GRACE COVENANT    FELLOWSHIP, INTERNATIONAL 2019 Women's Conference 

 

Prayer

Acknowledgments

 

Intro: Personal: wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, retired attorney

from 24 years government service; missions since 2004 (first mission

trip 2005); you go where God says go. Meet the Media Director

 

All glory goes to God for his grace and mercy to me. Everything that 

we discuss today that CGM has accomplished could not have been 

possible without God. For without God we can do nothing. John 15:5b

 

I have been asked to discuss the importance of doing missions with
your spouse and the purpose of why God called us to the mission
together. (Always wanted to travel, fly, etc., it just transformed into
missions because God became first in our marriage.)

 

Missions is about God’s Grace to Do His Will and His Will is for All

to be saved, for all to LIVE 

 

Let's talk about LIFE, LIVING because we cannot bring LIFE if we

do not understand that Jesus came that we might have LIFE and have

it more abundantly (John 10:10b); He came so we could live life 

abundantly, not just thrive, and certainly not just to survive.

 

Missions work tells us to not only step outside the box it tells us to

tear the box down because if we just step outside we might 

step back in. 

 

So, before we go further, I want you to determine today, no matter 

what is going on in your life, you are going to live and live life 

abundantly, John 10:10b.

 

 

What about the money? Wouldn’t it help missions more if I just sent

the money? That’s a lot of money that is spent to go. Yes, but, that’s

what God said to do. There is nothing that replaces the joy of others
who are on the mission field than when someone comes to see them.

Just think about your joy when you have a special event and someone

comes to see you-especially if they come from a far-away distance. It

makes you feel like they care about you. This is how we were treated 

in the Philippines. The Filipino people have great respect for their

pastors. They treated Apostle Charles and me like we were royalty.

 

Another reason and more important is the spiritual blessing you

bring to people. Let me tell you about a young woman who went to

South Africa with us in 2010. Her name is Shanda Philips and she laid

hands on a woman who had been tormented over the death of a

child left this woman’s care. It was Shanda who came all the way from

the United States who laid hands on the woman and the woman was

set free from the condemnation of this child’s death- a situation for

which the woman should not have been feeling condemned and

persecuted. South Africa-2010 Photos/Videos But, that is the

devil’s job to make us feel condemned (John 10:10, the devil comes

not but for to kill, steal and destroy), but it is our duty to answer the

call when the call is delivered to us to go to and bring deliverance to 

others.

 

Sometimes God says, you must put your foot down on the soil of a 

particular country or community for a work to be accomplished there.

This was the situation with a family member of mine who was called to

go to Africa. She struggled with going, but God told her, she had to go 

and she had to put her foot down. She was obedient and she was 

glad she was. 

 

So, there is always a reason for the mission whether to let those who

serve in other locations know they have not been forgotten or to bring

deliverance to some soul, or just because God said so. You may never

know the results of your obedience until you get to heaven.

 

TIPS ON MISSIONS 

Let God send you (Mark 16:15), don’t send yourself;

 

Be careful with whom you travel. In other words, don't go on missions

with people who are not God-minded and mission-minded!

 

Listen to those with experience;

 

Prepare well in advance for your trip;

 

Be sure you have contacts familiar with the country or the

area you are going to (Apostle Charles and I always had at least one

person with whom we could make contact. Only once did we not
personally know the country contact, but we had 14 years experience
in missions by that time; get all your medical shots;

 

Do not drink the water, do not even rinse your mouth out with the
water (some people will disagree with me on that and they may be
right, but if they are wrong, you will suffer terribly for that drink of
unfiltered water-and I do mean you will suffer. You may even ruin your
mission trip.) (Be wary of the condiments (ketchup, mustard, etc.,

 

Always carry the medication the doctor prescribes and even carry the

necessary over-the-counter items (in the requisite 3-ounce containers

or at least the small quantities);

 

Electrical adapters (if outside the US (in some cases like the

Dominican Republic and Ecuador, you do not need adaptors;

 

Plenty of SD cards or other camera/video equipment

("X's" experience);

 

Dress appropriately (what will the weather be like where you are going;

always be prepared for a change in the weather; what is the custom of
the country (you must be respectful)); talk to your contacts about

what to wear; observe the customs of the country in dress or whatever
do not try to Americanize other peoples, let the Lord bring about the
change); Ladies have special considerations as far as personals, etc.,

of course.  
 

Consequences for not being obedient are not necessarily bad but

it may be that you may miss a blessing.

Blessings for your obedience!