20150910 TEDS chapel Tom Lin
Summary
TLDRIn this inspiring talk at Trinity, Tom shares his journey from aspiring for the American Dream to becoming a missionary. Married to Nancy with two daughters, he recounts his experiences leading the Urbana Student Missions Conference and his unexpected call to missions in Mongolia. Tom discusses the challenges of leaving behind wealth, family, and pride to follow Jesus' mission. Despite hardships, he emphasizes the blessings and fulfillment that come from committing to God's global mission, urging listeners to find and follow their own 'Mongolia' to bless the nations.
Takeaways
- π Married to Nancy for 16 years and has two daughters, Abby (10) and Olivia (8).
- π Grew up near Trinity in Park Ridge and Niles, Illinois.
- π Directs the Urbana Student Missions Conference, the largest student missions conference in the world.
- π Emphasizes the significance of missions and calls to reconsider personal priorities in favor of global missions.
- π§βπ Was initially focused on the American dream and a high-achieving career but felt called to missions.
- βοΈ Discussed the story of the rich young ruler from Mark 10, highlighting the difficulty of leaving behind wealth and status.
- πΌ Identifies future wealth, relational wealth, and pride as the main obstacles to committing to missions.
- πͺ Shares personal challenges, including strained relationships with his parents over his decision to pursue missions.
- βοΈ Spent four years in Mongolia, dealing with extreme conditions and pioneering an evangelical student movement.
- π Encourages others to follow God's call to missions, whether locally or globally, and to embrace humility and dependency on God.
Q & A
Who is the speaker and what is his connection to the local area?
-The speaker is Tom, who is married to his wife Nancy for 16 years. He grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois, and Niles, Illinois, which are just a few miles from where the speech is being given.
What are some key details about the speaker's family?
-Tom has two daughters, Abby and Olivia. Abby is 10 years old and Olivia is 8 years old.
What is the Urbana Student Missions Conference and what is its significance?
-The Urbana Student Missions Conference is the largest student missions conference in the world, expecting 16,000 to 20,000 students every three years. It has been taking place since 1946 and is known for inspiring many missionaries, as noted by Billy Graham.
What did the speaker initially believe about missionaries and how did this perception change?
-The speaker initially believed that missionaries were strange people who had nothing better to do and were only for super spiritual individuals. His perception changed through his experiences and calling, realizing the importance and impact of missionary work.
What does the speaker discuss in relation to the story of the rich young ruler in Mark chapter 10?
-The speaker relates his personal journey to the story of the rich young ruler, emphasizing the challenge of giving up material wealth and societal expectations to follow Jesus' call to mission work.
What were the three categories of 'wealth' or 'idols' the speaker struggled with?
-The three categories were future wealth (careers and money), relational wealth (relationships with family), and pride (desire to be known and remembered).
How did the speaker's parents initially react to his decision to pursue missions?
-The speaker's parents argued with him, pleaded with him not to pursue missions, and even threatened to harm themselves. They cut off communication with him for many years.
What significant life change did the speaker and his family make, and how did it challenge them?
-The speaker and his family moved to Mongolia to pioneer an evangelical student movement. This move was challenging due to the extreme poverty, harsh climate, and cultural differences.
How did the speaker describe the transformation in his understanding of mission work?
-The speaker realized that mission work required humility and serving from a position of weakness, rather than strength and pride. This shift in understanding was significant in his approach to missionary work.
What was the outcome of the speaker's reconciliation with his mother before she passed away?
-The speaker's mother apologized to him, asking for forgiveness for not supporting his missionary work, which led to their reconciliation before her passing.
What was the main message the speaker wanted to convey to the audience about mission work?
-The speaker emphasized the importance of being willing to give up personal wealth, relationships, and pride to follow Jesus' call to mission work. He encouraged the audience to consider where their 'Mongolia' might be and to embrace the challenges and blessings of mission work.
Outlines
π€ Personal Introduction and Urbana Missions Conference
The speaker introduces himself as a married father of two daughters, Abby and Olivia, and shares his connection to the local area. He is deeply involved in directing the Urbana Student Missions Conference, the world's largest student missions conference, which has been running since 1946 and is known for inspiring many to become missionaries. The conference features renowned speakers, seminars, and a variety of cultural and religious activities. The speaker extends an invitation to pastors and church leaders to join the conference and encourages the audience to consider their own calling to missions.
