By: Scott Griswold

God's deep passion is to have each of His children in heaven for eternity. He wants His everlasting good news to penetrate every nation, tribe tongue and people. His highest priority is the lost sheep on the mountain, which has never had a chance to hear. So Jesus unrgently calls us to witness both in our Jerusalem (our neighborhoods) and to the ends of the earth. Every one of us is to be cross-cultural missionaries by going and sending others. Revelation 14, Luke 15, Acts 1.

God is doing great things throughout the world, but the task that remains is enormous. It will only be finished by a miracle of the Holy Spirit. This miracle will happen through His church. The Holy Spirit moved, moves and will yet mightily move through the fruits, tongues of fire and the gifts. These are lived out in our witness in who we ARE, what we SAY and what we DO. Summarized as ARE-SAY-DO. Holy Spirit come and let us go!

WHO YOU AR

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23

These characteristics are exactly what our family, friends, co-workers and the world must see in us in order to know God. When we are connected to God, these fruits will be in us and Christ lifted will draw all. How can we let the Holy Spirit give us a missionary heart?

1) Meditate. Focus daily on the Greatest Missionary-Jesus. Start with 2 Corinthians 8:9, Mark 1:38; Philippians 2:5-11, John 17:20-26, 2 Peter 3:9, John 3: 14-17

* Examine all your relationships in light of the fruits. What are you lacking?

* Picture how Jesus would be if He were you in every part of your day.

* Ask God to fill you with the Spirit and believe you have all the fruits as He promised.

2) Expand Your World View. Plead for God to enlarge your love for the unreached. Whole tribes of people have never had the chance to know their Father and receive salvation. No Scripture is in their language. Today 34,000 children died from hunger and preventable diseases.

* Understand who the unreached are by reading books.

* See the many needs and possibilities for ministry by visiting websites.

* Feel the excitement and heartache of God through His missionaries by inviting them to your church, reading their stories in books and magazines and by taking short-term mission trips.

WHAT YOU SAY

And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and they spoke the word of God with boldness. Acts 4:31

Character witness is not enough. They must hear the precious words of life (Romans 10:14-17). Let the Holy Spirit light your tongue and start a forest fire of His power through your family, your workplace and to those with languages you've never spoken of. How can you find the words?

1) Pray. No word spoken can transform any heart without God's power in it. Prayer is the key to unlock hearts, open doors and raise up more harvesters. Colossians 4:3, Ephesians 6:10-20, Matthew 9:36-38

* Ask God for a mighty spirit of intercession.

* Write missionaries to find out their specific needs and lift them up daily.

2) Match Your Testimony to the Need.

* Write in a notebook stories, your testimonies and Bible promises that match each of the following: Health, Fears, Unbreakable Habits, Friendship, Finances and Family, etc.

* Listen carefully to those with whom you want to share Christ's love and learn their needs.

* Ask God each day to help you know what to say and when.

* Share a story/testimony that shows God's power and love in meeting a similar need.

3) Speak in Various Tongues. In the U. S. there are 500 ethnic groups speaking 600 languages! There are 7 million Jews, 6 million Muslims, 2 million Native Americans, 1.5 million Hindus and .5 million Buddhists.

* Carry literature and Bible studies in the languages of those you pass daily.

* Learn how to reach people of various religions.

* Learn a new language.

WHAT YOU DO

God has dealt to each one a measure of faith, having the gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them. Romans 12. To preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives. Luke 4

We are to live the life of Christ in our home, our work and our free time. If His highest priority was to honor the Father by reaching His lost children, how will this look in our lives?

1) Go in Your Career. We spend so much time working that we must do our best to redirect our skills into jobs that actively promote God's kingdom.

* Ask yourself: Does my work live out God's desire for the world such as, freedom for those with dysfunction and addiction, health and healing for the sick, the reconciling of relationships and peace among nations, caring for the elderly, leading people to an eternal relationship with God, rehabilitating prisoners, providing economic security for the poor, protecting children and educating them for morality and service? If not, make a change.

2) GO Right Here. More than 2 million new immigrants come to America every year. They are eager for friendships and more open to Christianiy than anytime in their lives. 550,000 international students from 188 different countries study at our universities each year. They are the future leaders of many countries. We can touch the world as we reach out to those who have come to us.

* Start a ministry to international students, inviting them into your homes.

* Volunteer at a social service organization focused on an ethnic group. Tutor English.

* Begin a church plant among an unreached people group near you.

3) Go Way Out. Thousands of missionaries are still needed overseas. God has already issued you a call, so find a way to get out there!

* Go short-term and dig well, build a church, hold health/evangelistic/children's meetings, baby sit missionary kids, or do prayer marches through restricted access areas.

* Give a year of your life as a student missionary or retiree.

* Make tents! Take your career as Paul did and get an international job. Witness through your work and

plant a church on the side.

4) Send With Your Support. Missionaries are on the frontlines of the battlefield. They desperately need all kind of support from you.

* Look up missionaries' addresses and e-mail addresses.

* Send them packages and encouraging letters on holidays and birthdays.

* Know their needs and be there for them, even if it means sending their Grandma to help them out or sending them somewhere for a special vacation.

* Find out their furlough times and treat them.

5) Send By Your Money. Less than 1% of all offerings actually goes to help those who've never heard. We basically tithe to ourselves! Beyond that, as Americans we consume way more than the rest of the world, spending enough on pets and cosmetics that can feed all the poor.

* Redirect your offerings, giving much more to the unreached.

* Place a sacrifice box in your house. When you want something you don't really need, go without it and

put the money you would have spent in the box. Then send it to some special project. Live simply so

others can simply live.

* Hold a slum- a-thon or an international food fest to raise money.

* Stop buying on credit and learn how to get out of debt.

* Encourage every department of the church to take up a missionary focus and a specific project. Don't let missions become just a church program. It is THE church program.

6) Go And Send as a Family. Some people are so busy serving God they have no time for their families. This leads to a collapse of His entire plan. Unite together in seeking God to make you the family He wants you to be. Then serve Him together as a missionary team!

* Go through this paper together and decide what all of you would enjoy doing.

Jesus said. "Go ye therefore into all the world...and lo, I am with you always" Matthew 28. His wonderful presence is especially promised to you if you will take up His call to be a missionary by going and sending in all you ARE-SAY-DO!