Speaker: Carey Waldie

Thank you for participating in your role during our missions convention. Today we begin a new series looking at the life of Mary the mother of Jesus called “A Life of Courage.” Courage is the most needed characteristic in Christendom today. Mary displayed great courage in her life. She was willing to host God in her life — not just her body but her home. Because she hosted Jesus, we have access to God. God asks us to host him today. We are the temples of the Holy Spirit and God wants to show himself to the world through us. Courage has a personal, public and persevering quality about it. And true courage has love at the root.

Today we continue our Missions Convention by looking at a familiar passage in John 4. Jesus ministers to a woman at a well and he shares with her living water. Jesus then has a powerful conversation with his disciples. They brought him food, but Jesus was nourished by doing the work of bringing hope to people. He told the disciples to “see” to “look” the fields were white and ready for harvest. Today we face a world where many have never heard and we bear the responsibility to bring the gospel to them. They are inconvenient and often hostile yet they are purchased of God. Are we ready to pray, give and go?