π The Illusion of the American Dream and the True Mission
The speaker reflects on his upbringing, where he was taught to pursue the American dream and view missionaries as peculiar individuals. He contrasts this with his own journey, where he was initially focused on academic and career success, shaping his identity around achievements and wealth. However, upon encountering Jesus' call to missions in Mark 10, he felt a void in his life and a divine invitation to give up his wealth and follow a mission path, which he initially found challenging and counterintuitive to his aspirations.
πΌ The Cost of Leaving Behind Future Wealth for Missions
The speaker delves into the concept of 'future wealth,' which includes careers and financial success, and how these can become idols that hinder one's willingness to follow a mission. He shares his personal struggle with leaving behind the promise of a lucrative career to become a campus missionary, a decision that led to a shift in how others perceived him and his life choices. The speaker emphasizes the sacrifices involved in missions and the need to reassess one's priorities in light of a calling to serve God's mission.
π¨βπ©βπ§βπ¦ The Sacrifice of Relational Wealth in Missionary Work
The speaker discusses the difficult decision to leave behind 'relational wealth,' particularly the strained relationship with his parents when he chose to follow his missionary calling. He describes the emotional turmoil of this separation, the depression his mother fell into, and the years of no communication. However, he also shares the eventual reconciliation and his mother's eventual understanding and support for his mission work, highlighting the personal costs and eventual healing that can come from such sacrifices.
π Overcoming Pride and Embracing Humility in Missions
The speaker addresses the third category of costs in missions: pride. He talks about his initial reluctance to go to Mongolia due to language barriers, cultural differences, and the fear of being humbled and dependent on God. Despite his fears, he obeyed God's call and moved to Mongolia, where he and his family faced significant challenges but also experienced profound personal growth and spiritual fulfillment. The speaker reflects on the paradigm shift in Western missions, moving from a position of strength to one of humility and service.
π The Blessings of Following Jesus' Mission Call
The speaker concludes by sharing the blessings that have come from following Jesus' mission call, despite the hardships. He references Mark 10:29-30, where Jesus promises a hundredfold return in this life and eternal life in the age to come for those who leave behind family and possessions for the gospel. The speaker's personal experiences in Mongolia and the US have been filled with miracles and growth, both spiritually and in relationships. He encourages the audience to consider their own 'Mongolia' and to embrace the mission field, whether it's across the world or in their own neighborhood.
π A Prayer for Missionary Commitment and Blessing
In the final paragraph, the speaker prays for the students and attendees, expressing gratitude for their opportunities and resources. He asks for obedience to God's call to sell and leave behind whatever is necessary for the mission. The prayer also seeks healing and provision for those who have paid a cost in their mission work. The speaker prays for God's blessing on the student body as they step into their mission roles and for the emergence of a generation that will bless the world through their commitment to God's mission.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘Urbana Student Missions Conference
π‘Rich Young Ruler
π‘Mongolia
π‘Sacrifice
π‘Missionary
π‘Call to Missions
π‘Relational Wealth
π‘Pride
π‘Mark 10
π‘God's Global Mission
Highlights
Speaker introduces himself, mentioning his wife Nancy and two daughters, Abby and Olivia.
Describes directing the Urbana Student Missions Conference, the largest student missions conference in the world.
Mentions that the Urbana conference features over 200 seminars, General Sessions integrating arts, theater, and multi-ethnic worship.
Invites attendees to the pastors and church leaders track at the Urbana conference.
Shares personal story about not originally aspiring to be a missionary, viewing missionaries as only for 'superhero Christians.'
References the story of the rich young ruler in Mark 10 to discuss the challenges of following Jesus and engaging in missions.
Identifies three main challenges or 'idols' prospective missionaries often face: future wealth, relational wealth, and pride.
Describes the personal sacrifice of turning down six-figure jobs to follow Jesus's call to be a campus missionary.
Recounts the difficulty in his relationship with his parents after deciding to pursue missions, including a period of estrangement.
Describes being called to serve in Mongolia, facing extreme conditions and significant lifestyle changes.
Shares the challenge of overcoming pride and the necessity of adopting a position of weakness and humility in missions.
Discusses the shift in mission organizations from being drivers of mission to being servants and consultants invited by indigenous communities.
Highlights the idea of 'mission from below,' as opposed to 'mission from above,' emphasizing humility and service.
Shares success in Mongolia, including the establishment of the Mongolian Fellowship of Christian Students and seeing over 500 students come to Christ.
