Sent on a Seek and Save Mission

God the Father Sent God the Son on a Seek and Save Mission:

For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.
-- Luke 19:10 (NLT)

Holiness Unto the LORD!
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A Saving Passion For Sanctified People

The Holy Spirit cannot conquer the world with unbelief, nor can He save the world with a worldly Church. He calls for a crusade, a campaign, and an adventure of saving passion. For this enterprise He wants a separated, sanctified and sacrificial people.
-- Rev. Samuel Chadwick

Lord, I want to be in this world but not of this world. Yes, by faith, please include me in the adventure of Your saving passion. Make me (by the indwelling presence of Your Holy Spirit) to be a separated, sanctified, and sacrificial saint for Your glory, that is, make me exclusively Yours. In the Name of Jesus, I ask these things. Amen.

High Priestly Prayer of Jesus to the Father for His Disciples:
(15) My prayer is not that You take them out of the world but that You protect them from the evil one. (16) They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. (17) Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth. (18) As You sent Me into the world, I have sent them into the world. (19) For them I sanctify Myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. -- John 17:15-19 (NIV)

By Faith! In Faith! (Hebrews 11)
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Worries, Cares, & Problems?

Let Him have all your worries and cares, for He is always thinking about and watching everything that concerns you.
-- 1 Peter 5:7 (TLB)

And now just as you trusted Christ to save you, trust Him, too, for each day's problems: live in vital union with Him.
-- Colossians 2:6 (TLB)

By Faith! In Faith! (Hebrews 11)
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God's Child -- God's Children

For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given...
-- Isaiah 9:6a (NIV)

God the Father gave His Child to be physically born in Bethlehem so we could be spiritually born again as children of God the Father.

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.
-- Luke 19:10 (NIV)

So you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
-- Galatians 3:26 (NLT)

Look Up And Be Radiant! Let Your Hearts Swell With Joy!
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Evangelism 101: Go Tell It On the Mountain

One of my faithful Dawn Patrol Prayer Partners on Tuesday mornings is Mike Barko. Mike is also president of an evangelism ministry known as "Communities 4 Christ". Mike was recently interviewed for Chuck Colson's Breakpoint Program. Click the link below and take a listen to Mike's witness. Someone's soul might be eternally dependent on it.

http://www.breakpoint.org/features-columns/discourse/entry/15/16044

Well done, Mike. You are indeed unashamed of Christ. You've surely found one right answer for sharing our Savior's Hope with the seemingly hopeless among us. Pray for us.

You have nothing to do but to save souls. -- John Wesley

Folk need Jesus! Please tell them! -- Mike Barko

LET'S GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN, OVER THE HILLS AND EVERYWHERE!

ALL JOY TO YOUR WORLD!
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Save Us. Gave Us. Not Enslave Us.

Yesterday, I was driving home from work in my Ford. I was of course rejoicing as Christmas Music was loudly ricocheting throughout the cab. It is December, after all, and yes, my radio is locked in on a local radio station that plays nonstop Christmas tunes between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

Anyway, as I drove, a celebrative-overflowing-with-joy Holy Day song came on the radio. It was a song that I have never heard. I mean I have heard parts of it, it's a take off of "Mary's Boy Child", but the conclusion of the song was a brand new arrangement to my ears and the newly added words -- along with the uplifting, Caribbean-sounding, Calypso-style music beat it was sung to --combined to offer spiritual strength to my seeking soul.

I did my best to write the closing words down on a sticky note. Here's what I heard:

Oh my Lord...
You sent Your Son to SAVE us.
Oh my Lord...
Your very Self You GAVE us.
Oh my Lord...
That sin might NOT ENSLAVE us!
And Love might reign once more.

REJOICE WITH ME! THE WORDS OF THE SONG ARE ALL TRUE!

ALL. JOY TO YOUR WORLD!
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...To Forgive Us, Not To Forget Us!

When we hear John 3:16-17, we should know undeniably that God gave His Son to forgive us, not to forget us! God sent His Son to be the World's Savior from Heaven, not Heaven's Bully to Earth!

Hear these Christmas words of Jesus written in John's Good News Report, verses 16 & 17 (NLT): (16) For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. (17) God did not send His Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it.

Because God didn't forget us, there is a Christmas. Let us remember Him during these Holy Days of Advent and beyond. In the words of that moving contemporary love song, it seems I can hear the Lord saying: I will remember you. Will you remember Me?"

ALL... JOY TO YOUR WORLD!
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