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The Christian and Missionary Alliance — Purpose Driven Ministry

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Purpose-driven, long before Rick Warren’s fine book was written:

To proclaim this Good News of the all-sufficient Christ — this is our message.

To proclaim it throughout the world — this is our mission.

To do so empowered and led by the Holy Spirit — this is our method.

Let our churches exist for this; let our ministers preach for this; let our seminaries and colleges be on fire with this one theme; let our laborers toil for this; let our consecrated men and women sacrifice for this; let our homes and our wardrobes be purchased with reference to this; and let a whole army of true hearts prove to the world around and the heavens above that they understand the meaning of the cross of Calvary, the cry of dying souls and the glory of the coming King. ~ Dr. A.B. Simpson (1843-1919)

I like it. ~Steve

What Jesus Loves in Children…

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Don’t you love children?  Years ago I heard a story about a little girl who, during a lightning storm, was running from window to window smiling widely at the sky.
Her mother said, “Rebecca, what are you doing?”

“I am smiling out the window!”

“Why in heaven’s name are you doing that?”

“Look at the flashes, Mom! God’s taking my picture!”

I am not sure that God was taking Rebecca’s picture. I don’t know that God needs a picture. He can always see us.

But I do believe that God has a heart that loves like a father, like a mother, like a grandfather, like a grandmother. He loves us as children. In an indirect way, Matthew 18:1-6 addresses this kind of love in God’s heart.

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