Partnering with Local Churches to Train and Send Missionaries Worldwide
‘Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.’
We praise the Lord for another month of blessings! Baptism Service – We had a new family join Downham Baptist Church this month. What a blessing to baptize a mother and her two teenage children and to have them join
‘Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. For ye know what
‘That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.’ — 1 Thessalonians 3:3 Paul’s time at Thessalonica was brief. He had to leave quickly due to persecution (1 Thess 2:17; Acts 17:10).
‘And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:’ — 1 Thessalonians 1:6 Affliction and joy seem to be opposites, but the supernatural power of the Holy
‘But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.’ — 1 Thessalonians 2:2 After being hurt
‘And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.’ — Colossians 4:17 One of the themes of Colossians is ‘completion’ or perfection and maturity in Christ. Colossians 2:10 says that
‘And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and
‘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
