Justin Long
Transformation and Resilience
For people who are involved in cross-cultural missions, one of the key buzz phrases/concepts these days is the idea of a church planting movement: “a rapid and exponential increase of indigenous churches planting churches within a given people group or population segment” (Mission Frontiers, Feb 2002).
For those who are involved in holistic efforts, development, relief, [...]
Reflecting on the Dominion Mandate of Genesis 1:28
The Dominion Mandate often gets a bad rap from people who are critical of Christ, Christianity and the Gospel. Even those who follow Christ can disagree on what it means. I think it’s important to reflect on the individual pieces of Genesis 1:28 and consider how they demonstrate the missional heart of God.
Here’s the verse:
God [...]
Intercession for the Unreached Peoples
The Importance of Intercession for the Peoples in this World
Without prayer nothing will happen.
We have to pray, we have to intercede for the UPGs as never before.
The Biblical Basis for Intercession
The Apostle Paul has visited many places and evangelized the people there, but if he could not go to a certain place, he was sure [...]
David’s prayer: In times of distress not depressed.
A Psalm of David, when he pretended to be insame before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.
1 I will extol the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul will boast in the LORD: the afflicted shall hear and rejoice.
3 O magnify the LORD with me, and [...]
Fervency in prayer
“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”. –James 5:16
The prayer that God answers is a fervent prayer. When something is fervent, it is hot and earnest. It is desperate. It is not the type of cold [...]
Perseverance in prayer
“And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And [...]
The prayer of faith
“And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” (Matt 21:22)
Faith is the most important quality of a prayer that God answers. Faith is that quality that trusts in and clings to God. Faith attracts God. Without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith is the raw material upon which the [...]
The importance of prayer
“And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed” Mark 1:35
Prayer is communion with God. Prayer is that act of going into God’s presence to be with the Lord. Prayer is bringing God and His resources into our earthly realities. Prayer is [...]
Partnership Roundup: November 2008
Lausanne is deep in preparations for its huge Cape Town 2010 Congress to be held in collaboration with the World Evangelical Alliance. They are expecting some 4,000 people from over 200 countries (now that’s an event to be part of, if only for the social networking). They also expect “thousands” of virtual participants, and they’re [...]
Unleash your passion
If you are going to start something—a swarm, a movement—then you have to start it. And the easiest way, to me, is to begin with a “swarm of one.” This seems in defiance of the definition, because a swarm by definition has to have more than one member. What I mean, however, is this: you [...]
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