December 2, 2007 International Mission's Emphasis

December 2, 2007 International Mission's Emphasis Sunday
This Sunday, I will be sharing a mission's message that ties in with our yearly International Mission's emphasis. This year's Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions theme is "Tell Me the Story of Jesus."

I will be using a variety of texts to support this theme, some of them are listed below in the New International Version. Our church's mission's offering goal for 2007 is $10,000. Would you pray about your involvement in missions and what you might give this year to this worthy offering?

John 3:16
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Psalm 67
1 May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face shine upon us,
Selah
2 that your ways may be known on earth,
your salvation among all nations.
3 May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you.
4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you rule the peoples justly
and guide the nations of the earth.
Selah
5 May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you.
6 Then the land will yield its harvest,
and God, our God, will bless us.
7 God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear him.

Isaiah 9:2“The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”

Acts 1:8“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 5:42
“Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.”

2 Corinthians 5:14-15
[14] For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. [15] And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

What is God showing you this week? Your observations and insights into these passages and sermon theme are welcomed and appreciated.

For His Glory!
Pastor Joe