WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT …

 

MISSIONS/SERVICE

 

3 John 6-8
If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you will do well, because they went forth for His name's sake, taking nothing from the Gentiles. We therefore ought to receive such, that we may become fellow workers for the truth NKJV
 

Luke 10:2-3

He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.  Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.  NIV

 

Acts 1:8

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."    NIV

 

Mark 16:15

 He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.  NIV

 

Rom 10:14-15

 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?  And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"  NIV

 

Matt 28:18-20

"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."   NIV

Neh 13:10-11

I also learned that the portions assigned to the Levites had not been given to them, and that all the Levites and singers responsible for the service had gone back to their own fields.  So I rebuked the officials and asked them, "Why is the house of God neglected?"  NIV

 

1 Tim 5:18-19

 For the Scripture says, "Do not muzzle the ox while it is treading out the grain," and "The worker deserves his wages."    NIV

 

Isa 61:1-2

The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,

because the LORD has anointed me

to preach good news to the poor.

He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,

to proclaim freedom for the captives

and release from darkness for the prisoners,  

 to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor

and the day of vengeance of our God    NIV

 

 

GOSPEL

 

1 Cor 9:18

What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge  NIV

 

Rom 1:16

 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes  NIV

 

1 Cor 9:14

 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.   NIV

 

1 Cor 9:16

Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!  NIV

 

2 Cor 10:15-16

Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our area of activity among you will greatly expand, 16 so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you.  NIV

 

2 Cor 11:7-8

 Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge? 8 I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you.  NIV

 

Gal 1:9

If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!   NIV

 

Eph 6:19-20

Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel  NIV

 

Phil 1:4-6

I always pray with joy 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.   NIV

 

Phil 1:27

Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.  NIV

 

1 Thess 2:3-4

For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you.    On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel.   NIV

GIVING

 

Mark 4:23-24

  Then He said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given.   NKJV

 

2 Cor 9:10-11

Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.  NIV

  

1 John 3:17-18

 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?  My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.  

1 John 4:8
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.  NKJV

 

Prov 11:24-25

 There is one who scatters, yet increases more;

And there is one who withholds more than is right,

But it leads to poverty.

 The generous soul will be made rich,

And he who waters will also be watered himself.   NKJV

 

2 Cor 9:6-8

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.  NIV

 

Ps 41:1

Blessed is he who considers the poor;

The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.   NKJV

 

1 Tim 6:18-19

 Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.  In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.   NIV

 

Isa 58:10-11

 If you extend your soul to the hungry

And satisfy the afflicted soul,

Then your light shall dawn in the darkness,

And your darkness shall be as the noonday.

 The LORD will guide you continually,

And satisfy your soul in drought,

And strengthen your bones;

You shall be like a watered garden,

And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.   NKJV

 

"And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.'

 

James 2:15-17

Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.  If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?  In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.   NIV

 

Heb 6:10

 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.   NIV