OC Blog Digest: Just Do It Now

“If you think making disciples of Jesus is all it matters in God's eyes, then just do it now!” - Alfred Chui

We know that making disciples is incredibly important … but sometimes we struggle to act!

Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve published two articles to inspire you on your disciple-making journey:

• 5 Reasons for Making Disciples explores Jesus’ call to his first disciples (and to us) to “go and make disciples”
• Wasting Seed looks at a familiar parable with a challenge to spread gospel seeds, freely and generously

Also featured in this Digest edition is:

• 6 Gospel Truths for TCKS – gospel truth for Third Culture Kids & Missionary Kids. You won’t want to miss this gem of an article written by an adult Missionary Kid! (Not a missionary kid? The beauty of the gospel is that this good news is relevant to us all.)
• A Prayer of Thanksgiving – even though Thanksgiving has passed, this is a quick prayer of thankfulness that is relevant to our everyday life.

May you be inspired, encouraged & equipped to go and make disciples!

Wasting Seed

Anybody who has visited my house knows I like to garden. A few years ago, my husband and daughter built me a greenhouse so I can start my plants from seed. Each precious seed is carefully placed in prepared soil and carefully nurtured to grow strong before being transplanted into the garden to grow up and produce a harvest. 

Recently I’ve been rereading the Parable of the Sower (or maybe better called the Parable of the Soils) from Matthew 13. 

What is startling to me in this parable is the complete disregard of the sower for all the seed that is wasted. No gardener deliberately throws seed on the path, or amongst weeds, or on rocky ground. Seed is reserved for fertile soil.  

So why is this sower apparently happy to waste so much seed? ... Read More

6 Gospel Truths for TCKs

Ethan, an adult Missionary Kid, shares 6 gospel truths for Missionary Kids & Third Culture Kids ...

"While there are many positive things about growing up as Missionary Kids, we face unique challenges and personal needs that sometime seem impossible to meet. Yet there is someone who promises to be able to meet those needs in a meaningful way, Jesus. The good news of Jesus is He can meet every need of our heart arising from growing up cross-culturally." ... Read More

5 Reasons for Making Disciples

“Why should I make disciples?” Listen again, in Matthew 28, as Jesus speaks to his disciples. Here are five reasons for making disciples ... Read More

A Prayer of Thanksgiving

"Lord God, you are the one who gives us each breath. On average, 22 000 of them every day. And we don't actually 'take' a breath. By your grace and through your creation, we receive each one ... " Read More