Easter @ the Y

Are you looking for a place to go on Easter? Hope Baptist Church is starting pre-launch Bible studies this Sunday, March 23 at 9:00am. How are pre-launch Bible studies different than regular Bible studies? Pre-launch, because not only are we going to study the Bible, but also our plans are to start a new church here in Middletown. Our vision is to see people come to know Christ, help them find their spiritual gift so that they can be effective in the body of Christ, and do our best to evangelize Middletown, Orange county, New York state and then the world. So if you want to be part of an exciting and mobilizing church, come this Sunday morning to the Y.M.C.A of Middletown and get in on the ground level of something life changing.

Wayne      www.hope.fm

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loving and giving

” You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.”                          —-Amy Carmichael

What a powerful statement about loving and giving. Amy Carmichael knew much of these two attributes. On March 6, 1901, this Irish missionary took in her first young girl who had been solicited as a prostitute in the Hindu temple. This tortured and abused child was searching for refuge, and she found it with Amy Carmichael.

Carmichael continued to serve Christ by giving and loving for 56 years in Dohnavur, India. She dedicated her life to rescue children from the temple prostitution service. By the end of her life, she had saved over 1,000 young people from a life of pain and despair.

Not only did she minister to these young children, she also wrote and published 35 books. Because of her dedication, her influence is still among us today.

Is your life a ” selfless endeavor, ” or  is it a ” selfish adventure ? ” Amy Carmichael knew that serving God would cost her much enjoyment, but eternity will show what her investment reaped. Many young girls who were sold into slavery became free from their bonds by the love of Christ.  ( Article from B.C.W.E. )

We need to pray that we will live a selfless life , so that people who are far from God, can experience his love through us.

Wayne

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hell!

“Some wish to live within  the sound of a church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard from hell!”             —C.T. Studd

In February of 1885, one unique young man boarded a vessel bound for the mission field of China. He left his family, friends, and a life of comfort and wealth; all so that he could tell Chinese people of Jesus Christ.

Charles Thomas Studd’s father was a rich business man; therefore, Charles grew up with many luxuries, but he counted it all for loss. He believed that the millions of people that would go to hell during his lifetime were worth more than the wealth he could enjoy in this world.

It was his love for the people that drove him on. By the time of his death, he had begun ministries in China, India, and and in the heart of Africa. This man forsook his wealth to seek out lost souls for Jesus Christ.

Are you willing to forsake all to win lost souls for Christ? C.T. Studd did just that. He gave up more financially than most of us have ever acquired. Have you given Christ control of your finances, of your life? The world needs more Christians who are willing to share the Gospel with the untold.—–Article from B.C.W.E.

We need to pray that God will give us boldness to rescue those who are closest to hell. 

Wayne

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Phuong’s Destiny

The odor of fish wafted throughout the city of Can Tho. The sun slowly rose above the trees, as light shined through the mist of the Mekong Delta. A fisherman gathered his net and climbed into his boat, beginning his day as normal. To his left, a small, thin boy stood by the water, watching as he passed.

Phuong watched as the fisherman shoved off the shore, and began to paddle out into the ocean. Phuong’s stomach ached. He had slept somewhat comfortably during the night after finding an old, abandoned shad near the water front; but there was never a night that he truly slept well. He was only 14, but lucky. Most street kids did not live past the age of ten.

Phuong wandered back into the old, dark shed, longing for a future that would never come. Movement in the corner broke his thoughts as the sunlight revealed a rat feeding on some crumbs. He quietly walked up behind the rat, and with one fast swoop grabbed the rat and silenced it’s cries with a blow to it’s head. With his hunger succumbed, life seemed easier, but the truth is that his life had never been easy.

Life is not easy for a Vietnamese street kid. There is always the danger of being murdered by an angry mob, being caught stealing food, or being sold into slavery. Going without food is a regular occurrence, and finding shelter is just as hard. These children have no future, no family, and no way out. They were not raised with the privilege of the Message of Christ.

Phuong means ” destiny.” Though he does not know who named him, he does think about his future, and what will happen to him. Will he live long enough to see tomorrow? Is there anybody in the world who could love street trash like him?—Article from B.C.W.E.

Wayne

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Crazy about serving Jesus!

” He is no fool who will give what he cannot keep, to gain that which he cannot lose.” — Jim Elliot

In January of 1956, Jim Elliot and four companions landed on a beach of the Curaray River in eastern Ecuador. They had many friendly contacts with the fierce tribe that had previously killed several Shell Oil company employees.

Two days later, on January 8, 1956, all five men were speared and hacked to death by warriors from the Auca tribe. Life magazine featured a ten-page article on their mission and death.

Perhaps you are thinking that missions is just for crazy Christian radicals who are obsessed with living in a grass hut and eating bugs. Jim Elliot was indeed “crazy,” but only about one thing: serving Jesus Christ. Jim had dedicated his life to see that the unreached people groups of Ecuador could hear the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ.   ( article from B.C.W.E.)

