I will be setting up my very first missions table at the Alabama Ladies Conference next week. I am so excited! Humbled too when I consider the missionaries who've paved the way before me. I want my table to be special because you never know how it will impact another person's life. I know those interesting tables have influenced my life over the years.
I recall one missionary's table where I signed a pledge to pray one minute a day for them. This introduced me to praying for missionaries on a daily basis. At another missionary's table, I filled out a Partner in Missions form. This taught me to give financially to missions. And then there was the tiny book I bought about a little lady in India who had suffered a lot in her childhood but was mightily used of God to win souls. Reading the book gave me hope that I too could overcome a difficult childhood and be used of God. Then there was the missionary who wrote a very transparent blog about life on the mission field. Reading her blog gave me insight not only to pray for missionaries, but HOW to pray for them.
To this day, I still have bookmarks, keychains and various other small items I picked up at mission tables over the years. Most of what I have is from the continent of Africa. (Isn't that where ALL missionaries live?! LOL) Imagine the shock I felt when God placed a call on my life to missions. And imagine the additional surprise when He called me to India instead of an African country.
You know, it's all part of missions in God's Kingdom, whether it's prayer, finances, or going. A missions table provides an avenue for all three areas. I pray that something on my table will influence other people to have a heart for missions and get involved, however God chooses to use them.
I recall one missionary's table where I signed a pledge to pray one minute a day for them. This introduced me to praying for missionaries on a daily basis. At another missionary's table, I filled out a Partner in Missions form. This taught me to give financially to missions. And then there was the tiny book I bought about a little lady in India who had suffered a lot in her childhood but was mightily used of God to win souls. Reading the book gave me hope that I too could overcome a difficult childhood and be used of God. Then there was the missionary who wrote a very transparent blog about life on the mission field. Reading her blog gave me insight not only to pray for missionaries, but HOW to pray for them.
To this day, I still have bookmarks, keychains and various other small items I picked up at mission tables over the years. Most of what I have is from the continent of Africa. (Isn't that where ALL missionaries live?! LOL) Imagine the shock I felt when God placed a call on my life to missions. And imagine the additional surprise when He called me to India instead of an African country.
You know, it's all part of missions in God's Kingdom, whether it's prayer, finances, or going. A missions table provides an avenue for all three areas. I pray that something on my table will influence other people to have a heart for missions and get involved, however God chooses to use them.
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