Today, we're pleased to share with you an audio essay written and read by Amy DeMarkangelo,

entitled Five Ways for Ordinary Christians to Engage in the Mission of Christ.

Amy's new book is Go and Do Likewise, a call to follow Jesus in a life of mercy and mission.

Five ways for ordinary Christians to engage in the mission of Christ.

Written and read by Amy D. Markangelo.

God's redemptive mission is vast, touching every part of life in a fallen world.

Jesus came to rescue rebel sinners and to reverse all the effects of the curse, to bring justice to the oppressed, mercy to the needy, healing to the broken, And he's called his people to join this mission.

It feels daunting, though.

When we consider giving our lives to the mission of Christ,

we might think of Christian heroes like Charles Spurgeon or Amy Carmichael.

But we're not heroes.

We're just ordinary people.

What in the world are we supposed to do?

Well, we don't need to feel the pressure to be world changers.

The accomplishment of the mission rests on Christ faithfulness, not ours.

However, he has equipped each one of us to show his mercy to a lost and suffering world.

Here are five ways we can do that in

everyday life. One, pray for God's kingdom to come. Jesus instructed us to pray to the Father,

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. As people who are tempted to rely on our own strength

and abilities, prayer doesn't feel very active, yet prayer is an irreplaceable part of the mission.

We can consistently pray for the spread of the gospel among all nations, for God to send out

laborers to unreached tribes and hostile

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