Having a mind and
heart for missionaries:
Having a mind and heart for missionaries means faithful,
sustainable, disciplined care. A
thriving relationship promotes prayer.
Prayerfulness promotes communication and contact - that is, relationship. It's a cycle. So to get it going...
Put it on the
calendar – Mark when you are going to write personally, as
a group or as a church on the calendar . We don’t naturally
write letters or correspond by email these days so we need to book it in. Plan to do it, plan to do it regularly and
then act upon those plans.
Don’t spread yourself
too thinly. Think about how many
missionaries you can feasibly maintain.
A church can cover more than an individual but in all situations keep it
sustainable so that it keeps on happening and doesn’t become an overwhelming
exercise.
Look after your own
spiritual health. If you are
spiritually dry or empty you will have nothing to share. Keep yourself spiritually fit so that you
have plenty to give.
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| Friends on the mission field. Used with permission. |
2 comments:
I've loved this series. Thanks, Meredith.
Thanks Sarah. As I said at the beginning, this essentially is my workshop handout, fleshed out a little with some connecting chat. So feel free to copy and paste it into a document, add (your excellent ideas) and delete what isn't relevant and make use of it if it is useful in your context.
Mx
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