Supporting
Missionaries
Matthew
9:37-38
and
Luke
10:2
tell
us:
The
harvest
truly
is
great,
but
the
labourers
are
few:
pray
ye
therefore
the
Lord
of
the
harvest,
that
he
would
send
forth
labourers
into
his
harvest.
Acts
1:8
tells
us
But
ye
shall
receive
power,
after
that
the
Holy
Ghost
is
come
upon
you:
and
ye
shall
be
witnesses
unto
me
both
in
Jerusalem,
and
in
all
Judaea,
and
in
Samaria,
and
unto
the
uttermost
part
of
the
earth.
The
word
both
means:
'two
at
the
same
time'.
God
gives
us
power
to
be
His
witnesses
both,
at
home
and
away
from
home
at
the
same
time.
This
message
is
about
God's
way
to
do
this.
That
is:
how
to
partner
with
missionaries
who
are
doing
the
'Great
Commission'
away
from
your
home
while
you
do
it
at
home.
- Pray
- Acts
13:3
says
that
the
sending
church
is
to
have
a
special
prayer
of
dedication
when
sending
out
missionaries.
Acts
21:5
says
that
people
continued
to
pray
for
the
safety
and
ministry
of
the
missionaries
while
they
were
doing
the
work.
- Acts
16:6-10
is
Paul's
Macedonian
vision.
Sending
churches
are
to
pray
for
the
missionary
to
receive
guidance
from
God
about
everything
involved
in
the
mission
work.
- Acts
16:25
tells
us
And
at
midnight
Paul
and
Silas
prayed,
and
sang
praises
unto
God:
and
the
prisoners
heard
them.
Pray
that
the
missionary
not
be
delivered
from
problems
but
that
they
rely
upon
God
all
through
the
problems
and
that
the
power
of
God
is
displayed
in
their
ministry.
- Romans
10:1
tells
us
that
we
should
pray
for
the
salvation
of
others,
and
these
prayers
should
include
the
people
that
the
missionary
is
trying
to
reach.
- Romans
12:1
starts
with:
I
beseech
you
therefore,
brethren,
by
the
mercies
of
God,
that
ye
present
your
bodies
a
living
sacrifice,
holy,
acceptable
unto
God,
which
is
your
reasonable
service.
Then
Romans
12:12
continues
with
Rejoicing
in
hope;
patient
in
tribulation;
continuing
instant
in
prayer;
.
This
means
that
prayer
is
part
of
our
reasonable
service
.
- Romans
15:30-32
says
Now
I
beseech
you,
brethren,
for
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ's
sake,
and
for
the
love
of
the
Spirit,
that
ye
strive
together
with
me
in
your
prayers
to
God
for
me;
That
I
may
be
delivered
from
them
that
do
not
believe
in
Judaea;
and
that
my
service
which
I
have
for
Jerusalem
may
be
accepted
of
the
saints;
That
I
may
come
unto
you
with
joy
by
the
will
of
God,
and
may
with
you
be
refreshed.
That
is:
that
we
are
to
pray
for
God's
protection
on
missionaries
especially
from
governments
and
hateful
religious
people.
It
also
says
to
pray
that
the
missionary
is
effective.
- 2Corinthians
1:11
says:
Ye
also
helping
together
by
prayer
for
us,
that
for
the
gift
bestowed
upon
us
by
the
means
of
many
persons
thanks
may
be
given
by
many
on
our
behalf.
Here
we
see
that
the
prayers
of
others
helped
the
missionary
when
they
were
in
trouble
and
the
answer
of
those
prayers
cause
much
thanksgiving
to
God.
- 2Corinthians
8:4
says:
Praying
us
with
much
intreaty
that
we
would
receive
the
gift,
and
take
upon
us
the
fellowship
of
the
ministering
to
the
saints.
Our
supporting
mission
efforts
causes
the
people
who
are
saved
through
the
mission
work
to
pray
for
the
sending
and
supporting
churches.
We
end
up
with
people
praying
for
us.
- Ephesians
6:18-19
says:
Praying
always
with
all
prayer
and
supplication
in
the
Spirit,
and
watching
thereunto
with
all
perseverance
and
supplication
for
all
saints;
And
for
me,
that
utterance
may
be
given
unto
me,
that
I
may
open
my
mouth
boldly,
to
make
known
the
mystery
of
the
gospel
.
We
are
to
pray
that
our
missionaries
may
open(their)
mouths
boldly,
to
make
known
the
mystery
of
the
gospel
.
- Colossians
4:3
says
that
they
are
to
pray
that
God
would
open
unto
us
a
door
of
utterance,
to
speak
the
mystery
of
Christ
.
- 1Thessalonians
5:25
says
Brethren,
pray
for
us
.
- 2Thessalonians
3:1
asks
pray
for
us,
that
the
word
of
the
Lord
may
have
free
course,
and
be
glorified,
even
as
it
is
with
you:
And
that
we
may
be
delivered
from
unreasonable
and
wicked
men:
for
all
men
have
not
faith.
- Philemon
1:22
says
that
converts
are
expected
to
pray
for
their
pastor
/
missionary.
- Hebrews
13:18
says
Pray
for
us:
for
we
trust
we
have
a
good
conscience,
in
all
things
willing
to
live
honestly.
- There
are
more
Bible
references
on
this
subject
but
I
will
move
on.
- Pay
- Malachi
3:8
says:
Will
a
man
rob
God?
Yet
ye
have
robbed
me.
But
ye
say,
Wherein
have
we
robbed
thee?
In
tithes
and
offerings.
- Notice
that
this
says
and
offerings
.
Most
people
preach
this
about
the
tithe
but
God
says
that
if
you're
not
giving
offerings
,
in
addition
to
the
title
(and
),
then
you
rob
God
.
