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“I am ready to burn out for God. I am ready to endure any hardship, if by any means I might save some. The longing of my heart is to make known my glorious Redeemer to those who have never heard.” William Burns
what will you give?
what will you do?
God has called each one of us to be ambassadors and witnesses – to shine His light into the world so that people will see God in the darkness. it is God who saves and draws people to Himself but He demonstrates His love and grace and lives out salvation in us.
God has qualified and empowered each one of us to do this momentous task. It should be done every day in every converstation in every opportunity. Its not something we turn off or turn on. We ARE witnesses. We ARE the light of the world, unhidden and shinning bright.
we may feel insignificant and unqualified – but remember – We are like clay jars in which this treasure is stored. The real power comes from God and not from us. 2 Corinthians 4:7 – the real power comes from God – we are the vessel and God is the light that shines – we are the life that expresses the power of God and message of God – as we humble ourselves and draw near to God and pray THEN we are usable. God delights to use His children to reach the lost. As we step out in faith His power enables us and gives us the right words.
Be used. Make the choice. Be close and in love with God, know Him and make Him known!
“Missions is the overflow of our delight in God because missions is the overflow of God’s delight in being God.” John Piper
“If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees, imploring them to stay. If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go there unwarned and unprayed for.” Charles H. Spurgeon

“There are people on this planet whom only you will be able to reach, because of where you live and what God has made you to be. If just one person will be in heaven because of you, your life will have made a difference for eternity” Rick Warren
who said….
A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy!
i had to google it. a friend was asking on facebook this morning.
but it sparked something in me…

what is the dangerous disease our world faces today? seperation from God, sin, lostness…
what was the remedy for our sin? the death and sacrifice of Jesus Christ, Son of God, upon the brutal cross in crucifixion.
and what is our response to this… that we should lay own lives down, that we should live our lives radically for the Gospel of Good News, that we should be ambassadors of reconcilliation, witnesses to this generation of the great love of God!
we overcome by the blood of the lamb, the word of our testimony and that we love our lives not… revelation 11:12
our lives are not our own. we were brought with a price. the blood of the sinless perfect amazing Jesus who gave His life to pay for my sin.
we should live our lives by faith in Jesus, following His call, following His purpose and plan.
not dangerously for the sake of danger, but unrelentless and poured out.
dont be conformed to the pattern of this world, complacent, quiet, tolerant… but lets stand and shine and declare the grace of God, lets demonstrate His kindness and love.
a desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy – God has done it all, He made the way, He made the way for redemption and cure. the cure is found – lets tell the good news!
“Lost people matter to God,
and so they must matter to us.”
— Keith Wright

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“If God calls you to be a missionary, don’t stoop to be a king” — Jordan Grooms (variations of this also credited to G. K. Chesterson, Thomas Carlyle and Charles Haddon Spurgeon)

“I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light” — John Keith Falconer
Bright red. The hue of bullseyes. The exact opposite of camouflage. That’s the colour Manfred von Richthofen, also known as the red baron, chose to paint his warplane during WW1. This was not the irrational decision of a self-destructive mind however, but rather the calculated intimidation of a seasoned, deadly hunter. The Red Baron did not want to hide. He wanted to be a beacon of arrogance in the sky. A challenge. A dare.
I read this at the Blenehim Airport in July as I was returning from a holiday with my family. It is on sign advertising the Air War Museum at the Air Force base.
But it hit me in my spirit and I could feel God speaking to me right there, in the airport.
To wear bright red on a battlefield means you are declaring who you are that you refuse to back down and hide. You’ve picked your side and you’re not afraid to declare it.
We are a Christian. We are forgiven. We are righteous. We are a child of God. We are loved. We are saved. We are redeemed. We are the light of the world. We are called. We are chosen. We are a servant of God. We are filled with the Holy Spirit. We are witnesses empowered by God. We are ministers of reconciliation. We are ambassadors. We are supernatural. We are Christians.

Matthew 5:14-16 says “You are like light for the whole world. A city built on top of a hill cannot be hidden, and no one would light a lamp and put it under a clay pot. A lamp is placed on a lamp stand, where it can give light to everyone in the house. Make your light shine, so that others will see the good that you do and will praise your Father in heaven.”
Every day we have a choice to let our light shine or to dull it and hide it.
Philippians 2:15-16 says that we are “children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life.”
We carry within us The Light of the World, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit dwells within us to reveal Jesus to those around us who are lost and in need of the rescue of the Gospel.
Light brings hope in the darkness. Light shows the way when people cannot see the way to go. Light illuminates.
Light will always overcome darkness. The law of nature reflects the truth in the spiritual realm. “And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it]” John 1:5 Amplified. Put simply, when the light of God shines the darkness is overcome. Darkness does not overcome light – light always overcomes the darkness. Light shines. Light wins.
The Scriptures say, “God commanded light to shine in the dark.” Now God is shining in our hearts to let you know that his glory is seen in Jesus Christ. We are like clay jars in which this treasure is stored. The real power comes from God and not from us. 2 Corinthians 4:6-7
Our job is to shine. We are the vessel. God empowers us like the electricity in that empowers a light bulb.
Don’t hide your light. Don’t hide The Light of the World, Jesus Christ! As Manfred von Richthofen would say “Camouflage is for sissies!”
The goal is not to live gray lives but to live lives knowing our awesome amazing God that stretched out His arms on the cross, as Jesus Christ, dying to make the way for us to be saved and clean and forgiven and new.
Today the call is to live our lives knowing God and following Him and making Him known… to be bold and radical and Christian! Christians are not called to wear camouflage. The call is to not blend in but to stand out as lights in this world. The challenge is to not be assimilated into this world but to be Christians in it – demonstrating the love and grace and power of God as He leads us and empowers us.
“God is pursuing with omnipotent passion a worldwide purpose of gathering joyful worshipers for Himself from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. He has an inexhaustible enthusiasm for the supremacy of His name among the nations. Therefore, let us bring our affections into line with His, and, for the sake of His name, let us renounce the quest for worldly comforts and join His global purpose.” — John Piper
“If you found a cure for cancer, wouldn’t it be inconceivable to hide it from the rest of mankind? How much more inconceivable to keep silent the cure from the eternal wages of death.” — Dave Davidson




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