The Challenge: DAY 20 – Beatitudes #5
The PERSECUTED
Welcome to DAY 20 of the 40-Day Mission-Minded FAMILY CHALLENGE!
Today, we are finishing-up our memorizing of the BEATITUDES from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, continuing with Matthew 5, verses 9-10. Today, our mission-minded emphasis is being a PEACEMAKER (we bring the “Gospel of Peace”) and being willing to be PERSECUTED for righteousness.
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- Recommended Mission Resources:
Teaching With God’s Heart for the World, and Voice of the Martyrs – be sure to sign up for their FREE newsletter, and check out their FREE book, Tortured for Christ.- “I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light” – Missionary Quote by John Keith Falconer. Among missionaries, Falconer’s life is often overlooked; yet he greatly impacted the development of early twentieth-century Christian mission to Islam – (1856-87).
- Geography Quiz at lizardpoint.com: REVIEW
OCEANS & CONTINENTS, ASIA,MIDDLE EAST,AFRICA,- Memory Verse: Matthew 5:9-10
- Today’s 5-minute online video
The Challenge: DAY 19 – Beatitudes #4
The MERCIFUL
Welcome to DAY 19 of the 40-Day Mission-Minded FAMILY CHALLENGE!
As we are continuing with our memorizing of the BEATITUDES – with a mission-minded focus – from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, continuing with Matthew 5, verses 7-8. Today, our mission emphasis is being MERCIFUL and PURE in HEART.
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- Recommended Mission Resources:
The Mission-Minded Child, The Mission-Minded Family- Missionary Quote by Ralph Winter – U.S. Center for World Missions
- Geography Quiz at lizardpoint.com: AFRICA
- Memory Verse: Matthew 5:7-8
- Today’s 5-minute online video
The Challenge: DAY 18 – Beatitudes #3
The MEEK
Welcome to DAY 18 of the 40-Day Mission-Minded FAMILY CHALLENGE!
Today’s focus is on being MEEK and being HUNGRY and THIRSTY for righteousness. Throughout this 4th week, we are working through learning and memorizing the BEATITUDES from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, continuing with Matthew 5, verses 5-6.
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- Recommended Mission Resources: The Mission-Minded Child, The Mission-Minded Family, and our FREE – M.A.P.S. for KIDS – Vacation Bible School Curriculum.
- Missionary Quote by Hudson Taylor Also, special feature video about the importance of Bible translation – by Wycliffe Bible Translators
- Geography Quiz at lizardpoint.com: AFRICA
- Memory Verse: Matthew 5:5-6
- Today’s 5-minute online video
The Challenge: DAY 17 – Beatitudes #2
Those who MOURN
Welcome to DAY 17 of the 40-Day Mission-Minded FAMILY CHALLENGE!
Today’s focus is to realize our total need for God, by being POOR IN SPIRIT, along with having a godly heart that will MOURN for the needs and injustices that grieve the heart of God. Throughout this 4th week, we are working through the BEATITUDES from the Sermon on the Mount, continuing with Matthew 5, verses 3-4.
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- Recommended Mission Resource: George Mueller – The Guardian of Bristol’s Orphans – From YWAM’s Christian Heroes Then & Now Series George Mueller is also featured (with a Missionary Monologue Skit) in The Mission-Minded Family
- Missionary Quote by Bob Pierce – Founder of World Vision. This insightful article by Christianity Today, focuses on Bob Pierce’s mission life and eventual downfall: “Imperfect Instrument: World Vision’s Founder led a Tragic and Inspiring Life”)
- Geography Quiz at lizardpoint.com: AFRICA
- Memory Verse: Matthew 5:3-4
- Today’s 5-minute online video
A few questions for feedback:
Ask your kids if they understand what it means to be POOR in SPIRIT? And as a family, what types of needs in the world do you MOURN about? Or do you realize that you don’t really care as much as you should? If so, how can you stir up more compassion for specific needs and injustices in the world?
The Challenge: DAY 16 – Beatitudes #1
The DISCIPLES
Welcome to DAY 16 of the 40-Day Mission-Minded FAMILY CHALLENGE!
During this fourth week, we’re going to focus on memorizing and studying the Beatitudes from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Today’s focus is Matthew 5:1-2, and the difference between being a “disciple” of Jesus, or a “disciplined” one who follows hard after God, rather than merely “one of the multitudes” in church.
