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🗓️ 15 June 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

This weekend marks Father’s Day, and our guest is Phil Nettleton, long-time missionary and father of VOM Radio host, Todd Nettleton. Listen as Phil shares about how God called him into missionary service, about the challenges missionaries face on the field and specific ways that you can pray for missionaries that you know or that your church is sending. He’ll also share how God makes each place a Christian serves and each season of ministry a “favorite.” Phil will talk about learning the power of going into a different culture as a learner instead of an expert. Finally, Phil will talk about serving the Lord in the seasons of life after “retirement”—a word he reminds us is not mentioned in the Bible.

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0:00.0	Phil Nettleton first went overseas as a missionary in 1982.
0:05.0	He served in Papua New Guinea, Africa, South America, and Europe.
0:09.5	When he retired and came home to the United States, he didn't want to just take it easy or coast.
0:16.0	His attitude is one that we can all learn from, whether we're an overseas missionary or
0:21.1	if we're trying to serve God in what may feel like mundane ways.
0:26.0	We're 24-7 Christians for the Lord.
0:28.9	We're serving him every day of our lives and we're looking for ways to to hear his voice and to really
0:36.4	do what he wants us to do because he does have plans for us every day of our lives.
0:42.0	Jesus plans for us every day of our lives.
0:43.0	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:47.0	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:51.0	He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus's words came true in the
0:55.8	life of the Apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives of his
0:59.6	followers around the world. Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories
1:04.4	and learn how we can help. Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network.
1:08.4	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. My name is Todd Nettleton and as you are probably aware
1:15.1	this is Father's Day weekend and we have a special guest certainly special for me my My dad, Phil Nettleton is our guest this week on Voice of the
1:27.0	Martyrs Radio and we're not going to talk much about being my dad. What we are going to talk about is gospel work around the world
1:35.1	missionary service. My dad has served as the pastor of an American church
1:40.3	actually several American churches. Then in 1982 our family moved to Papua New Guinea.
1:46.7	And my parents became missionaries and have served since then in Papua New Guinea, in Liberia and Sierra Leone in Africa, in Guyana, down in
1:56.4	South America and in the Czech Republic as well. The last assignment they had from Global Partners, which is the missionary sending arm of the
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