What are God's priorities for the family?
In a mission-minded family, there’s a God-infused energy. There’s a focus on God’s worldwide purpose, and there’s a passion for the lost. There’s a spiritual depth and hunger that reaches beyond the maintenance mode of cultural Christianity. A mission-minded family emphasizes leadership, calling, and destiny. There’s a prevailing attitude of self-sacrifice and an emphasis on total submission to God’s will. And there’s an unmistakable and contagious joy.
The Mission-Minded Family - Releasing your family to God's destiny
By Ann Dunagan (Published by Authentic Media, Scheduled for release - May, 2008)
From the back cover:
Dunagan, who wrote The Mission-Minded Child, brings the same perspective to what it means to be a mission-minded family. This book includes suggested activities for families to participate in together as well as resources to help families develop the desire to be more missions-focused.
She discusses the need for families to balance and prioritize their everyday lives and delves into what a family’s finances would look like if they were focused on missions.
This practical book is the perfect companion to The Mission-Minded Child. Families who read and practice principles from this book will receive a rekindled closeness as they participate in ministry together.
At Mission-Minded LIFE, we want to encourage you to focus on God's worldwide-purposes; at the same time, we want to motivate you to maintain God's priorities-at-home. Proverbs 127:4 tells us, "Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth." We need to "aim" our children toward God's "mission" for their lives. And for parenting to be effective (by God's standards), our "bow-string" must be strong and alligned according to biblical priorities. A powerful bow is fastened tightly on two ends; and as mission-minded families, we must keep two priorities in balance: God has a passion for our home (including our personal relationships with Him), and God has a passion our world! Both priorities are vital!
Psalm 112:2 says, "His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed." As parents, may we live "upright" in God's eyes, so this will be true for us!
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