Partnering for Revival: Guatemala Mission Trip Report

But church, I want you to be excited because, man, God has strategically placed us here in this season to make the most of him. And God is using this church to do that locally, regionally, and internationally. And let us remember, we go because Jesus came to us. We go because Jesus came to us. [01:15:56] (27 seconds)  #GoBecauseJesusCame

I had kind of a similar answer to Gary. I I think that sin is the same in Guatemala as it is here in America. Man's search for for meaning is the same here as it is there. But Jesus is the same answer here as he is there. He is he is the answer, for the world. He's not just an answer just for us. And so I think that was just something just really impactful to me is to is to be able to look around at culture and and see how it's different, but Jesus is still the remedy to it all. So alright. [00:50:45] (43 seconds)  #JesusIsTheAnswerEverywhere

We know that man, Paul and and and others, Timothy and Luke and Silas and Barnabas and Mark, like man, they they they all journeyed to encourage church to church to church because man, it took all of us to support one another and I want you to understand that man, we we can get some isolated thinking that it's just all about us but man, god's church is bigger than just 3159 Santa Rosa Road and it's bigger than what's in Cumberland County. [01:10:46] (31 seconds)  #ChurchBeyondWalls

And so, man, what mission partnerships does for us is it gives exposure and experience in missions that can help develop a person's calling. It identifies how God has gifted them for the work of his kingdom. It it it it builds courage to trust Christ by faith as we just walk with him. I mean, you you just heard them talk about Mike needing a machete and but we gotta trust God for a machete, and a dude walks up with which by the way, let me just say, in Guatemala, it's normal for a guy to walk down the street with a machete. Not here. [01:12:01] (33 seconds)  #MissionsDevelopCallings

Help our marriages to flourish and represent you. Help us to to to to to be purified, Lord, from all that's just disgusting about this world, and, Lord, to be made brand new so that Christ can be glorified. Give this church impact in this world that goes far beyond our dollars and our cents. It goes far beyond our strategies, far beyond anything that we do with our hands. Anything that we could think of, Lord, give your church impact in this world even in the midst of war zones. [00:21:09] (38 seconds)  #ImpactBeyondMoney

Because it reminds us that God is not just using us here, but God is giving this church a global impact for his glory. And so for all those reasons and many more, we need to build long term mission partnerships locally, regionally, meaning nationally, internationally. And we need to do it in such a place that, man, God has gifted us for. And I think what we found out is that Guatemala might be that place. [01:14:24] (33 seconds)  #BuildMissionPartnerships

Lord, I pray for Guatemala That god, there's a lot of counterfeit gods circling the streets, but lord, there is one true god that has risen above all. And there's a movement that you're stirring, lord, where you're giving birth to churches and rebirth to older churches. And God, I'm asking for your Holy Spirit to sweep through homes and streets and canals and in the woods. That god you would continue to send missionaries, lord, to Guatemala and empower them with your holy spirit to communicate the gospel. [01:18:04] (39 seconds)  #PrayForGuatemala

Father, today, our world is groaning just as your son Jesus says. With battles and wars and threats of wars, our world is groaning. Sometimes it looks like evil is is winning the day, But I'm reminded that Jesus won eternity. So today, we come to pray for our world. You've placed us here in this time, in this season for a particular reason. So, Lord, help us to flourish in this culture. [00:20:23] (46 seconds)  #FlourishInThisSeason