
disciples went away into
Galilee, to the mountain
which Jesus had appointed
for them. 17 When they saw
Him, they worshiped Him;
but some doubted.

18 And Jesus came and
spoke to them, saying, "All
authority has been given to
Me in heaven and on earth.

19 Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations,
baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit,

20 teaching them to observe
all things that I have
commanded you; and lo, I
am with you always, even
to the end of the age."
Amen.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

By the time Jesus meets with His disciples in Galilee (v.16), He has
been risen from the dead for some time and has already met with
them physically and personally. Nevertheless, today's Bible reading
tells us that while the disciples worshiped Him on that mountain
"some doubted." This is one of the truly disarming facts about
the Scriptures--their undeniable honesty. If this story were being
written by people trying to wave the flag for a "cause," no such
admission would be included. The inclusion of the very realistic and
even inevitable presence of doubt in the midst of such miraculous
occurrences speaks to the credibility of the gospel record.
__BILL CROWDER

[lizzie]

Really enjoyed this one, specially the part of being able to serve no matter where we may be.


cimi thank u sis GBU and luv u

[Lani]

If you look through the eyes of Jesus, you'll see a needy world.

I so love the prayer included in today's sharing!!!

I so love the opportunity to share His truth with another... worried not about where it happens, just that the chance is given makes my heart sing.

Thanks for sharing Cimi!!!


Peace and Luv in Christ,
Lani