Location and TimesI just arrived back home after leading Victory Baptist Church from Ruffin, NC to Arequipa and back. I had a great time with Pastor Scott Hefner and his people. On Monday I drove up to meet them in Read more […]
Archives for June 2009
God hears and answers prayer
“A mother at our mission station died after giving birth to a premature baby. We tried to improvise an incubator to keep the infant alive, but the only hot water bottle we had was beyond repair. So we Read more […]
Alex Montero’s salvation testimony
Alex Montero Testimony from MIcah Rastelli on Vimeo.
Believing prayer!
Matthew 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. One of the greatest weaknesses in my life is believing prayer! I dare not accuse anyone else of this same Read more […]
Baptized and added to the church!
Alex Montero became Vision’s newest member yesterday through believer’s baptism. God dealt with his heart during the Our Generation Leadership Camp. It was a great time. We are excited about all Read more […]
The Forgiven forgive!
Matthew 18:33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? The story is a classic. The first man owes a debt that he literally could never have paid. Read more […]
5 Models for Training
Jake Taube – 5 Models for Training from Mark Tolson on Vimeo.
World Evangelism Quotes 2
EVANGELISM is just one beggar telling another beggar where to find bread. –D. T. Niles If your Gospel isn’t touching others, it hasn’t touched you! –Curry R. Blake We must Read more […]
World Evangelism Quotes
· Why should anyone hear the gospel twice before everyone has heard it once. Oswald J. Smith · “Father make me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single Read more […]
Faraway Hearts
Matthew 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. They were figuring out ways to justify their behavior regardless of Read more […]
Contentment with godliness is great gain
Dear Vision, It is a great honor and privilege to get to open and preach the Word of God to you each week. Lord willing, we will finish the book of Hebrews this Sunday. Next week we will head into the Read more […]
Unbelief hinders the work of God!
Matthew 13:58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. It is amazing to me that He did not do many of the things that He could have and would have done due to their lack of Read more […]
Pack Your Headstone!
John Leonard Doper and David Nitschman are names you may not readily recognize. John was a potter and David a carpenter. Ordinary occupations, extraordinary men. They became slaves in order to have the Read more […]
Worthy of Him?
Matthew 10:37-38 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth Read more […]
Why give to missions? 4
Isaiah 53:10-11 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Read more […]
2009 Vision T-Shirts
After several weeks of intense competition, Philip Bassham won our Vision T-Shirt Design Contest. You can see a picture it on the Welcome Center in the main foyer. We will be taking orders once again Read more […]
Commanded to pray about this!
Matthew 9:37-38 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest . Have Read more […]
Where is your tent pitched?
In his devotional book Quiet Talks with World Winners, S.D. Gordon recounted a story of a group of amateur climbers who planned to ascend Mount Blanc in the Swiss Alps. On the evening before the climb, Read more […]
Happy Anniversary to Mark and Amy Coffey
God greatly blessed me and also Vision Baptist Church when He gave us the gift of Mark and Amy Coffey. Mark has worked with me for years. When I said that God had dealt with my heart about starting Vision Read more […]
Biggest hindrance to prayer
Matthew 6:6-13 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Read more […]
Why should I give to missions? 3
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. What a promise! He will supply all of your needs! Do you realize the context of this great promise? Read more […]
Let it be so and soon!
Malachi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: Read more […]
A very blessed church-Vision Baptist Church
God has been so good to Vision Baptist Church. He has given us several missionaries that are sent out of our church. Mark and Amy Coffey Director of Vision Baptist Missions and representing the Peru Bible Read more […]
More on the Our Generation Leadership Camp
After you read this let me invite you to our next event-The Our Generation Summit! There will be updated info on that page in the next few hours! Many of the students filled out a questionnaire before Read more […]
Why should I give to missions? 2
Philippians 4:15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. The Read more […]
Where is your treasure?
Andrew Pearson made this video years ago. He just graduated from the Art Institute and is now more of an expert but I do not know if anyone can communicate a better truth than he did in this video. We Read more […]
Just a reminder
Haggai 2:8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. Just a simple statement. He says it belongs to Him! The silver and the gold are His. Could it be possible that many of Read more […]
Why should I give to missions?
