Engage in Mission Work - Pray!


In the past two weeks, I have too often caught myself praying as an afterthought.  In our CNH Mission Vision we acknowledge that “lifting Holy hands in prayer to the our Missionary God comes before, during, after, (all-around) the missionary activity.  Early last April, I recorded this short video meant to encourage and help us to be thoughtful and intentional about our missionary prayer activity.  This year’s Mission Conference leads with the topic of Missionary prayer.  Give this piece a listen.  Consider Prayer as our blessed and holy work.  Pray that God would send the “baptized” into his Harvest field.  Think about this in terms of the laity, the commissioned, and the clergy.  Where is God calling you to pray and/or to engage in His harvest field?  I must acknowledge that one of the must grace filled aspects about our life of prayer is that we are taught, trusted, and encouraged to intimately address our Abba Father.  He delights in our prayers!  I find that overwhelming.

Finally, I realized that I cannot remember which circumstance I was commenting on in this video.  There are three possible ones in that timeline.  Looking back, I can see that God has and is answering those prayers, beyond expectations in each of those fields. Wow!

Your brother in His mission,  Mike Lange