{"id":632,"date":"2016-12-09T15:38:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T14:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livelystonesmission.nl\/?page_id=632"},"modified":"2018-12-14T16:08:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T15:08:45","slug":"missionary-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livelystonesmission.nl\/en\/missionary-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Missionary Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div
class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1504534203490{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Missionary Work<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]It\u2019s not a one man show because the body of Christ consists of many members: <span
class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;&lt;br \/&gt;\n7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;&lt;br \/&gt;\n8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.&lt;br \/&gt;\n9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.&lt;br \/&gt;\n10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;\"><span
style=\"color: #072adb;\">Romans 12:6-10<\/span><\/span> and <span
class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether (we be) Jews or Gentiles, whether (we be) bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.&lt;br \/&gt;\n14 For the body is not one member, but many.\"><span
style=\"color: #072adb;\">1 Corinthians 12:13-14<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore as the Apostle Paul explains, every member does something in and for the body of believers: <span
class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.&lt;br \/&gt;\n5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.&lt;br \/&gt;\n6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.&lt;br \/&gt;\n7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.&lt;br \/&gt;\n8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;&lt;br \/&gt;\n9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;&lt;br \/&gt;\n10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:&lt;br \/&gt;\n11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.&lt;br \/&gt;\n12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.\"><span
style=\"color: #072adb;\">1 Corinthians 12:4-12<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We as a body merely do our part to meet the need as it was mentioned in <span
class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Then saith he unto his disciples, &lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff0000;&quot;&gt;37 The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;&lt;br \/&gt;\n38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.&lt;\/span&gt;\"><span
style=\"color: #072adb;\">Matthew 9:37-38<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Going in the streets and lanes of the cities, towns and villages to reach the spiritually poor, maimed, halt and blind is also part of the missionary work: <span
class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"21 &lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff0000;&quot;&gt;So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.&lt;br \/&gt;\n22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.&lt;br \/&gt;\n23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.&lt;\/span&gt;\"><span
style=\"color: #072adb;\">Luke 14:21-23<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is God who doeth the works which we gladly manifest in simplicity by actually going abroad and on the streets doing missionary work.<\/p>\n<p>We put ourselves at God\u2019s disposal as good as possible so that He can do His work.<\/p>\n<p>Having this revelation makes it impossible to boast even if God frequently uses you to raise the dead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>God so loved the world and gave His only begotten Son so that death could be changed into everlasting life: <span
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style=\"color: #072adb;\">John 3:16-18<\/span><\/span>. We gladly offer you this light which is the light of man that man may be saved and live by forever: <span
class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.&lt;br \/&gt;\n7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.&lt;br \/&gt;\n8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.&lt;br \/&gt;\n9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.&lt;br \/&gt;\n10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.&lt;br \/&gt;\n11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.&lt;br \/&gt;\n12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:\"><span
style=\"color: #072adb;\">John 1:6-12<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Malawi<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Easter meeting was held in Malawi in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Through the faith of the believers, God answered questions, met the needs of the them and blessed them richly.<br
\/>\nAgain it was not a one man show it is the prayers by faith on all ends which enables gifts to operate at God\u2019s will.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Mauritius<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meetings were also held in Mauritius, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to give encouragement and strength for God\u2019s work. The gates of the enemy cannot prevail against that.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Togo<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Lord also encouraged the believers in Lom\u00e9 Togo with his Word.<\/p>\n<p>God showed that His gifts operates the same all over the world because He doeth the works.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Papua-New-Guinea<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This was a relative dangerous mission in the jungles of Papua-New-Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing the Word to needy believers where the singing of tropical birds was interrupted by gun fire due to rivalry by fighting tribes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Itali\u00eb<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Lord showed here again that it is not a one man show by manifesting who He had elected and begotten. It is the Lord who opened the eyes of those whose faith were present in a latent form. Our Lord opened the hearts and eyes of those which we call new believers.<\/p>\n<p>We know that who He foreknew, He also called etc. but we also know that it was his will to manifest this the way He wants.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Surinam<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>God&#8217;s mercy is endless and also without boundaries. It&#8217;s not a deed of a man or even a human but it&#8217;s God who wills, calls provides and a human who obeys; so nobody can boast. If a human would like to call and provide it would be temporary. God shows that He does everything in His time and on His way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also cities, towns and villages around the area of the congregation have been visited to reach the called, elected and who so ever will: <span
class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"23 &lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff0000;&quot;&gt;And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.&lt;\/span&gt;\"><span
style=\"color: #072adb;\">Luke 14:23<\/span><\/span> and <span
class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.\"><span
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