Missions is not applied anthropology, comparative religion or sociology. It is storming the gates of hell. It is a power confrontation-h and-to-hand combat with Satan and his demons.

The spirit of submission is choosing His way over ours for His sake.

Love was the bedrock of Jesus' life, the very reason He came to seek and save the lost.

When our service for the Lord becomes so busy that we forget the Lord Himself, it is time to stop everything and seek Him.

I believe, as followers of Christ, we are commanded to reach out to the least of these in the name of Jesus and show them they matter a great deal to God, who sacrificed His only Son to reach them with His love.

For Noah, preaching 120 years without results meant choosing the hard road year after year. Nehemiah, building the wall of Jerusalem, faced constant harassment by enemies from within and without. We cannot honestly, authentically, reasonably and deliberately serve our Lord without our willingness to accept difficulties and inconveniences.

The secret of following God's will, I discovered, usually is wrapped up in rejecting the good for God's best.