It Will Be Worth It: Overcoming Obstacles to World Missions

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Sermons, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, 163859, Desiring God, John Piper, Preaching, Christianity, Messages, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 29 January 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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When it comes to missions, reasons abound to stay rather than to go. But for every apparent obstacle, countless promises say, “It will be worth it.”

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0:00.0	Thank you, Carmella and Mark, and Tom, Father caused the word to ring out in China in the
0:11.3	informal ways and the formal ways, caused it to ring out in Cameroon, caused it to ring
0:16.5	out in Elliott Park and Phillips neighborhood and where any of these folks right here are
0:23.4	dwelling and use these last few minutes of talk before we pray to remove obstacles that
0:34.4	might be standing in the way of our fullest engagement for the sake of the peoples.
0:40.8	I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.
0:46.0	So we heard this morning of five obstacles removed by Andrew Scott.
0:56.0	Number one, I'm not worthy.
0:58.7	You are worthy in Christ.
1:00.3	Number two, I'm not called irrelevant.
1:03.2	You're made for this.
1:04.5	I love this.
1:06.4	Three, I'm not able.
1:08.3	Yes you are.
1:09.3	H-A-P-E, spiritual gifts, heart passions, abilities, personalities, experiences, you're
1:16.2	able.
1:17.4	Number four, it's not in my job description.
1:21.2	Yes it is.
1:22.2	It's already written in.
1:23.2	Did I say five?
1:24.2	I only have four, so there they are.
1:26.8	So now I have three more, three more obstacles that are in the way, perhaps, for you.
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