World Evangelism Podcast
The World Evangelism Podcast is a weekly program that inspires and equips listeners to take part in global evangelism. Each episode focuses on a different country, highlighting its unique needs and challenges in spreading the Gospel while using powerful Bible verses to guide prayers and actions for these nations.
The podcast covers various aspects of missionary work, including:
- Prayer for specific countries and their evangelistic needs
- Book recommendations to deepen understanding of missions
- Stories of historical missionaries who pioneered faith journeys
- Leadership and training for those called to global ministry
- Giving opportunities and financial support for missions
The show aims to ignite passion and motivate listeners to engage in world evangelism through prayer, giving, training, and going. It offers weekly challenges for both missionaries (“goers”) and supporters (“senders”), emphasizing that everyone has a role in sharing the message of Jesus Christ worldwide.
The World Evangelism Podcast seeks to empower listeners to fulfill their God-given potential in reaching the world with the Gospel by exploring these topics. Whether you are called to go or to support those who go, the podcast provides inspiration and practical guidance for making a lasting impact on the Kingdom.
Join us on this journey of inspiring missions and empowering leaders as we delve into the heart of world evangelism, shining a light on different countries and their unique needs, backed by powerful Bible verses to guide our prayers and actions.
World Evangelism Podcast
Misplaced Priorities: Learning from Biblical Narratives
What happens when our personal desires clash with divine timing? Explore the story of Abraham and Sarah's marriage, where wrong goals and the pursuit of comfort led to regrettable decisions and significant consequences. We guarantee you'll gain valuable insights into how prioritizing personal comfort and impatience over faith can disrupt relationships and stray us from God's intended path. Reflecting on the intense desire for a child, you’ll learn how this couple's actions teach us the importance of waiting on God's timing and aligning our goals with His will.
By examining Abraham and Sarah's story, we shed light on the dangers of misplaced priorities. Discover how their longing for a child led them to make choices that went against God's plan, and why seeking first the kingdom of God, as advised in Matthew 6:32, is essential for a fulfilling life. This episode challenges you to reassess your priorities—whether it's money, fame, or personal desires—and to embrace goals that honor Jesus. Listen in for scriptural wisdom and practical advice that will help you maintain the right focus and achieve blessings in God's perfect timing.
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I would tell you that marriage mistakes were made between Abraham and Sarah because they had wrong goals in life. One wrong goal, I think, was my comfort is more important to me than anything else. So that's why he said to her you can go and be taken advantage of. It was more important than his relationship to God. That's bad. It was more important than his relationship to God. That's bad. It was more important than his relationship to his wife. Now, I think another wrong goal they had was we want a child, no matter what it costs.
W. Austin Gardner:You see, god had promised him a son and it seemed that God wasn't going to be able to provide. And they began to doubt God. God had made big promises In Genesis 15, 1,. He said fear not, abram, I am thy shield and thy exceeding great reward. And Abram said well, lord God, what you going to do about me going childless? Childless, you haven't given me a baby, you haven't given me a seed. And the word of the Lord came to him and said this shall not be thine heir. He wanted to make his servant, his administrative assistant, his son. He said that's not what's going to happen. This baby's going to come out of your own bowels. I'm going to give you a literal baby for you. And so he believed God for the moment. But later on he comes and says God, what about if I sleep with Hagar and have a baby that way? And I do that, and God says no, I don't accept that either. That's just not how I do things, and so it's what pleased them. But it wasn't what pleased God.
W. Austin Gardner:So they wanted a child so bad they're willing to do anything. They really should have been focused on Jesus, on God, on God's will to do anything. They really should have been focused on Jesus, on God, on God's will. It seems like he worried about it so much that they both discussed it all the time. Are we ever going to have a baby? Why won't God come through? Why won't God do what he ought to do? God's had plenty of time. He hasn't answered our prayer. He hasn't come through. What are we going to do?
W. Austin Gardner:But right goals bring blessings in God's time, god's blessings in God's time. The Bible says in Matthew 6, 32, for after all these things, do the Gentiles seek All the things you ever wanted, so do lost people, so do those that don't know Jesus. And your heavenly father knows that you have need of those things. So he says to you seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all the things that the Gentiles are looking for. I'll give them to you, they'll be added to you. So I want to challenge you to be very careful that you would be only having goals that honor the Lord Jesus. Wrong goals will destroy you. Wrong goals will destroy your marriage. Your goals need to be. We love Jesus. Going after money is a wrong goal. Going after position, going after fame, going after popularity, is a wrong goal. I'll talk to you next time about how money is a wrong goal, though in today's society, it's like we need money. What a mistake, though.