Master's Commission 360

Staggering

Nate — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:24:56 +0000

Why should we hear the gospel twice when millions have never heard it once? Pile the fact that 95% of Christians will go their whole lives without ever leading one soul to Christ. What are you doing about this?

Will of God

Nate — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:21:24 +0000

Someone who is in the will of God makes few choices, for his decisions are simply a continuation of the ones he already made. It is those who stagger back and forth between God’s will and his own that feel overwhelmed and stressed. But those who have already chosen to dwell in God’s will come to a decision already with an answer and in fact don’t even realize they passed through a decision, because no decision was needed. It already had been made.

Martyrs

Nate — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:16:04 +0000

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surounded about with so great a cloud of witnesses, who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, waxed mighty in war, turned to flight armies of aliens: and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance; and others had trial of mockings and scourgings, and bonds and imprisonment: they were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.

We literally stand on the blood of those who have gone before us. Because of the 70 million Christians killed for their faith in 220 countries across 20 centuries.

That’s 70 million people or almost 96 people a day for the last 2000 years.
Martyrs since 1950: 13,300,000

Average annual martyrs since 1950: 278,000

Future Thoughts

Nate — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:13:10 +0000

When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened. Believe in yourself. You are what you need to succeed. The future belongs to those who believe in their abilities. No dream is too big for God to accomplish it through you.

Will you be that person that makes history or simply lives it? Winston Churchill said this, ‘History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.’

Today

Nate — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:09:24 +0000

Your past number cannot interfere with your ability to harness today. Your future number cannot leave you absent in the present. Your present number cannot not neglect the past nor keep you from the future.

What is the importance of today? What about this moment? How important is the next 30 minutes? Sometimes we don’t put any value on today. It seems that we are only looking toward tomorrow and remembering yesterday. But what about the only day you really have. Now.

Fort Worth Metro

Student — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:19:06 +0000

Buddy and Ruth, the leaders of Metro Fort Worth, spend their lives ministering to the children on the streets. Ministering in different sites throughout Fort Worth, they take the gospel to the heart of the inner city. Instead of just going out there and preaching, they “bring it” to the kids. They come with loud music, prizes, candy, and fun games- relating to the kids where they are.

Every Christmas and Thanksgiving they reach out to hundreds families- bringing gifts and food. It’s not enough for them to tell the families that God loves them… they show it. It is an awesome learning and ministry opportunity for Master’s. We get to go out there and hang out with kids as well as participate in the services…coordinating the games, singing, and speaking. We build relationships with the kids- we see changes in them and know that we have really impacted their lives. Hopefully we showed them how to build momentum in their lives to push past the gangs and into fulfilling their God given dreams.

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Retreat

Student — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:10:57 +0000

We cry freedom from the chains that bind our children! We cry freedom from the chains that bind our praise to you! We cry freedom from the lies of the enemy! Freedom! The words of a once imprisoned soul who no longer accepted the chains that are their puppet masters.

Retreat is the point in the year whenever the team literally retreats and gets away from the way things are. They get away from stress and are influenced to form together into a family. The results of Retreat can only be told from the individual because each is different…but there is freedom and there is peace.

UAE

Student — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:53:48 +0000

Imagine with me for a moment…imagine that you and I are in a church just worshipping God. The building is small and is likely used for something else during the week. The mood is set for worship; the lights dimmed, the people focused, and band is just starting to play. You don’t recognize any of the fifty faces in the room… you’ve never been here before. The room is filled with different cultures, from American to African, and from English to Indian.

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Suddenly, as you are worshipping, you hear a loud noise coming from outside of the building. It isn’t chaotic…no it is a voice speaking in a language you can’t understand. It isn’t louder than your music, but you can hear it distinctly. A man standing next to you tells you what it is. It’s obvious from your expression that you’ve never heard it before. It takes a moment but reality hits: it is the mosque call, calling all Muslims to prayer. You have already heard it four times today but never got the chance to ask someone what it was. The realization that you aren’t home doesn’t make you home-sick… rather it ignites you. You are on the mission field in a world of people who believe in an distant, uninterested God. That is life in the U.A.E., and we experienced just a taste of it.

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Southwest Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

Student — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:35:38 +0000

“My name is Mike Salve…don’t forget it’s Mike Salve. M-I-K-E S-A-L-V-E. Well goodbye, just remember that my name is Mike Salve.” He doesn’t want me to remember his name so that he can be famous, or because he thinks he’s somebody. He makes sure that I know his name so I don’t forget him, so that maybe I’ll come back, so that just maybe I’ll return and visit him. Mike Salve is a man living in a nursing home.

Along with many of the other residents, he just wants a friend… to be remembered, to have someone sit down and talk. And every week we do just that. We get to be make their world a little brighter. Nursing homes are so often a place where people go and wait to die. We believe that God isn’t done with them yet. So we go and we sing, and we pray, and we talk with them, and remind them that there is still something worth living for.

RCkids

Student — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:22:16 +0000

They just believe without any complications. When did they stop believing that they’re superheroes and start believing that nobody loves them? Why didn’t anyone tell them that they have permission to be strong forever, or that beauty is second nature?

Children will live the same way as those who impact them. Every soul that we don’t try to reach, we lose by default. The words ring in our hearts: “train a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it”.

So with that charge we impact their young souls, helping them to understand the greatness of the God who created them. Not all children make it to Children’s Church on Sunday mornings…sometimes we must take church to them. In our apartment complex we are bringing a tangible experience of God to those who may never get it at home or anywhere else. We bring them hope for their future.

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Maybe it’s when we sit down and help with their homework, or the game that we play and the snacks that we share. It could be the dance that we are practicing, or maybe it’s the Bible story. They get to come and worship God. For some that means not having to worry about being the man of the house, for others it’s a chance to escape from the drugs, or abuse. They get to just be kids and learn that they’re important to somebody.