The Matter of Giving, 2 Cor 9:7

The Matter of Giving 2 Cor. 9 7  CLICK ON TITLE FOR AUDIO Giving is a matter of: Character – 2 Cor 9:7; Prov 22:9 – it’s a matter of who you are.  Some people are naturally more charitable and to give comes easy for them. Others are more naturally miserly...

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The Mission, Matt 28:18-20

Missions involves a mission.  A mission is “a specific task with which a person or a group is charged”.  So, a mission involves three things: the person who gives the charge, the task that he wants done, and the person or group to carry out the task. The person who...

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By An Equality, 2 Cor 8:13-15

Our missions conference verse is the first part of 2 Cor 8:14, “But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want…”.  When you read this verse in its context, you understand that Paul is referring to a principle derived from the...

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Pastor John Robinson – Things That Are Wanting, Titus 1:5

Pastor John Robinson preached from Titus 1:5 on things that are wanting or lacking in churches toward missions.  Ecc 1:15 says, “that which is wanting cannot be numbered.”  There is no want of lost souls and needy people, and there is no want of technology, transportation, communication, or money to...

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What You Can Do For Missions, 2 Cor 1:8-11

If you aren’t called to the mission field, you can still do much to help missionaries who are called.  I often remark that I disdain comments from missionaries like “stay by the stuff,” 1 Sam 30:24, and “hold the rope,” Acts 9:25.  We’re not sitting around in our churches with...

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Giving to Missions, 2 Cor 9:6

Giving to missions is based on God’s promise in 2 Cor 9:6, “But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.” You sow sparingly and you will reap sparingly. That’s a truth. Likewise, you sow bountifully and you...

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Sun Eve – Missionary Caleb Caviness

We had previously scheduled Caleb Caviness and his wife, Kelci, missionaries to the Republic of Congo, for Sunday night. After the “stay at home” order, we, unfortunately, had to cancel this meeting. However, when I awoke on Monday morning last week, it dawned on me that we could still “have...

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