Concludes with a message about the transformative power of following Jesus's call to mission, despite the challenges and sacrifices involved.
Transcripts
it's a joy to be here at Trinity with
you I thought I'd start by introducing
myself a bit married to my wife Nancy
now for 16 years and we actually grew up
just a few miles down from here in Park
Ridge Illinois at niles illinois so it's
good to be closer to home I'm also the
father of two daughters we have a
picture here Abby and Olivia they still
liked school these days so that's the
first day of school Abby is now 10 years
old and olivia is eight years old so
they're a lot of fun after my family
what takes up a lot of my time is
directing the Urbana student missions
conference the largest student missions
conference in the world sixteen to
twenty thousand students we're expecting
every three years it takes place since
nineteen forty six we've been going and
Billy Graham often shares that half of
the missionaries in the world were
likely called to the mission field at in
Urbana conference it's also a five-day
experience majority will voices or
something is something that we try to
bring in world-class speakers we've got
over 200 seminars General Sessions that
integrate the arts theater and
multi-ethnic worship in fact your very
own Jonathan worship leader here is at
our worship team meeting right now in
California so we're glad to have him
over 250 mission organizations and
seminaries educational institutions will
also be at urbana representing a
diversity of mission fields will have
morning bible studies engaging in the
scriptures and small in large groups as
a conference and i also want to extend a
personal invitation to you all to our
pastors and church leaders track so
you're all welcome to come also to
invite those young adults from your
churches as well we'd love to have you
now one of the things you should also
know about me is that growing up I never
dreamed of being a missionary I never
thought I looked like a missionary in my
home the one thing I was never taught
was to be a missionary I was taught that
missionaries were strange people with
nothing better to do with their lives
you know I was taught the missionaries
are only for this super spiritual you
know the superhero Christians I was
taught to be a good
instead and taught to pursue the
American dream a white picket fence home
with 2.5 cars in 2.5 kids so my parents
they came from poverty in Asia so I
would not have to live in poverty in
Asia I was taught to be like the rich
young ruler we see in mark chapter 10
he's the guy who goes up to Jesus just
to make sure he has the basics of a
spiritual life cover right he's the kind
of guy that I think our parents would be
proud of he's a child prodigy top of his
class at the University of Galilee the
CEO of a startup company in a hundreds
of millions of dollars of stock options
he's a good moral guy to he was good at
most of the commandments you know he
gave gave to local temple took care the
elderly respected his parents he's the
kind of guy that I think our parents
would say hey why can't you be more like
him you know or those of us who are
thinking about marriage you know that
the kind of guy appearances say why
can't you marry someone like him right
but there's one thing that he's missing
this one thing to for this guy who
seemingly had it all so we're going to
look at mark 10 this morning it's
typical not your typical mission story
your seminary students here graduate
students you know about missions you
probably have heard about it before you
can easily access information we're
going to do a heart check this morning
and think about and talk about our heart
for missions so let's look together mark
chapter 10 verse 17 starting in verse 17
it'll also be up here but you can follow
along in your Bibles as well good
teacher he asked what must I do to
inherit eternal life why do you call me
good jesus answered no one is good
except God alone you know the
commandments do not murder do not commit
adultery do not steal do not give false
testimony do not defraud honor your
father and mother teacher he declared
all these I have kept since I was a boy
what must I do to inherit eternal life
this young leader wants it to do
checklist you know Jesus tell me what do
I need to do to cross that line and
don't tell me what I don't need to do
you know that extra credit stuff you
know missions is extra credit isn't it
right Jesus says well you're a smart guy
you know the commandments you know
Exodus 20 now if we look at this passage
right what's odd about the commandments
here if you look at verse 19 what's odd
about it verse 19 do not murder do not
commit adultery do not steal do not give
false testimony do not defraud honor
your father mother how many are there
here six right six Commandments why
these six these are commandments that
deal with our relationships with other
people right the commandments we
normally think of when we say well I'm a
good family oriented hard-working
church-going person so I can go to
heaven and you kind of get the feeling
that this rich young student is thinking
the same thing teacher he says I have
kept all these since I was a boy and he
gives himself a nice pat on the back
good job good job what's missing the
other four commandments the commandments
