When it comes to global missions, we Christian hedonists camp on a couple of incredible texts

in the Psalms.

There, we find a couple of texts that have deeply shaped Pastor John and how he thinks of the

Church's mission to the nations.

The first one is, of course, an Old Testament prayer for the nations.

Let the people's praise you, oh God, let all the people's praise you, let the nations

be glad and sing for joy.

That's Psalm 67 verses 3 to 4.

Let the nations be glad.

I mean, that's our prayer, but we don't just pray to this end because the psalmist also

delivers a command to the people of God in relationship to the nations.

It's this quote, sing to the Lord, bless his name, tell of his salvation from day to day,

declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples in quote.

That's Psalm 96 verses 2 and 3.

So let the nations be glad as they see our gladness in God.

That's a powerful tandem of texts.

The first text became the title of Pastor John's classic book on missions, let the nations

be glad, of course.

In the second text, the command was Pastor John's choice text that he preached recently

at the 2021 Getty Sing Conference in Nashville.

Here's Pastor John explaining the connection between our joy, our singing, and our reach

to the nations.

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