This is what kind of people we are looking for , to help start Hope Baptist Church  Middletown, NY.  People who are crazy about serving Jesus and have a heart for those who are without Christ. If you are one of those kind of people,  give me a call and let me know.  845-467-1235 or wayne@hope.fm

Wayne

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How To Pray For Missionaries #2

In our last post we started talking about how to pray for missionaries. In the next 2 posts we will look at 6 different things that we should pray for our missionaries.  First 3…

1. Pray that they might be delivered from unbelievers.   Romans 15:30-33

We know that our war is not against flesh and blood,(Eph.6:12) but against Satan and his forces. Paul is going forth into areas totally dominated by Satanic forces. He realized that he would be under attack. He literally begs the church to pray that he be delivered, protected, and rescued from these ungodly forces. Every day we watch as other men of God fall into sin. Often times we are quick to criticize, but slow to pray. When a man goes forth to war he is taking a chance. He is risking his life against a roaring lion that hates God and all that He stands for. If the Devil can stop the man of God, then the work of God will not go forward. He will use persecution, discouragement, sex sin, pride, money problems, and a thousand other things to destroy the effectiveness of the man of God. Will you pray for your missionary by name, asking God to protect him and deliver him from Satan and unbelievers?

2. Pray that his service will be accepted by the saints.

Paul did not want to offend the brethren, he just wanted to be a blessing. He wanted to do what God had called him to do, but he knew that God would need to open the doors for him and prepare the way. As your missionary travels, he needs the saints to accept him and his ministry. What is the key to raising support as a missionary? Simply stated, saints accepting his service. That is exactly what we need to pray for. Often times, the missionary is on deputation longer than necessary and we wonder why. I would like to beseech you to strive together with him in prayer that wherever he goes the saints will accept his service. How many times do men of God prepare good Bible messages that the church members need to hear, but do not accept? Let us pray that after the missionary has sought the face of God that his message will be accepted and taken to heart by the members of the church.

3. Pray that he may return with joy.

How important this prayer is to the missionary. When the missionary leaves to go out on deputation, many obstacles are planted in his path. Will he be able to return with joy? Will he be successful? If he goes out and preaches ten meetings with small love offerings and no support it will be hard to have joy. If he goes to the field and spends a term and sees no real results, it will not be easy to return with joy. We must pray for him, and ask God to give him success in the work he has been called to. Have you ever gone soul winning? You know what it means to come back with joy and you know what it means to come home sad and defeated. Let’s pray that God opens doors for him, that souls will be saved, and that he can come back with joy, excited about what God is doing. Do you want to see him excited about what God is doing in his life? If so, then you must pray and help him.

Later we will look at the other 3…. all material taken from “Go Ye” a World Evangelism Journal by Our Generation and B.C.W.E.

Wayne

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How To Pray For Missionaries

Couldn’t sleep, so I thought I would write a little bit. Since we are going to be starting Bible studies soon, which then will turn into a church. I want anybody who might be interested in coming and helping, to be aware of one thing about Hope Baptist Church. We are outsider focused, not insider focused. If you think that church is all about you, than you need not apply. Not to be mean , but Christ’s message was about others, and I think his church should preach the same. One huge way that Hope is going to be outsider focused is, we will send and support missionaries. I have been reading through a devotional book called “Go ye”  A world Evangelism Journal, put out by Our Generation, and B.C.W.E. Over the next several posts I will be putting out some information from this journal, to try and teach the future people of Hope Baptist how to have a huge heart for world missions. The first post is on “How to pray for missionaries”

We have been told throughout our lives that we should pray for both our pastor and our missionaries. We want to pray for them but we just don’t know how. We pray for them, saying, “God bless the missionaries,” but we want to do more than some generic prayer. This material will help you to know how to Biblically pray for missionaries. Everything that you read  also be applied to your pastor. This will be a blessing not only to the work of god around the world, but also to your local church.

The Apostle Paul felt the need to have people pray for him. If Paul felt he needed people to pray for him, just think how much more important it is for each of us to pray for others.

” Ye also helping together by prayer for us that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.” II Corinthians 1:11

As we can see from the above verse, Paul was not asking lightly for prayer. He felt that the prayers of God’s people definitely “helped.” He felt that they became an actual part of his ministry. Your prayers do make a difference. When you come before God seeking aid for a missionary’s specific needs you make yourself a co-laborer with him in his ministry.  

” Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.” Isaiah 45:11

In this verse we see that God invites us to out him into motion. There is so much that God wants to do that He will not do because we are not spending time in diligent prater for our missionaries. He has not only invited us to pray, but has commanded us to tell Him what to do. We can not actually tell God what to do if it is not already His will, but He does often times limit Himself due to our lack of prayer and faith.

 ” Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.” James 4:2

Why are the needs of missionaries not being met? Why aren’t they seeing the results of their labors? I am convinced that the reason so many missionaries are struggling to produce fruits in their ministry is that we have failed to ask God.

I am going to stop there for now, but will be continuing on the same topic for  a little while longer.

Wayne

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