dealing with our relationship with God
so Jesus asked this guy to do something
really difficult he says in verse 21
Jesus looked at him and loved him one
thing you lack he said goes so
everything you have and give to the poor
and you will have treasure in heaven
then come follow me at this the man's
face fell he went away sad because he
had great wealth he shocked he leaves in
tears because his identity has been
rooted in his wealth
if we're to follow Jesus into his
mission in the world is important for us
to remember that Jesus doesn't give us
easy calling Jesus is saying in mark
chapter 10 is mission can be costly at
times can I hear an amen right as I
travel across different campuses across
the country or internationally there
have been three categories of wealth or
or or idols that I think students most
often wrestle with areas that are
difficult for many prospective
missionaries around the world to go sell
and leave the first that I want to
explore this morning is selling and
leaving future wealth future wealth this
can be future wealth can be our careers
it can be money can everyone save money
money right some people get very excited
when they say the word money I was
raised not to worship God but to worship
the straight a report card or a certain
type of career that can be only
described as full-time professional
positions with unlimited financial
potential okay any of you hear that
before and if I couldn't do that I had
to at least go to graduate school to get
some letters after my name you know md
JD PhD doctor Reverend know whatever I
could be got to go to graduate school
right and I was doing pretty well on
this track as a young adult when I
graduated high school I was like this
rich young student graduated top of my
class at main south high school again
just a couple miles away top of my state
in the state of Illinois was on the
cover of magazines on an ESPN television
special parents would say their kids hey
you see that guy Tom there why can't you
be more like him you know and then
parents who say the daughters you see
that guy Tom there why can't you marry
someone like him no then as a student at
Harvard University I came in ready for
my multi-million dollar professional
career i shaped my identity around it I
needed to study all the time so I could
get straight A's to graduate
valedictorian to go to Harvard Law
School to get those JD letters after my
name to make my millions
I chased their dream until one day when
it was finally within reach I felt empty
there's something inside of me that says
there's one thing missing that dammit
Jesus through a Bible study on campus in
mark chapter 10 and Jesus said I have a
mission for you Tom go sell everything
you have and give to the poor and you
will have treasure in heaven then come
follow me it meant making a decision to
turn down six-figure jobs to follow
Jesus call to be a campus missionary
with intervarsity a job with virtually
no security no financial potential and
no letters after my name it meant
watching my classmates have careers that
only my parents could dream up and here
i was doing this missions thing and soon
I began to notice parent started seeing
their kids now you see that guy Tom
there don't be like him hey and mothers
began singing of the daughters you see
that guy Tom there don't even think
about marrying someone like him I cried
out to God if you're calling me at
emissions why won't you make it easier
as Trinity students I think we're also
not immune to this even our pastoral
careers can be an idol or a wealth that
Jesus may call us to leave someday if
you've ever been to a pastor's
conference before we often see passes
struggling with idolizing their ministry
careers how does our future wealth
prevent us from engaging in God's
mission how am I God be calling us to go
and sell that well for the sake of
reaching the nation's
a second area of costs that I see vary
widely around the world is relational
wealth relational wealth or our
relationships with families can everyone
say family family this is happening in
many parts of the world of course and
maybe some of you in this room have paid
this cost dearly probably the hardest
relationship in my life that I've left
behind in order to follow Jesus into
mission has been my relationship with my
parents now the first thing I want to
say is I love my mom and dad dearly
there's nothing I would have not done
for them but sometimes Jesus says in
order to come follow me into mission
it's going to inconvenience your family
it's going to inconvenience your parents
or your children when i first responded
to god's calling my 20s mom and dad
argued profusely with me for days and
days and days and finally after all the
arguing they got down other knees with
her palms open they said tom our lives
are in the palm of your hands please
don't crush us then mom and did all
their arguments when she said tom if you
do this missions thing I will kill
myself they cut off communication with
me for many years my phone calls were
unanswered my letters were unreturned
they went into severe depression left
the church seven years later my mom was
diagnosed with stage four cancer given
less than a year to live and we still
had not reconciled again I cried out to
God if you're calling me to missions why
won't you make it easier it's hard
following Jesus into mission sometimes