Philippians 4:17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. In this verse Paul is talking about the missionary offering that they sent him. He says that he didn’t Read more […]
Where do you find your joy?
Habakkuk 3:17-19 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the Read more […]
Getting Reasonably Involved in Missions
How do you get reasonably involved in world evangelism? I am not sure that you can. It is a pretty important cause. It is the cause of getting the name of Jesus and His gospel to the entire world. Think Read more […]
Raising Children info-importance of Dad
“Without two parents, working together as a team, the child has more difficulty learning the combination of empathy, reciprocity, fairness and self-command that people ordinarily take for granted. Read more […]
Arrows in the hands of a mighty man
Dear Vision, Today is Father’s Day! I thank God for the privilege of making me a dad and granddad. This is a great day for us as Dads! I thank God for the family that He has given me. Betty and I were Read more […]
Our Generation Leadership Camp
The Our Generation Leadership Camp that we just finished was greatly blessed of the Lord! I do not know if you read the previous post but that is how the Camp came to be. We would sit around my living Read more […]
Devising and working!
Micah 2:1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. Micah pronounces a woe on the wicked Read more […]
How to have a Passion
This is a follow up to a previous post on how to have a passion for world evangelism. It is much the same with a few added details. First, realize that how you think in your heart will affect all about Read more […]
How do I feel a Passion for the World?
I am often asked how I can always seem to have such a passion for world evangelism. How is it that I can feel a passion for the world? Here are a few ideas and I will share more in a later post. First, Read more […]
My Comfort is more important!
Jonah 4:9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. God has sent Jonah to preach to the city of Nineveh. God has worked Read more […]
Radiant Singleness – Krissy’s Story
My sister-in-law, Krissy, chose to set her life apart for Christ at a young age. As an outflow of her devotion to Him, she made a decision to live faithfully for her future husband; not to give her heart, Read more […]
Our Generation Leadership Camp
God has really blessed this week in the Our Generation Leadership Camp. Several have committed to do whatever God would have them do with their lives. One has accepted Jesus Christ as His Saviour. God Read more […]
Chris Gardner’s prayer letter
Dear Pastors and Praying Friends, PRAY PRAY PRAY for us in Peru right now. It seems the enemy is trying his best to harm the work in Peru. We are going through trials and troubles that we have not Read more […]
Giving and Generosity
· Americans spent more on dog food last year, than they did to send the gospel around the world. · Americans spend hundreds of dollars a month more on luxuries, than they do for missions. How much Read more […]
Famine
Amos 8:11-12 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: And they shall wander Read more […]
Raising World Evangelism Children!
Here are just some thoughts about raising children that God will use to get the gospel message around the world. You can think on them and then comment below and tell me what you think! Proverbs 22:6 Read more […]
Gracious and Merciful
Joel 2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Some where Read more […]
Arrows in the hands of a mighty man
As I think of Father’s Day I thought of the great privilege of raising children. I thought of how God allows us to raise children as a way to impact the world with the gospel message. Check out this passage Read more […]
But if not!
Daniel 3:17-18 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that Read more […]
Turning Bitterness into Forgiveness
Most people have “the root of bitterness†embedded deep in their hearts, and it keeps sprouting up as anger, depression, and defeat. But a Christian can turn that bitterness into godly joy Read more […]
Happy Birthday and thank you
Very few people carry the load in our church that Kristen Pearson carries. She is our church pianist. She spends many hours every week practicing and working with our people to get the music ready. I Read more […]
Father’s Day is coming
I hope you are planning on being in church on Sunday for Father’s Day. One of the greatest joys of my life is being a dad. As a dad you should be setting an example to your family that that the worship Read more […]
HOW GOD TAUGHT ME TO GIVE
by Oswald J. Smith Oswald J. Smith, founder and pastor of the world-famous People’s Church of Toronto, known for its support to missionaries, relates how God taught him to give. He also explains the Read more […]