A prayer for our missionaries, written by Meg Bucker, read by Elissa Forsberg.

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lott went with him.

Abram was 75 years old when he set out from Heron, Genesis 12. 4.

The voice paraphrase of Genesis 12. 4 says, without any hesitation, Abraham went.

The bravery of Abraham to pick up his entire family and move to Canaan when he was 75 years old is a true hallmark of faith.

Even surrounded by modern day conveniences and being four decades younger,

I can hardly fathom leaving all I know for nothing familiar.

But I do wish to take a trip, a mission trip.

Each time the topic is preached on I sit further

and further towards the edge of my seat. I see the smiling faces of the people I

dream of hugging in person. I'm not sure how, I don't know when, but it's a wish I pray into a lot.

There are things we can do every day and people in arms reach to be helped but God

specifically tells us to go out into the world.

There are people groups who still don't know about Jesus.

There are people who don't have clean water to drink and never have.

They don't know what it tastes like. They don't know what food tastes like either. and never really had a pro-time

what food tastes like either because they've never really had a prolonged time in their

lives when their basic needs for survival weren't met.

In this country we are privileged to debate politics and complain about

taxes. It's an honor to scoff at legislation and flex our right to voice our opinion,

but what if we chose to see and acknowledge what's going on past our doorstep every day,

to help those on the outskirts of society and the world, without any hesitation?

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