We want the membership to be involved in Missions -- not just giving finances -- but to be involved spiritually with what God is doing around the world. Here are weekly devotional that allow families to get together to think about, pray about and connect in a special way with the Christians around the world.
When Shawn Wooten - a leader of Kiev Church - was on a trip to Boston last year, one of the brothers mentioned to him that as we communicate about missions to the Churches in the USA, we need to remember who we are talking to. The majority of those who are in the audience are not campus and singles, but families.
We want the membership to be involved in Missions -- not just giving finances -- but to be involved spiritually with what God is doing around the world. Thus Shawn had this great idea to come up with a weekly devotional that would allow families to get together to think about, pray about and connect in a special way with the Christians that they have had an eternal impact on.
So since the beginning of the year there were 19 issues of "Families on the EDGE" devotionals already. As summer vacation is about to end we are going to continue to build ligaments and bridges between the continents connecting our hearts and minds in Christ.
Our prayer is that these devotionals will connect our groups of churches at a level we have never experienced, and that this outward focus will benefit the Christians and their walk with God. That every family can see more clearly how God is using them to live out Matthew 28 in their lifetimes!!!
Here are the family devotionals that are posted on Eurasian Missions website.
Week #1 -- New Year Edition
Week #2 -- Sacrifice
Week #3 -- Hospitality
Week #4 -- Kharkiv
Week #5 -- Valentine's Day Edition
Week #6 -- Loving Your Enemies
Week #7 -- God's Family
Week #8 -- God's Love in L'viv
Week #9 -- Men's and Women's Day
Week #10 -- Zaporizhia
Week #11 -- The Cherry Pit
Week #12 -- Donetsk
Week #13 -- Easter Edition
Week #14 -- Dnepropetrovsk
Week #15 -- Prayer and Pancakes
Week #16 -- Kiev
Week #17 -- Victory Day
Week #18 -- Building Up the Kingdom
Week #19 -- Moldova and the Mission
Dear brother and sisters in US! All the Eurasian churches are very grateful to God for your sacrifice for the sake of Christ's mission to the lost.
Paul wrote: "For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting about it to the Macedonians...and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action." (2 Cor 9:2) It is exactly what we did: we were boasting about your eagerness to help to Eurasians and your enthusiasm, dear brothers and sisters in US, has stirred all of us to action! We love you!