[CP Today] 'Critical to fulfilling the mission of Jesus'

Sunday, April 18, 2021 TODAY'S HEADLINES is sponsored by Matt Chandler-led Acts 29 celebrates 'Church Planting Sunday': 'Critical to fulfilling the mission of Jesus' Church & Ministries This week in Christian history: Spiritual writer's born-again experience, Richard Mather dies They include the birth of a prominent British Christian philanthropist, the conversion of an influential nineteenth century theology student, and the death of the father of Puritan minister Increase Mather. A Message from Elevated Faith BE STILL RING When we are still and surrendered to God, we find peace even when the earth gives way, the mountains fall, or the nations go into an uproar and kingdoms fall. Run to Him, lay down your weapons, and fall into His arms. Acknowledge that He is God and that He is exalted in the earth. When life gets overwhelming, remember this verse. (Use the code 'ChristianPost' at checkout to get 20% OFF your entire order!) Buy Now

U.S. Ole Anthony of Trinity Foundation, 'nemesis of televangelists,' dies at 82 Ole Anthony, president of the Dallas, Texas-based televangelist accountability group Trinity Foundation and a small congregation that modeled itself on first-century Christianity in lifestyle and mission, died at the age of 82, the church announced. Politics Catholic priests group backs bill requiring Christian adoption agencies to place kids with LGBT adults A group of Catholic priests has come out in support of a bill that would require all adoption agencies that receive federal funding to place children with same-sex couples. Church & Ministries Lecrae, Prison Fellowship urge Christians to remember those in jail: 'We serve a God of second chances' The world's largest evangelical prison ministry, Prison Fellowship, has teamed up with popular artists in Christian music, including Grammy Award-winning rapper Lecrae, in its annual effort to highlight the month of April as "Second Chance Month."  World Eritrea: 13 Christians remain imprisoned after 2 raids on prayer meetings Thirteen Eritrean Christians remain imprisoned after authorities raided two separate prayer meetings last month where 35 people were taken into custody, including several women.

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Voice What about high-profile Christians who renounced their faith? It's more than disturbing lately to hear of so many prominent Christian personalities turning from the faith. It seems as though it's becoming a regular occurrence. To read their statements explaining the reasons for their departure is painful.

Sponsored Are you living for your plans or His? Children's Christmas Care Packs | AlphaMinistries.com Are you willing to pay any price to follow Jesus? Would you venture to a mission field where less than one percent are Christian like Brother Bennie's father did? In the book, "My Father's Business —making the most out of His MUST", Brother Bennie shares the joys and challenges when his father was called to do missions. Initially resentful, it was God's faithfulness that softened Bennie's heart and called him to do similar work. "God's faithfulness is not determined by our own. He is faithful, no matter how faithless we are, and His goodness is not diminished by our sinfulness." Our default, as sinful creatures, is to go after our business and not God's business. Bennie explains this with his perspective on his parents' work. "Their business made no sense to me. It generated no money and made me unpopular with my friends. In fact, it made our entire family look foolish to everyone around us." For a while, Bennie followed his own business plan, with a focus on money and worldly success. While supporting family is a noble venture, Bennie acknowledges his motivation was ultimately self-serving as he struggled with his parents' beliefs about God. "They trusted God to take care of everything, instead of taking care of anything for themselves." Light the Darkness project. | AlphaMinistries.com 'Bibles for New Believers' provided by Alpha Ministries, supplies Bibles to followers of Christ living in some of most hostile places of the world. | AlphaMinistries.com Eventually, Bennie began to see the benefits of his parents' surrender and realized people who follow God have the opportunity to witness miracles and experience transformation that only comes by doing God's work God's way. "The same God is ready to do great things in your life as you surrender to Him and trust His leading in every detail," said Bennie. "When you choose to surrender every area of your life to God, He will faithfully point out any unknown strongholds that keep Him from having full reign in your life." While we may know this intellectually, many struggles with putting it into practice. By sharing his personal story, Bennie gives a real-world relatable experience of the joys we experience when we live by faith. His book encourages us to ask if we will be like Matthew, who fully surrendered to following Jesus at great sacrifice. He was willing to burn bridges as a tax collector and never looked back. Bennie does not present the journey as an easy path, but "My Father's Business" will bring renewed excitement for the Great Commission because it challenges readers to understand their part in it. Bennie invites readers to re-examine how they do business. For many of us, we list earthly things as our priorities, such as jobs and families. But God's priority is for us to go and make disciples. Bennie asks challenging questions about what success means with application points in each chapter to help put these principles into practice. He recognizes that it is not an easy change, but with prayer and full surrender, transformation is possible. It's time to line up our priorities with God's. Bennie encourages us to live like Jesus and go after the Father's business. "Jesus' life was spent doing nothing but contributing to the most significant business the world has ever known...His Father's! It took a long time," said Bennie, "but I eventually came to appreciate and understand the importance of dedicating my life's work to God." Buy Now

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