- That
means
that
God
provides
enough
for
you
to
give
beyond
the
tithe.
If
you
deny
this
then
you
call
God
a
liar.
The
main
problem
is
that
most
people
are
foolish
in
handling
their
money.
The
world,
in
the
form
of
our
culture,
teaches
us
to
handle
money
in
a
foolish
way.
American
culture
does
it.
Filipino
culture
does
it
differently
than
American
culture
but
Filipino
culture
still
teaches
people
to
handle
money
differently
that
God's
word
commands
with
the
result
that
generation
after
generation
live
in
poverty
and
believe
that
they
must
keep
on
teaching
their
children
ways
that
keep
them
in
poverty.
- If
people
will
ask
God
for
His
wisdom
in
handling
their
money,
and
then
obey
what
He
shows
them
in
the
Bible,
then
they
will
see
that
they
can
pay
the
tithe,
support
missions
with
offerings
and
still
have
more
to
spend
than
they
had
when
they
handled
money
the
way
that
their
culture
taught
them.
- Philippians
4:15-17
says:
Now
ye
Philippians
know
also,
that
in
the
beginning
of
the
gospel,
when
I
departed
from
Macedonia,
no
church
communicated
with
me
as
concerning
giving
and
receiving,
but
ye
only.
For
even
in
Thessalonica
ye
sent
once
and
again
unto
my
necessity.
Not
because
I
desire
a
gift:
but
I
desire
fruit
that
may
abound
to
your
account.
- This
is
the
only
place
that
I
know
of
where
Paul
wrote
about
people
supporting
his
ministry
as
a
missionary.
Notice
that
he
says
that
they
had
fruit
that
may
abound
to
your
account
.
This
means
that
financially
supporting
missionaries,
who
are
actually
doing
the
'Great
Commission',
puts
fruit
into
our
Heavenly
account
.
- 1Timothy
6:7
says:
For
we
brought
nothing
into
this
world,
and
it
is
certain
we
can
carry
nothing
out.
As
the
song
says:
'only
what's
done
for
Jesus
will
last'.
What
we
do
to
help
missionaries
do
the
work
of
God
gets
us
eternal
rewards.
We
chose
what
to
do
with
the
money
that
we
get.
If
we
spend
it
on
things
of
this
world,
it
makes
our
flesh
feel
good
but
does
nothing
for
our
Heavenly
account
.
If
we
put
the
same
money
into
supporting
missions,
we
have
less
pleasure
here
but
receive
eternal
rewards
which
we
cannot
lose.
- As
the
famous
missionary
martyr
said:
'He
is
no
fool
who
gives
what
he
cannot
keep
to
gain
what
he
cannot
lose'.
- We've
all
heard
about
the
poor
widow
who
gave
two
mites
.
Different
people
argue
about
what
that
is
in
today's
money
but
think
of
it
as
two
pesos.
As
little
as
it
was,
Jesus
said
Of
a
truth
I
say
unto
you,
that
this
poor
widow
hath
cast
in
more
than
they
all:
For
all
these
have
of
their
abundance
cast
in
unto
the
offerings
of
God:
but
she
of
her
penury
hath
cast
in
all
the
living
that
she
had.
(Mark
12:43-44;
Luke
21:3-4).
People
will
preach
that
she
had
nothing
left
but
that
is
not
true.
She
would
have
her
cottage
to
live
in
and
the
vegetables
which
she
grew
in
her
garden.
God
looked
at
her
sacrifice.
She
could
not
buy
rice
nor
fish
soup
but
she
could
grow
a
garden
and
raise
chickens
for
eggs
so
that
she
could
give
all
that
she
earned
to
God's
work.
- Perform
- Gauis
is
our
example
to
show
us
that
people
who
go
to
the
mission
field
and
help
do
the
mission
work
end
up
with
a
heart
for
missions.
Church
members
should
visit
at
least
near-by
mission
work
and
help
with
soul
winning
and
anything
else
that
they
can
do
to
help.
- Acts
19:29
tells
us
that
he
was
a
companion
of
Paul
from
Macedonia,
which
meant
his
background
was
like
the
Filipino
dirt
farmers.
He
went
on
mission
trips
to
be
a
servant
and
to
help
any
way
that
he
could.
- Romans
16:23
tells
us
that
he
was
host
to
Paul
in
Corinth
- 3John
1:1
tells
us
that
he
hosted
and
helped
any
missionaries
who
traveled
through
his
area.
- 1Thessalonians
1:8
says:
For
from
you
sounded
out
the
word
of
the
Lord
not
only
in
Macedonia
and
Achaia,
but
also
in
every
place
your
faith
to
God-ward
is
spread
abroad;
so
that
we
need
not
to
speak
any
thing.
Every
place
that
you
go
you
should
pass
out
tracts
and
try
to
tell
people
how
to
get
saved.
- Some
people
have
special
skills
that
can
help
a
church
in
need
such
as
people
with
medical
or
construction
skills.
If
someone
like
thatcan
take
a
short
trip
to
help
a
mission
work,
others
can
partner
with
them
by
helping
with
the
cost
of
their
going
and
with
their
lost
wages
for
the
time
they
take
off
work.
- John
Mark
was
sponsored
on
a
mission
trip
by
his
uncle
Barnabas.
Later
in
life
he
was
a
blessing
to
many
and
wrote
the
Gospel
of
Mark.
Sometimes
the
most
important
thing
you
can
do
is
to
sponsor
a
youth
to
Youth
Camp,
on
a
mission
trip
or
even
to
Bible
School.
All
of
these
help
develop
future
preachers,
preacher
wives
and
missionaries.
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