Tag: Great Commision

Cling to His Crucial Assurance

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And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
(Matthew 28:20b, ESV)

The Exciting Assurance

Jesus is with us always!  All the time.  All the days.  The whole of every day.  He is with us in the good days and the bad days and the so-so days.  He is with us in the trials and the blessings.  He is with us all the time and everywhere.  Jesus is always with us.

Which means, by the way, that Jesus is God.  No one else can be omnipresent.  No one else could be everywhere, with each of us all the time.  Jesus, fully God and fully man, is with us always.

And He is with us to the end of age, or the consummation of the age.  He is with us until He returns and brings forth the glorious new heaven and earth.  Until that exciting day we have this exciting assurance that Jesus is with us always.

The Encouraging Assurance

No matter what we face in life, Jesus is always with us.

No matter what we face as we carry out the Great Commission, the One with all authority is always with us.

We don’t have to face life alone, and we don’t do the Great Commission alone.  Jesus is always with us.

Be encouraged that Jesus is with you this week in your trials and struggles, at work, at home, and on road.

Be encouraged that Jesus is with you as you go and talk about Jesus, as you point people to Jesus, as you seek to obey Him.

He will never leave you nor forsake you.  He is always with you, always right there with you – be encouraged!

Ministry Moments

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Here are two good posts on the fulfilling the Great Commission, plus two posts on leading funerals:

5 Ways Established Churches Should Think Like Plants – Brandon Levering (via The Gospel Coalition)  An experienced friend once commented that planting a church is like trying to build a boat from scratch . . . when you’re already in the water. It’s not just all hands on deck—you don’t even have the deck yet to lay hands on. The context of urgency and camaraderie that comes from working so closely together at those early stages often creates a more pervasive culture of service in a church plant.

The Great Commission Is Bigger Than Your Church – Bobby Jamieson (via 9 Marks)
Because each of our churches is engaged in a mission that is bigger than any of them, we should proactively partner with other churches in order to fulfill it.

7 Tips for Preaching a Stranger’s Funeral – Dustin Neeley (via The Gospel Coalition)
Since I am doing ministry in a fallen world, this won’t be my last funeral. It won’t be yours, either, so stay prepared. Your next call could come this afternoon.  Are you ready?

How To Lead an Unbeliever’s Funeral – Jared Wilson (via The Gospel Coalition)
No one has ever asked me, “Is my loved one in heaven?” because they all assume he or she is. In these moments I remind myself that I am an invited guest to this family’s mourning. It is better to speak my piece about the true gospel and rely on the Spirit to work the logic internally against mourners’ assumptions than to directly and personally contradict with a “Well, actually” to people who are sorting out their grief and trying to offer comfort.