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- Recommended Mission Resource: William Carey – Obliged to Go – From YWAM’s Christian Heroes Then & Now Series and also The Mission-Minded Family
- Missionary Quote by William Carey
- Geography Quiz at lizardpoint.com: AFRICA
- Memory Verse: Matthew 5:1-2
A few questions for feedback:
Would you say your family leans more toward being one of the multitudes, or are you growing as disciples (or “disciplined ones” following Jesus)? Think about each member of your family; how is each person (parents and kids included) growing and maturing, right now, as a faithful disciple of the Lord?
The Challenge: DAY 15 – Prayer #5
Families who PRAY!
Welcome to DAY 15 of the 40-Day Mission-Minded FAMILY CHALLENGE!
Today’s video will challenge you to pray together as a family – real and honest before God – relying on His righteousness and grace, not your own works.
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- Recommended Mission Resource: Brokenness, Surrender, Holiness
- Missionary Quote by Nancy Leigh DeMoss – of Revive our Hearts and Martin Luther
- Geography Quiz at lizardpoint.com: AFRICA and joshuaproject.net
- Memory Verse: James 5:16, II Cor. 5:21, Isaiah 64:6
- Today’s 5 minute video
A question for feedback:What are your thoughts about praying together as a family? Has this been a challenge for you, or has it been easy? Have you found any keys – or answers – that could help or encourage other families to pray together?
COMING NEXT WEEK: The BEATITUDES – with a Mission-Minded Focus!
The Challenge: DAY 14 – Prayer #4
Kids who PRAY!
Welcome to DAY 14 of the 40-Day Mission-Minded FAMILY CHALLENGE!
Today’s 5-minute focus will encourage you to motivate your children in prayer. Parents usually have no problem motivating their kids in sports or school, yet sometimes don’t want to “push” their kids spiritually. As mission-minded families we especially need to encourage our kids in disciplines that matter for eternity.
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- Recommended Mission Resource: Window on the World
- Missionary Quote by Henry Martyn
- Geography Quiz at lizardpoint.com: AFRICA
- Memory Verse: John 3:16
- Today’s 5 minute video
A question for feedback:
Do you encourage your kids in their personal prayer life?
How are you doing this, specifically? And how are your kids growing in the Lord right now?
The Challenge: DAY 13 – Prayer #3
Parents who PRAY!
Welcome to DAY 13 of the 40-Day Mission-Minded FAMILY CHALLENGE! Today’s challenge focuses on parents being an example to your kids, by PRAYING consistently.
Feel free to leave comments and feedback. Let’s encourage one another to become more mission-minded.
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- Recommended Mission Resource: C.T. Studd – No Retreat – from YWAM’s Christian Heroes Then & Now Series and also The Mission-Minded Family.
- Missionary Quote by C.T. Studd
- Geography Quiz at lizardpoint.com: Africa
- Memory Verses: Psalm 127:1,Matthew 4:19, I Cor. 11:1
The Challenge: DAY 12 – Prayer #2
A Place to PRAY!
Welcome to DAY 12 of the 40-Day Mission-Minded FAMILY CHALLENGE! Today’s challenge focuses on establishing a specific PLACE for your personal devotion time and quoting a prayer by missionary martyr, Betty Scott Stam, the importance of surrendering everything to the Lord.
Feel free to leave comments and feedback. Let’s encourage one another to become more mission-minded.
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- Recommended Mission Resource: Tracking Your Walk – YWAM Kid’s Prayer Journal
- Missionary Quote by Betty Scott Stam
- Geography Quiz at lizardpoint.com: Africa
- Memory Verses: Mark 1:35
(By the way, rather saying Jesus was “so busy” during His time on earth, I prefer to say that He had such a vast eternal purpose to fulfill in such a short 3-year period. One remarkable aspect about the life of Jesus is that He was never “stressed” or overly “busy-busy” like we often are.)
The Challenge: DAY 11 – Prayer #1
A Time to PRAY!
Welcome to DAY 11 of the 40-Day Mission-Minded FAMILY CHALLENGE!
Today’s challenge focuses on establishing a specific TIME for prayer. Learn Hudson Taylor’s “spiritual secret” for effective ministry: TIME ALONE WITH GOD.
Feel free to leave comments and feedback. Let’s encourage one another to become more mission-minded.
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- Recommended Mission Resource: Hero Tales – Volume I
- Missionary Quote by Hudson Taylor
- Geography Quiz at lizardpoint.com: Africa
- Memory Verses: Psalm 37:4-5
