goodnewsfromafar
Ministry updates from team cambodia
January_February 2010
Posted on February 9, 2011 by goodnewsfromafar
Category: PRAYER LETTER ARCHIVE - 1990-2015
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We thank the Lord for Sane and SreyLeaks example of faithfulness to the Lord. Today we witnessed their public engagement with their parents and the church family. Their wedding is planned for the end of March. We are looking forward to seeing many more young couples follow their godly example during courtship. #pacificbaptistchurchphnompenh
DISCLAIMER: This post won’t be as popular as a post of a cute little kitten sleeping next to a puppy dog...sorry about that... I’m reading an awesome book on the life of William Carey (digital version is 753 pages). Carey met fierce opposition by the “established” churches and, in particular, the church leadership when he proposed that the Great Commission was a mandate given by Jesus that applied to them as much as it did to the early Apostles. One of the excuses given by professing Christians during Carey’s day for disobeying Christ’s command time GO with the gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth is an excuse not unlike excuses offered by professing Christians in 2020 - “I couldn’t possibly be called to GO to such-and-such a country/culture because the people are just too “uncivilized” or, to put it in the jargon of the day, the people are “barbarians.” Carey’s unpopular, yet convicting response, was basically this- “Only “Christians” who love the easy life more than they love lost souls would use such an excuse.” Furthermore, as Carey compared the businessmen of the day who often risked their lives to venture into “barbarous” places in order to make money on the otter-skin trade, he told the lukewarm Christian leaders of his day that “it only requires that they should LOVE LOST SOULS as much as the businessmen LOVE THE FINANCIAL GAIN obtained by their efforts in the otter trade.” THREE OBSERVATIONS: 1) The excuses given by the contented and complacent Christian who fills a church pew every Sunday, thus fulfilling their weekly duty, remains the same as it was during Carey’s day. 2) The answer remains the same as it did in Carey’s day - As long as we, in the west, love our comfortable life more than we love lost souls, the harvest will continue to spoil. 3) Christ’s mandate has not changed - GO WITH THE GOSPEL AND SEE PEOPLE SAVED, BAPTIZE THEM AFTER SALVATION, and TEACH THEM TO OBEY THE WORD OF GOD. We all have a key role to fulfill - 1) Pray for laborers 2) Either GO or GIVE so that others may go in our stead. #pacificbaptistchurchphnompenh #makingdisciples1040 #prayforlaborers1040
Yikes! Please pray for continued safety as we move toward the finish line with our new building. #pacificbaptistchurchphnompenh
We had a great time of discipleship this evening with Sochun. I’m encouraged to see his heart for the Lord. Please pray for Sochun and his wife, Malis, to continue to grow and trust the Lord with their future. #makingdisciples1040 #pacificbaptistchurchphnompenh
