NEW  Winnsboro Nazarene Missionary Fund !!

We are praying for people to contribute to a fund to send at least one missionary per year on an international trip from our church.  It is a life changing, spiritually building adventure that we can share, in-house when they return of what GOD is doing around the world and inspire others to do the same.

Call the office at 803-635-4463

Intercessory prayer support is one of the key things that believers in local churches can do to support world evangelism.

Seven things all missionaries need….and which people forget to lift them up in prayer over:

1. Victory over mental stagnation

2. Freshness in prayer and in Bible teaching

3. Guidance in how to present the Gospel

4. Deliverance from the temptation to pride

5. Wisdom in relationships with other missionaries

6. Strength to overcome temptations brought on my loneliness

7. A saving sense of humor

                                                                           From World Team's brochure, “Praying for missionaries”

From a Missionary:  Specifics to pray for

When traveling….

• That missionaries will pass effortlessly through customs and immigration lines

• That the planes on which missionaries travel will not encounter mechanical problems or trouble from terrorists

• That our missionaries will make all their connections

Health and safety objectives

• Protection from the missionaries from accidents, crime, natural disasters, terrorists, and dangerous animals

• Protection for the missionaries from sickness

• That missionaries will find time for proper sleep, rest and exercise

• That missionaries’ food and water needs will be met

Spiritual watch care objectives

• Times of intimacy for missionaries with Jesus in Bible, prayer and worship

• Shielding for the missionaries from dark forces in spiritual realms

• Preservation for missionaries from discouragement, gear, and doubt

• That missionaries will demonstrate purity, humility, boldness, wisdom, patience, love for people, a teachable spirit and the power of the Holy Spirit

Teamwork objectives

• That teams of missionaries will experience and express unity, love, good communication, patience and spiritual gifts

• That missionaries will resist temptations toward jealousy, envy, bitterness and pride

• That missionaries will be granted grace for cultural adjustments, dealing with jet lag, being away from family and friends and lack of privacy.

• For missionaries to have wisdom to design and implement effective efforts that will make a long-term difference here….and that they will be able to establish and maintain solid friendships with government officials and other leaders in their chosen land.

                                                         Portions adapted from an article by Gail Seiver in World Christian, Vol. 14, Number 4

"And now, saith the Lord, that formed me from the womb to be His servant." Isaiah 49:5

The first thing that happens after we have realized our election to God in Christ Jesus is the destruction of our prejudices and our parochial notions and our patriotisms; we are turned into servants of God's own purpose. The whole human race was created to glorify God and enjoy Him for ever. Sin has switched the human race on to another tack, but it has not altered God's purpose in the tiniest degree; and when we are born again we are brought into the realization of God's great purpose for the human race, viz., I am created for God, He made me. This realization of the election of God is the most joyful realization on earth, and we have to learn to rely on the tremendous creative purpose of God. The first thing God will do with us is to "force through the channels of a single heart" the interests of the whole world. The love of God, the very nature of God, is introduced into us, and the nature of Almighty God is focused in John 3:16 - "God so loved the world. . ."

We have to maintain our soul open to the fact of God's creative purpose, and not muddle it with our own intentions. If we do, God will have to crush our intentions on one side however much it may hurt. The purpose for which the missionary is created is that he may be God's servant, one in whom God is glorified. When once we realize that through the salvation of Jesus Christ we are made perfectly fit for God, we shall understand why Jesus Christ is so ruthless in His demands. He demands absolute rectitude from His servants, because He has put into them the very nature of God.

Beware lest you forget God's purpose for your life.

Matthew 11:29-31

²⁹Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”