OUR DAILY BREAD             Sunday, January 29, 1995
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READ:  Acts 1:1-8

                THE MISSIONARY OPTION

    "You shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem,
      and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the
                 end of the earth."
                                -- Acts 1:8


There are two kinds of people when it comes to
missions - those who need to share Christ and those
who need to hear about Him.

H. A. Ironside used to tell a story about a meeting
in which a missionary offering was taken.  When the
collection plate was handed to a wealthy man, he
brushed it aside and said, "I do not believe in
missions."  "Then take something out," said the
usher.  "This is for the heathen."

As a boy I looked up to missionaries as godly people
who sailed to some far-off, uncivilized land and
didn't return for several years.  Being a missionary
was the ultimate calling -- nothing could be more
noble or admirable.  I still believe that God calls
men and women to missionary service in other lands,
and I still have great respect for them, but my idea
of missionaries has changed.

Every Christian is part of Christ's mission in the
world.  What Jesus told His disciples in Acts 1
applies to us.  We are His witnesses and therefore
must speak and live so that others will glorify
Him when they hear our message and see our faith
in action.

Being a missionary is not an option -- it's what
we are called to be.
                                -- Dennis J. De Haan

        I am a missionary, Lord,
           Wherever I may be;
      At home or in a distant land,
       I'll tell the world of Thee.

                                -- Brandt

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          THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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   One thing you cannot do about missions --
        escape your responsibility.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Leviticus 5-7

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