David Sitton visiting our church

I’m delighted that David Sitton is going to be our guest preacher this Sunday at Goshen Baptist Church.

The Lord has grabbed hold of this man's life in powerful ways. If you want to learn about God's work in and through David, read his book, Reckless Abandon. Or visit toeverytribe.org and listen to some messages and read a few articles—it’s exhilarating.

One wonderful place to spend time at toeverytribe.org is in the list of “Mission Quotes.” It’s full of Bible-inspired guidance, passion, joy, warning, encouragement, and FAITH. Chew on these words…

• I know enough about Satan to realize that he will have all his weapons ready for determined opposition. He would be a missionary simpleton who expected plain sailing in any work of God. ~James O. Fraser, 1886-1938, China.
• It is remarkable that God began this work among the Indians at a time when I had the least hope. ~David Brainerd, 1718-1747, Missionary to North American Indians.
• Every step in the progress of missions is directly traceable to prayer. ~A. T. Pierson, Pastor and Author.
• I don’t think we are in any danger, and if we are, we might as well die suddenly in God’s work as by some long drawn-out illness at home. ~Eleanor Chestnut, died in China in 1905.
• I will lay my bones by the Ganges (River) that India will know there is someone who cares. ~Alexander Duff, 1806-1878, India.
• If you are ever inclined to pray for a missionary, do it at once, wherever you are. Perhaps he may be in great peril at that moment. ~Amy Carmichael, 1867-1951, India.
• Don’t wonder whether you have a call to go. Have you had a distinct call from Christ to stay at home? ~George Wilson.
• There is no need for faith where there is no consciousness of an element of risk. ~Elisabeth Elliot.
• I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it in a land filled with dark­ness than in a land flooded with lights. ~Ion Keith-Falconer.
• Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell. I want to run a rescue mission within a yard of hell. ~C.T. Studd.
• If God has fit you to be a missionary, I would not have you shrivel down to be a king. ~Charles H. Spurgeon.
• He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. ~Jim Elliot.
• Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God. ~William Carey.
• The church that does not evangelize will fossilize. ~Oswald J. Smith.

[ originally posted at www.forthejourney.blogspot.com ]

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