I’m Retired and Want to Do Missions — What’s My First Step?

Ask Pastor John

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 29 December 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Retirees, what a glorious exchange it would be to give up our golf game and bridge club for the mission field. But where should we start?

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0:00.0	Our 5th year of podcasting is coming to an end, and our 6th year is about to begin, and
0:09.6	of course it all happens by grace and because of listeners who listen regularly and who
0:14.6	pray for us and who sacrifice financially to support the work of DesiringGod.org, thank
0:21.4	you all of you for your role in this ministry and this podcast.
0:27.2	And of course new years bring with them new beginnings, and at least a really sweet
0:32.1	questions like this one from Jennifer in Indiana.
0:35.8	Hello, Pastor John, I'm a long time listener and just one of the many ways you have impacted
0:40.0	me is that I have a whole new excitement for my retirement years, which I have just
0:44.6	entered.
0:45.6	I just read your little book, rethinking retirement.
0:49.2	My husband and I do not want the American dream.
0:52.2	We want to go to unreach peoples with the gospel.
0:55.8	When you give those of us who want to do this a practical plan for how to take our very
1:00.3	first steps in this direction, how do retirees like us go to the unreach?
1:06.1	Do you have any examples to help envision us?
1:09.0	Oh my.
1:10.0	This is just too good to be true.
1:13.2	This is just too good to be true.
1:15.6	May there be millions of Jennifer's out there.
1:19.5	This is amazing.
1:20.5	This is glorious.
1:21.5	I just want to come out of my seat when I hear that.
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