The Challenge: DAY 22 – Guard the Gates! #2
Guarding the EYE Gate
Welcome to DAY 22 of the 40-Day Mission-Minded FAMILY CHALLENGE!
Today’s focus is GUARDING the EYE GATE of your home, especially regarding media and movies. Godly integrity and personal moral character is necessary at all times, even during “off” times of relaxation. A mission-minded family surrenders everything to the Lord, and lives for His glory.
C’mon . . . Take the Challenge!
- Recommended Mission Resources:
The Jesus Film – By Campus Crusade for Christ- Today’s Mission Quote by Dave Davidson
- Geography Quiz at lizardpoint.com: CENTRAL AMERICA,
- Memory Verse: “I will set nothing wicked before my eyes.” – Psalm 101:3
- Today’s 5-minute online video
The Challenge: DAY 21 – Guard the Gates! #1
Stop it at the DOOR!
Welcome to DAY 21 of the 40-Day Mission-Minded FAMILY CHALLENGE!
Our focus is the necessity of “Guarding the Gates” of our homes – to guard what comes in through various entry points, such as the EYE gate, EAR gate, MOUTH gate (thoughts and words), and other influences. Looking at Numbers 30, today focuses on stopping evil influences “on the day” they enter our home.
C’mon . . . Take the Challenge!
- Recommended Mission Resources:
The Mission-Minded Family – p. 31- Today’s mission quote: “The mark of a great church is not its seating capacity but its sending capacity.” – Pastor Mark Stachura
- Geography Quiz at lizardpoint.com: CENTRAL AMERICA,
- Memory Verse: Numbers 30:5
- Today’s 5-minute online video
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.
C’mon . . . Take the Challenge!
- 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.
C’mon . . . Take the Challenge!
- 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.
C’mon . . . Take the Challenge!
- 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.
C’mon . . . Take the Challenge!
- 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.
C’mon . . . Take the Challenge!
- 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?
Kid Orphan Sponsor Featured on TV News
KELOLife Television in Aberdeen, South Dakota ran a feature about one of Harvest Ministry’s sponsors, an energetic 10-year-old, named Ethan, who’s been selling lemonade (for three years!!!) to support his orphan friend, Allan, in Uganda. Ethan really takes his sponsorship commitment seriously!
It was a sweet news clip . . . and a blessing!
Lemonade for an Orphan Friend!
Please keep Harvest Ministry and all of our orphan children in your thoughts and prayers.
P.S. Ethan was inwardly “moved with compassion” with a specific burden on his heart; he felt that if he didn’t raise that last $4, his orphan friend would “die.” We’re all so inspired by Ethan’s commitment; but be assured that if any of our sponsors are unable to meet their commitment (of $1/day), we’ll simply trust God together for His provision!!! Amen???
BUKWO MISSION: AUDIO REPORT
Jon Dunagan shares an AFRICA MISSIONS update from Harvest Ministry’s recent evangelistic outreach to Bukwo, Uganda – April, 2010.Hear the details about an exciting dream, God’s timely provision, dangerous mountain-cliffs, an unexpected delay, and many front-line praise reports about MINISTRY, LOVING ORPHANS, and REAPING SOULS . . . fresh from the HARVEST FIELDS!!!
LISTEN HERE (click on REPORT FROM AFRICA MISSION).
- Audio only
- Time Length: 20 minutes.
- Recorded at the Dunagan’s home church in Hood River, Oregon.
Power Word: “Turn the World Upside Down!”
We live in a totally upside-down world, where “right” seems “wrong” and where “good” is called “evil.” God has called us as Christians to go and turn the world “upside-down” (which is actually “right-side-up”) for the Kingdom of God!
In this short “Power Word,” Ann Dunagan will challenge you, with passion, to boldly share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. “Let’s get out there and turn the world upside-down!”
Upside-Down!
