• Our Motive For ...

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  Scripture:  Romans 8:38-39

  Tags:  Missions

OUR MOTIVE FOR MISSIONS

When Hudson Taylor was director of the China Inland Mission, he often interviewed candidates for the mission field. On one occasion, he met with a group of applicants to determine their motivations for service. "And why do you wish to go as a foreign missionary?" he asked one.

"I want to go because Christ has commanded us to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature," was the reply. Another said, "I want to go because millions are perishing without Christ." Others gave different answers.

Then Hudson Taylor said, "All of these motives, however good, will fail you in times of testings, trials, tribulations, and possible death. There is but one motive that will sustain you in trial and testing--namely, the love of Christ." Source Unknown.

(From a sermon by Terry Blankenship, "Mission-Minded Living" 2/9/2009)