Missionary/missions talk continued...

 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20

We are to go to all nations and teach what Jesus has commanded us. But how do we do that in this day and age? I believe in my spirit that in today's world we still can do the same things that they did in the bible as well as do new things they didn't have in the bible. today I am going to talk about ways to be a missionary or have a missionary mindset. 

As I said there are local missionaries who go throughout the city they live in and proclaim the good news. That is one way we can be effective missionaries is to go as they do and proclaim to the city you live in and that includes the city's around where you live also. You hear about going door to door and proclaiming the good news and that is great and effective. It is more than just going door to door; it is going into the city we live in and proclaiming the good news of Jesus.  you can be a missionary at the checkout stand at the grocery store or a missionary at Starbucks. You can be a missionary at your job and proclaim the news to your coworkers.  anywhere you go you can be a missionary.

The other part to this is you can as I said earlier be a local missionary meaning you do it full time or as a ministry. This is different from being a missionary at the places we go and us just going into the city. This means that they do it all the time which is what everyone is called to do but most often we do not do this. if you read your bible Paul made this His life's work.  She followed Paul and us and cried out repeatedly, saying, “These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation.” Acts 16:17 he went to surrounding cities as well as the city he was in and he also went out to other nations as well which we will talk about this week. 

For now, I want to stick to being a local missionary. We are to go out to the city that we live in and proclaim the good news to people who will hate us for it. If you read your bible Paul was beaten and put into jail and more.

But among the crowd, some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the facts because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. Acts 21:34

I leave you with this verse to read and to go get out your bible and dust it off and read how Paul was treated for proclaiming the good news.

All Verses taken from the NASB