Each year at Family Week, the daily sessions focus on our missions family, while the evening messages include the host church family. Four speakers are selected to challenge and encourage hearts for the cause of missions.
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Withhold Nothing from God
John O’Malley
In Genesis 22 we learn from Abraham to live a life that withholds nothing from God. When God wants to walk with you, just walk. When God wants to speak to you, listen. Don’t assume you already know the conclusion. If God’s plan differs from yours, go with His. He’ll take you farther than you can imagine and do more than you can dream. If you usually doubt, don’t. If you usually reserve something for self, don’t. God wants it all. When we reserve for ourselves we pay the price. If you usually worry, stop. If you wonder whether God can provide, don’t. He can. When faced with the tough questions, always answer in the “faith tense.” God Will.
I Have Learned to Rejoice
Bill Wingard
Paul emphasized joy and rejoicing to the Philippians. We can greatly rejoice in the Lord’s presence. Whatever comes our way, His presence will not be taken away. We can rejoice in His providence. We can rejoice in the Lord’s plenty. It is amazing what God can make to be plenteous in our lives, which we will never understand until we go through a valley. We can rejoice in the Lord’s power. We can rejoice in the Lord’s provision. Some of our greatest opportunities to serve the Lord come unexpectedly.
Divine Influence
Tim Daniel
In Luke 8 we see Jairus’ plea for divine intervention in the life of his daughter. Often people will flock to Christ when facing a real crisis. We must be available to them when they ask for help. As Christ began to go, He was immediately thronged by others seeking help. Jairus was likely frustrated by this, not realizing it was a divine delay. Jesus can do more than one thing at a time! All delays with Christ are only delays in our human mind. This seeming delay gave Jairus and his family cause to see divine interaction that would not have been possible otherwise. When you don’t understand what God is doing, He does!
Launch into the Deep
Danny Whetstone
Peter was tired. He had fished all night and had nothing to show. As Christ preached He was pushed by the crowds and needed to get farther out so He could be heard. He asked Peter to launch into the deep. Imagine the message Peter heard that day! Peter knew how, when, and where to fish. Yet he caught nothing until he followed Christ’s command. Whatever he heard that day made him willing to forsake his boats, nets, and fish. What does it take to launch into the deep? It takes faith. Peter’s confidence was not in catching fish but in Christ’s word. We must have the confidence to get off the shore, launch into the deep, and follow Christ. It takes surrender. Peter understood fishing but had no idea where Christ was leading. It takes unity. Peter realized he could work together with others and have a great catch, or do it his own way and lose everything. It takes prayer. If prayer does nothing else, it confesses that you can’t do it alone. It takes a burden. We must be willing to weep for the lost. We must be willing to take on new challenges. On the very best fishing day, Peter left all and followed the Lord. Three years later Peter found himself back where he started. Another night on the sea with no fish to show for it, until he heard the Lord’s instruction. You too will be in places where you work with seemingly no success. The fish you are looking for may be under the boat. Joy comes in the morning. We must be dissatisfied with shallow water, and launch out into the deep to experience God’s blessings.