well fast forward a few years later I
was serving as a campus minister and
closed to going anywhere outside the US
and so while dating Nancy one day she
says to me Tom would you ever consider
serving overseas and i responded right
away I said no I love American students
and I love America little did I know
that was her marriage interview question
and I had failed it well over the course
of months and a year or two grad
gradually changed my heart through Nancy
and through the scriptures as i looked
at the Word of God I saw from Genesis to
revelations our God is a missionary God
I began to realize that all the
blessings had obtained in my life all my
honors all my education all the riches
were for a grander purpose to reach the
nations with the gospel in at urbana
2000 God captured me with this vision
for the world and i responded to him yes
or whatever i can do for your mission
whatever I can do I'll do it so we went
on short-term opportunities to places
like Vietnam Laos Brunei Cambodia who
began researching long-term
opportunities and finally the Lord led
us to Mongolia to go and sell to pioneer
an evangelical student movement there
ironically we found ourselves living in
Asia and in poverty here's a picture of
us so my wife Nancy right there there's
my oldest daughter Abby when she was a
baby in Mongolia and that's not our
horse but looks great in the picture
yeah it was a scary task Mongolia is a
former communist country where in 1989
there were no known Christians in the
country is a country without Christian
history the first Bible translated in
the year 2000 it's a country which most
people refer to as the middle of nowhere
it's a country in extreme poverty at the
time the average income was less than
forty dollars a month three million
people in the country 33 million hurted
animals and besides all that it was cold
negative 40 degree winters that lasted
seven months
right and we were living in California
at the time so we thought god can we
actually survive here this brings me to
our third category of costs and
following God's call to global missions
it's the third thing that ruled me which
was pride pride having a ministry that
was known and remembered versus a
ministry that was unknown and forgotten
being someone who was known and remember
versus being someone who was unknown and
forgotten I didn't want to go to a place
where I'd be utterly humbled and
dependent on God so when God first said
go i said no i said i don't know that
language i'm terrible at learning
languages i don't like to be embarrassed
and frankly i'm scared but God said go
leave behind her English you're
preaching will be useless in English I
said god I'm a city boy from Chicago I
can't rough it I've been pampered all my
life you know I don't know the slightest
thing about surviving in the countryside
send someone else but God said go I said
God you know we're too young you know we
need more training but God said go and
so we said God were too old send someone
who says some young college students you
know but God said go we left the pride
we had in our friendships our community
here starting over was hard there were
times when we're Mongolia Nancy and I
would just turn to each other and say
honey we have no friends you know Leslie
new begin talks about this challenge of
pride for this generation of North
American missionaries he says this we
are forced to do something that Western
churches have never had to do since the
days of their own birth to discover the
form and substance of a missionary
church in terms that are valid in a
world has rejected the power and
influence of the Western nations
missions will no longer work along the
stream of expanding Western Power as we
learn a fresh what it means to bear
witness to
the gospel from a position out of
strength but a weakness what does it
mean for North Americans to bear witness
from a position of weakness and humility
instead of strength and pride for
Western mission organizations today the
changes have been paradigm shifting
we're seeing example after example of
organizations shifting their identities
and roles from being American drivers of
mission to being servants and
consultants that bring value when
invited in by indigenous communities
around the world Missy hola geologist
Samuel Escobar adds that our challenge
is to do mission from below in contrast
of the pattern of old Christendom or
that could be described as mission from
above from a position of military
financial or technological power are we
willing to learn and do mission from
below well we respond to Jesus is called
the go and sell and leave our pride for
the sake of reaching the nation's well
after serving in Mongolia for four years
we said to the Lord thank you very much
God we're humbled enough we learned a
lot we're done and so we began praying
for our new mission we became burden for
the growing number of unchurched in
America refugees they were coming
growing in number international students
campuses in the US without Christian
witness so we dreamed of coming back to
California that all is going to be good
asian food in california we're going to
go back there or we dreamed of going to
boston where we live for some time but
the only image that the lord gave us was
this Kansas and Missouri which we now
fondly call the Mongolia of the u.s.
