Building Spiritually for Increased Success on the Mission Field
Preparation for missions is a double sided coin, involving both natural and spiritual elements. Both are vital to the success and sustainability of a missions ministry.
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Spiritual Hunger is a Heart that Craves Intimacy with God
Only the truth of God's Word satisfies spiritual hunger and provides healthy food for the mind of a believer.
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The Bible is the Christian's Essential Nourishment
To eat of the bread of life is to feast on all Jesus Christ accomplished for humanity on the cross, through His death, resurrection and ascension. Jesus is the Bread of Life, the Word of Life, the Word of God.
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Staying hungry for the Person of Jesus is a Childlike Attitude of Heart that Pleases God
One childlike characteristic that Jesus may have been referring to is the fact that children are always hungry. Jesus taught that in order to be blessed one must hunger and thirst after righteousness. His promise is to fill the seeker. In this spiritually malnutritioned culture, always consuming but never being filled, He alone can satisfy.
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The Good Shepherd Jesus Allows Believers to Recline in Blessed Rest while Defeating Enemies
He prepares a table before me in the presence of His ememies while His lambs recline in peace. He anoints my head with oil...there is an anointing that spoils the enemy of the believer's soul. There remains a Sabbath Rest for His believers who embrace His word of rest.
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Reaching Out to Counteract New Ageism
The Bible says that thoughts and actions that have not been filtered through the Holy Spirit actually war against the truth of God. For anyone who is new to Christianity, this concept is one of the hardest to understand, but also one of the most important. Christians must get in the habit of ignoring initial responses in order to perform the perfect will of God.
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Christians Have their Ups and Downs so the Keys to Overcoming is to Never Lose Heart or Grow Weary
The adversary tries to wear people down, causing erosion to people's dreams and aspirations, just like streams of water running through a valley over the span of thousands of years that cut away the earth. But every day steps can be taken to improve the situation, however small those steps may seem. Add, change, delete, as each problem or challenge requires, but donâ&#€;&#™;t faint.
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Disciples Learn to Renew Their Minds to Think and Do What God Says
Christians are spiritually victorious or defeated moment by moment, and day by day, in proportion to the thoughts they think. What believers feed their minds and dwell on has a tremendous impact on whether they will be victors or victims.
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Christians Understand that in Tough Financial Times, God Can Bring Them Water from a Rock
God can, at His discretion, cause manna to fall from the sky, but it is His Word that brings the wisdom needed to pass through the wilderness into the land flowing with milk and honey.
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The Greatness of God Cannot be Contained
God is larger than anything He created, and such immensity is incomprehensible to the finite mind. Still, mankind has consistently attempted to define God by associating His Spirit with a hand-crafted image.
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