Dear Friends:

2007 could be the most extrodinary year we have ever experienced! Across television screens, newspapers, magazine covers, internet and radio broadcasts, we are exposed to apocolyptic like events that would make "Rocky" reach for his antacids. The Bible tells us that these are times of opportunity, for both God and the "enemy."

Many Christians don't think they can do much to change their world. It is common, even as believers, to adopt, or make up ways of viewing the world as "something we simply must endure and make the best of until we either die, or the Lord returns". In an attempt to make sense of it all, some of us immerse ourselves in Bible prophecy and theories of the "End times." But trying to understand how global events fit into the "Big Picture" can be very mind-boggling!

Many of us working in missions believe the "Matthew 24:14 promise." Also, Jesus tells believers to share the Gospel "making disciples of every nation" (=ethne'). When this is finished, the "end" comes. People from every tribe, language, and ethnicity will then have been "saved" to worship the Lamb and enjoy heaven forever, etc.

In scary or uncertain times like we live in today, you and I can, at the least, be bridges for those who don't have a relationship with Jesus Christ and lighthouses for backslidden people who have lost their way. Our lives can be signs pointing the way to a real, present and accessible God who cares.

Walking in the Spirit and living a life that allows people to see, feel and taste His Fruit in us may be the best opportunity we have to introduce them to Jesus Christ. Our lives are, in effect, pathways the Spirit of God travels upon to cross over the mysterious unknowns between heaven and daily life on earth. Our part is simple; live in a relationship with Jesus Christ that is motivated by love. The rest is up to Him. Living out our faith will influence lives.

Jesus told His Disciples to wait for the promise of the Spirit: to receive power to be His witnesses at home and to the whole world.

If we feel our life is on "empty," then it is time to ask for God's fire and passion to become real in our hearts and to show by the way we live our lives. We've all grown weary or lost our sense of direction due to the demands life places on us. When that happens we shouldn't condemn ourselves.Instead, let's refocus and get back in line with what we know is God's will. Look at every situation and encounter in our lives as a new opportunity to introduce the reality of God's Kingdom in some way.

As shown in the diagram below, besides being a witness at work and at home, there are also ways we can serve in "missions".

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