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07-26-2011, 05:59 PM
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Missionary Appreciation Thread
I am dead tired, wore out, beat down, and sore in more places than I care to think. But, I had to do something to stop these smear campaigns against the hard-working, dedicated, Gospel driven, Holy Ghost filled, Great Commission fulfilling men and women of God!
Now I am gonna put my $0.02 in, like it or not.
I question if these people attacking the missionaries have ever done anything for the Kingdom other than sit behind a keyboard and attack the workers in God's house? My guess is no, and they certainly have never served in the missions field, or else they would not be running their mouth against a Mother in Zion, a friend of God, and a servant in the House of our Lord.
Thank God for Momma Alvear. Thank God for all the missionaries! Thank God for my pastor, Steve barley, who is a missions minded missionary pastor who still... STILL does missions throughout the world from time to time, and has raised up a missions minded church right here in Houston, Texas.
I may be tired, but I can and will say, "Thank Jesus for Apostolic Missionaries and all their hard work for the glory of God!"
You may now resume your regularly scheduled complaining...
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07-26-2011, 06:06 PM
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Re: Missionary Appreciation Thread
For those of us who love to travel and visit foreign countries I know a common thread is that as much as we enjoy a week or two abroad it is always good to get home. I greatly admire those who leave their homeland and venture out to other lands and cultures to take the Gospel.
I hope God blesses every missionary that takes the good news to lost people with a good vehicle to drive, a good home to base out of, and the means to live, buld churches, stay healthy, and visit home. Do they have to have those things? No but there is no reason God cannot provide them. Believe me no matter how many nice things they might have they sacrifice a lot in their work.
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"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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07-26-2011, 06:07 PM
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Re: Missionary Appreciation Thread
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFrdJ2V3r7Y
For the workers in the field...
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07-26-2011, 06:09 PM
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Re: Missionary Appreciation Thread
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07-26-2011, 06:09 PM
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Re: Missionary Appreciation Thread
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Originally Posted by UnTraditional
I am dead tired, wore out, beat down, and sore in more places than I care to think. But, I had to do something to stop these smear campaigns against the hard-working, dedicated, Gospel driven, Holy Ghost filled, Great Commission fulfilling men and women of God!
Now I am gonna put my $0.02 in, like it or not.
I question if these people attacking the missionaries have ever done anything for the Kingdom other than sit behind a keyboard and attack the workers in God's house? My guess is no, and they certainly have never served in the missions field, or else they would not be running their mouth against a Mother in Zion, a friend of God, and a servant in the House of our Lord.
Thank God for Momma Alvear. Thank God for all the missionaries! Thank God for my pastor, Steve barley, who is a missions minded missionary pastor who still... STILL does missions throughout the world from time to time, and has raised up a missions minded church right here in Houston, Texas.
I may be tired, but I can and will say, "Thank Jesus for Apostolic Missionaries and all their hard work for the glory of God!"
You may now resume your regularly scheduled complaining...
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Who attacked Sis. Alvear?
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07-26-2011, 06:16 PM
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Re: Missionary Appreciation Thread
Thank God for Keith and Paula Townsley, former missionaries to Japan, now our pastor and his wife. Here at home, they are still missions minded. In the last couple of years, they have reached out to the Burmese community, and we now have a separate service for the Burmese on Sunday afternoons. Our church gives heavily to foreign missions (as well as people in need in our community), and I'm very happy that we are reminded at least once a month that there are people on this earth besides Americans who need God.
I'm also very grateful (and privileged) to attend church with Paul & Shirley Dennis. They also were missionaries in Japan and Bro. Dennis served in some capacity over part of Asia...not sure what his official title was. Even though they are up in years and "retired", they still actively (and tirelessly) involve themselves in ministry to our community, our children, and Bro. Dennis participates in our drug & alcohol recovery program at the local jail. Even when they aren't on foreign fields, these missionaries are missions minded--which, when it's boiled down, means they care about people. Sort of like Jesus did. I mean really really care. Hands on caring. Attention to details caring. Always a kind smile and a gentle word caring. Hard working caring. Generous caring.
I'm so incredibly grateful for the privilege of having these people in my life and in the lives of our children. What a privilege and HONOR to serve God alongside pioneers of the faith who have proven the veracity of their words with their life.
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To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
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07-26-2011, 06:17 PM
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Re: Missionary Appreciation Thread
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Who attacked Sis. Alvear?
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Read these threads:
Well...I guess I should go buy a stove...
Open letter to AFF
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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07-26-2011, 06:18 PM
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My Family!
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Re: Missionary Appreciation Thread
I too am thankful all the missionaries!!
My cousin and her husband are serving in Tanzania and have been for years!!
I couldn't do it and I'm so thankful there are those willing to!
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07-26-2011, 06:56 PM
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Re: Missionary Appreciation Thread
Speaking of which my wife and I are taking a missions trip next May where for 15 nights we will be reaching out to other people on the cruise ship as we cross the Atlantic and make stops at The Canary Islands, Spain, France, and Italy. Once we dock in Rome we are spending four nights there before flying home. We plan on evangelizing during our visit to the Vatican (trying to get special tickets to a secret tour that goes underneath St. Peters to the box with the bones the RC church believes are Peter's). If anybody wants to contribute to my vacation...er....missions trip please PM me! Cash and checks are welcome along with PayPal.
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"I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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07-26-2011, 07:20 PM
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Re: Missionary Appreciation Thread
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Speaking of which my wife and I are taking a missions trip next May where for 15 nights we will be reaching out to other people on the cruise ship as we cross the Atlantic and make stops at The Canary Islands, Spain, France, and Italy. Once we dock in Rome we are spending four nights there before flying home. We plan on evangelizing during our visit to the Vatican (trying to get special tickets to a secret tour that goes underneath St. Peters to the box with the bones the RC church believes are Peter's). If anybody wants to contribute to my vacation...er....missions trip please PM me! Cash and checks are welcome along with PayPal.
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Well CC1, you've opened yourself up now! You'll be the next thread! 
Been Thinkin
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LIFE: Some days you're the dog and some days you're the hydrant!
I have ... Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia! The fear of long words.
"Prediction is very hard, especially about the future." - Yogi Berra
"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave in reflection." - Thomas Paine
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