| I am willing to leave a large
established church to go to a city where there are no Apostolics. I am
willing to go with no contacts, no job, no building, no place to stay
and no promise of help.
I am willing to spend fifteen Oklahoma summers without air
conditioning.
I am willing to move into the back of the church in the dead of
winter with a sleeping bag, a folding cot and a stove that would not
heat the room.
I am willing to live in what would later be a Sunday school room for
over a year.
I am willing to drive over twenty miles one way to bring children to
Sunday school.
I am willing to lay aside the prejudices with which I was raised,
ignore the skin and accent of tongue to work with those far different
from myself, except they are identical in the need of a savior.
I am willing to put over half of my income into the work of God for
about a decade in order to launch a church.
I am willing to work multiple jobs to provide for my family and keep
the doors of the church open.
I am willing to open my own home to those without a place to stay
until they can get on their feet.
I am willing to put my hands on the labor of erecting a new church
building. |
I am willing to drive to surrounding towns to teach
Bible studies. I am willing to witness on the job.
I am willing to spend many hours with new converts who will later
walk away from God.
I am willing to knock on thousands of doors and pass out thousands of
tracts inviting people to church.
I am willing to preach to empty pews with the windows open, hoping
someone in the neighborhood will hear the Word.
I am willing to put up with the idiosyncrasies not only of new
converts, but also folks who have been in for years.
I know I am willing to do all these things because I have already
done them.
There are missionaries all over North America who are making these
and greater sacrifices to establish beachheads of truth in a land
slipping toward chaos.
I am willing to give sacrificially to Christmas for Christ to
strengthen their hands in the work.
I am willing to set aside my reluctance to ask for money and plead
with you to join hands with us to help our folks on the front lines of
evangelism.
I am willing to ask you to give to Christmas for Christ, because
Christmas is for Christ. |