okay one of my seminary classmates said
tom is so interesting you're leaving
Mongolia and going to the most unsexy
ministry I can think of
so we moved to Missouri and in Missouri
we were forgotten again humble some of
the hardest years of our lives but God
doesn't call us to be remembered or
known by the world God doesn't call us
to sexy ministry he doesn't give us easy
calls to us to the rich young ruler to
Trinity students go and sell everything
then come follow me where is your
Mongolia where is that unreached people
group that unsexy place that God may be
calling YouTube where's that place of
utter dependence on the Lord I want to
conclude with the ending of the mark
chapter 10 passage and a phrase we can
easily miss this is transformed the way
I think about God's called the mission
in verse 21 there's a gem here it says
Jesus looked at him and loved him Jesus
loves him Jesus doesn't want to be mean
to this guy and I ask myself then if
leaving this one thing behind is so
painful and hard how is this out of love
peter has the same question if we look
at verse 28 he says Jesus look I've left
everything and followed you what about
me and Jesus answers in verse 29 says I
tell you the truth no one who has left
home brothers or sisters or mother or
father or children or fields for me in
the gospel will fail to receive a
hundred times as much in this present
age homes brothers sisters mothers
children and fields and with them
persecutions and in the age to come
eternal life god is faithful amen Jesus
essentially says here I know it's going
to be hard but it's going to be so good
your investment in my global mission as
hard as it is will result in more
blessing it in my life as I've left
certain things to follow Jesus God has
given tremendous blessing 100-fold a
hundred fold in our faith we've gotten
to see miracle after miracle in the US
and in Mongolia during our time in
Mongolia we pioneered the Mongolian
Fellowship of Christian students it's
now registered with the Mongolian
government we've seen over 500 students
come to Christ during that time six
indigenous Mongolian staff here some
some pictures here we've received a
hundred fold in our relationship in our
marriage as well
my marriage has continued to thrive even
though there have been challenges God
has brought us through our relationship
with our children they've been safe and
physically healthy I often say in
Mongolia my kids never once got sick you
know when they got sick when we came
back to the US a hundred fold in our
parental relationships churches
surrogate parents around the country
have come around in support of us and
then a few months before my mom passed
away we've received a hundred fold again
my mom had invited be home to be with
her and she motioned over to me to sit
by her and the sofa and I sat down next
to her she held my hand and tears are
streaming down her cheeks and she said
to me Tom there's something I've been
wanting to say to you for a long long
time now I'm so sorry I'm so sorry I
should have supported you all those
years will you forgive me those have
been words that I was waiting to hear
for well over seven and eight years and
God finally gave them to me and we
reconciled that day shortly before she
passed away God is faithful amen
it's hard following Jesus and giving
your life to God's global mission but
it's so worth it where is your Mongolia
for some of you the next step maybe to
go on a short-term mission maybe spend
one to two weeks one to two months where
you're looking at different
opportunities God's heart for the
nation's many of you have had a couple
months of vacation during the summer
times I often say to people take a
vacation that will bless the nation's
don't go somewhere boring like Hawaii
you know or go and get a five-day taste
emissions during your winter break by
coming to urbana 15 invested short time
researching opportunities meeting
thousands of missionaries finding your
place in God's mission now for all those
of you you're ready to commit long-term
you here at Trinity you're already
thinking long term your Mongolia might
be the unprecedented refugee crisis in
Syria or the Middle East your Mongolia
might be unreached people groups in
South Asia where there are more than 40
people groups of greater than 100,000
are completely unengaged with the gospel
mostly Hindu and Muslim groups or your
Mongolia might be one of the two
thousand language groups around the
world without the Word of God Bible is
people groups and for some of us eager
to cross the oceans your Mongolia might
actually be crossing the street of your
own neighborhood reaching the world that
has come to us I love this quote by JD
Payne says something is mission Lee
malignant if we make sacrifices to
travel the world to reach people but are
unwilling to cross the street it might
not be clear right now what your role
might be how your current Studies at
Trinity fit in but his invitation is
clear he wants you to go in cell to
follow Jesus into mission will you say
yes to going to your Mongolia to
blessing the nation's
let me pray for us
Lord we thank you for the gifts the
opportunities and the resources you have
blessed us with thank you for the
opportunity to study here at this
institution thank you for the access to
resources for the gifts you've given
each person here individually and Lord
we come to you today saying we want to
use those and put them at your feet Lord
to bless the nation's we want to use
what you've given to us to bless the
nation's and Lord should there be an
area of our lives which are calling us
to go and sell and leave Lord might we
be obedient to that would you highlight
that highlight that in our hearts this
morning whatever that area of cost may
be for those of us who have paid costs
Lord and we're hurting or would you come
alongside us would you minister to our
hearts which you provide in the in the
deepest yearnings of a heart those
provisions that we're asking for Lord
would you bless Lord would you bless
this student body this morning as they
go out and follow you into mission Lord
we pray that from this room would come a
generation that would bless the world
indeed we love you lord continue to
speak as we take next steps in mission
together in Jesus name we pray amen
you
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