In a mission-minded family, there’s a God-infused energy. There’s a focus on God’s worldwide purpose, and there’s a passion for the lost. There’s a spiritual depth and hunger that reaches beyond the maintenance mode of cultural Christianity.
A mission-minded family emphasized leadership, calling, and destiny. There’s a prevailing attitude of self-sacrifice and an emphasis on total submission to God’s will. And there’s an unmistakable and contagious joy.
–Ann Dunagan, from The Mission-Minded Family
For those of you who’ve had a long-time heart for missionaries and global missions, have you ever longed to GO on a mission trip someday, but wondered HOW?
For many moms or daughters, taking an overseas missions trip sounds utterly impossible. “How could our family afford it?” “How could we take that much time off work?” “How is it possible to travel with kids?” “But what about school?”
These are all legitimate questions, but more importantly, why not ask, “Dear Lord, would You ever want our family (or me, or one or my children, or a group from our homeschooling community, or a team from our church) to go on a mission outreach?”
If God answers, “Yes,” then the only legitimate questions to ask are When? and Where? and, in faith, Well, Lord, then how do You want us to obey?
Instead of responding with fear and doubt like Zacharias (Luke 1:18), have a willing heart like Mary (Luke 1:38), when she said, “Let it be to me according to Your word. If God calls you or our child to missionary work, He will open the way for you, and He will provide more than enough of His grace and provision.
Be willing to be a radical mission-minded family. Think outside the box. Dare to dream . . . and to obey God!
Read the full article You can GO: How YOU can take a Family Mission Trip.
