Partnering with Local Churches to Train and Send Missionaries Worldwide
‘Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.’ — Colossians 2:8 Distraction is a danger for Christians. The distracted Christian does not necessarily
‘For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;’ — Colossians 1:9
‘For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:’ — Philippians 1:5–6 Paul
‘And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely,
‘That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;’ — Philippians 3:10 There is no doubt that Paul knew the Lord. He personally met the Lord
‘Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.’ — Philippians 2:16 Three times in Philippians, God speaks of ‘the day of Christ’.
‘Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of
‘Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.’ — Ephesians 6:10 The Christian life is described as wrestling or struggling against an invisible spiritual enemy. Our enemy is: Tricky (‘wiles of the devil’) –
‘And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.’ — Ephesians 6:4 The life (‘walk’) of the Spirit-filled believer should revolutionise husband-wife relationships (Eph 5:22-33), parent-child relationships (Eph
‘Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.’ — Ephesians 5:33 The spiritual riches talked about in the book of Ephesians are without comparison.
