Where I Stood

Everything I am for Your Kingdoms cause.

Confessions of a Missionary…

1.      I suck at being selfless; Philippians 2:3-4

 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

 2.      I don’t always remember the reason I am going; Mark 16:15

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

 3.      I am scared that I will get robbed;  Joshua 1:9

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.

4.      I am scared I will get sick; Philippians 4:6

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

5.      I do not feel prepared to defend the gospel; 1 Peter 3:15

Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.

6.      I do not want to have to preach; Mark 13:11

Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

7.      I lack confidence in my ability to do anything; John 15:5

“apart from me you can do nothing”

8.      I know I will fail at something; Philippians 1:6

“he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

9.      I am scared that I will get kidnapped and be sold into the sex trade;  Romans 8:31

“If God is for us, who can be against us?”

10.  If that happens, I worry that I will not survive the physical, psychological and emotional pain;  Philippians 4:13

“I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”

11.  I worry that if something happens to me while I’m overseas, my family will be angry at me, or at God and never be saved as a result;  1 John 4:16

“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”

12.  I know that I will offend someone at some point; John 15:20

“Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.”

13.  I wonder how difficult learning that language will be and how silly I will sound when I use it; 1 Corinthians 9:19, 22b

“Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.  I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.”

14.  I wonder if my ministry will make a difference;  Isaiah 61:1

“The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, 
   because the LORD has anointed me 
   to proclaim good news to the poor. 
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, 
   to proclaim freedom for the captives 
   and release from darkness for the prisoners”

15.  I hope that I will obedient in every opportunity and situation; John 14:23

“Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.”

16.  I want to be bold and speak without fear of what people will think;  1 Peter 3:15-16

“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.”

17.  I WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE;   Be a sheep…Matthew 25:40

“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

18.  I want people to see Jesus when they look at me; Colossians 3:3

“For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.”

19.  I want to love people the way that Jesus loves them;  Philippians 2:5-8

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

  Who, being in very nature God, 
  did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 
rather, he made himself nothing 
   by taking the very nature of a servant, 
   being made in human likeness. 
And being found in appearance as a man, 
   he humbled himself 
   by becoming obedient to death— 
      even death on a cross!