Comments for Propel http://propel.mdat.org Move into Missions Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:35:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on Want to be a Missionary? Help is on the Way! by Propel» Blog Archive » Survey says . . . http://propel.mdat.org/2007/11/want-to-be-a-missionary-help-is-on-the-way/#comment-434 Propel» Blog Archive » Survey says . . . Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:19:22 +0000 http://propel.mdat.org/2007/11/want-to-be-a-missionary-help-is-on-the-way/#comment-434 [...] In our last issue I requested your input to help shape M-DAT’s new web resource for aspiring missionaries. We have had an amazing response. 350 completed surveys to date! Wow. Thank you so much to all of you who took the time to give us your valuable input. I wanted to share with you some of the highlights from the survey. [...] […] In our last issue I requested your input to help shape M-DAT’s new web resource for aspiring missionaries. We have had an amazing response. 350 completed surveys to date! Wow. Thank you so much to all of you who took the time to give us your valuable input. I wanted to share with you some of the highlights from the survey. […]

]]> Comment on Not fitting in by propel http://propel.mdat.org/2007/08/not-fitting-in/#comment-332 propel Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:41:49 +0000 http://propel.mdat.org/2007/08/not-fitting-in/#comment-332 Margeret responded to this post after it was imported to Virb; she says: Thank you, this is exactly what I needed to read this evening. I'd love to work as design consultant with a design/architect team again (as I've done many times) and yet those have been separate short-term mission trips and nothing gels in a more permanent way. I'm feeling held back at this point in my life, for whatever reason, which is frustrating. I have been talking with ArtsLink already, and I'll check out your other ideas. Bless you, and thanks for your encouragement here. Margeret responded to this post after it was imported to Virb; she says:

Thank you, this is exactly what I needed to read this evening. I’d love to work as design consultant with a design/architect team again (as I’ve done many times) and yet those have been separate short-term mission trips and nothing gels in a more permanent way. I’m feeling held back at this point in my life, for whatever reason, which is frustrating. I have been talking with ArtsLink already, and I’ll check out your other ideas. Bless you, and thanks for your encouragement here.

]]> Comment on Health and the missionary candidate by Cortney http://propel.mdat.org/2007/11/health-and-the-missionary-candidate/#comment-322 Cortney Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:21:03 +0000 http://propel.mdat.org/2007/11/health-and-the-missionary-candidate/#comment-322 This comes down to a matter of faith. What do we believe? If God has called us to do something that is out of what we are capable of doing in the natural are we just going to give up and not even try? Faith requires action. We have to step out in faith knowing His Word and knowing that He cannot lie. His Word says that by His stripes we are healed. Therefore we must take hold of that. The thing that makes our God different than all the others gods of the world is that we have a perfect and supernatural God. He doesn't do things through our natural means. He works in supernatural ways that, as long as we are on this earth, we can never fully understand. Now, by all means, we should use wisdom. On the mission field we shouldn't be exposing ourselves to unnecessary risks, as to tempt God's protection and anointing over us, but we need to remember that God will not give us a more than we can handle. He will not call us to something we are incapable of doing. From my experience in the mission field, I have found two main things to be critical. We must stay grounded in the truth of His Word and not the beliefs and opinions of man. Man's opinion can be faith's worst enemy. It is not about us. It is only about Christ and what He is doing. We are just the humble servants. The second thing is this; we must remain sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. How many times have you done something simple and out of the ordinary only to discover that what you had done was something extraordinary that made a huge impact on someone's life? For those of us sensitive to the Spirit it happens all the time. If you listen to the Holy Spirit on the mission field, He will guide you and protect you from danger, both from outside sources and from your own body. It's as simple as that. This comes down to a matter of faith. What do we believe? If God has called us to do something that is out of what we are capable of doing in the natural are we just going to give up and not even try? Faith requires action. We have to step out in faith knowing His Word and knowing that He cannot lie. His Word says that by His stripes we are healed. Therefore we must take hold of that. The thing that makes our God different than all the others gods of the world is that we have a perfect and supernatural God. He doesn’t do things through our natural means. He works in supernatural ways that, as long as we are on this earth, we can never fully understand.

Now, by all means, we should use wisdom. On the mission field we shouldn’t be exposing ourselves to unnecessary risks, as to tempt God’s protection and anointing over us, but we need to remember that God will not give us a more than we can handle. He will not call us to something we are incapable of doing.

From my experience in the mission field, I have found two main things to be critical. We must stay grounded in the truth of His Word and not the beliefs and opinions of man. Man’s opinion can be faith’s worst enemy. It is not about us. It is only about Christ and what He is doing. We are just the humble servants. The second thing is this; we must remain sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. How many times have you done something simple and out of the ordinary only to discover that what you had done was something extraordinary that made a huge impact on someone’s life? For those of us sensitive to the Spirit it happens all the time. If you listen to the Holy Spirit on the mission field, He will guide you and protect you from danger, both from outside sources and from your own body. It’s as simple as that.

]]> Comment on What is mission mobilization? by Propel» Blog Archive » Where did all the missionaries go? http://propel.mdat.org/2006/03/what-is-mission-mobilization/#comment-228 Propel» Blog Archive » Where did all the missionaries go? Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:16:48 +0000 http://www.mdat.org/propel/2007/01/what-is-mission-mobilization/#comment-228 [...] The consequences of these shifts are becoming increasingly apparent to those of us who work in missions mobilization (indeed they are what have fueled an increase in the number of mission mobilization organizations). We find that people simply don’t know what it means, what it takes, or what its like to be a missionary because they have never had a meaningful interaction with one. [...] […] The consequences of these shifts are becoming increasingly apparent to those of us who work in missions mobilization (indeed they are what have fueled an increase in the number of mission mobilization organizations). We find that people simply don’t know what it means, what it takes, or what its like to be a missionary because they have never had a meaningful interaction with one. […]

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