THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONSTRAINETH YOU!              DO 2098           2/86
--Farewell Meeting with Departing Leadership Teams.

         1. LET ME ASK YOU WHY YOU'RE GOING.--Just to recruit missionaries? Just to get more support? If those are your only motives, those are good, but they are not enough. You'll be a failure & you will not accomplish your mission after all the sacrifice & expense & hard work & even dangerous situations, unless the Love of Christ constraineth you! (2Cor.5:14) Why are you going?--Because you love them & you want to help them. Right? The Love of Christ constraineth you.
         2. WILL YOU BE ABLE TO HONESTLY TELL ME RIGHT NOW THAT THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONSTRAINETH YOU? I want to hear you say it. (All: The Love of Christ constraineth me.) One at a time. (Faithy: The Love of Christ constraineth me.) (Paul: The Love of Christ constraineth me.) (Zeb: The Love of Christ constraineth me.) (Damaris: The Love of Christ constraineth me.) (Lois: The Love of Christ constraineth me.)
         3. IS THAT WHY YOU'RE GOING? THEN THE LOVE OF CHRIST WILL GO WITH YOU & THE POWER OF GOD & HE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU, if that is why you're going & what you're going for, because of Love, to feed His sheep! Jesus' last message, His P.S. to Peter was, "Peter, lovest thou Me?" Peter said, "You know I love You, why do You ask me that?" And what did Jesus finally say, what was the message He was trying to get across? He said, "Peter, feed My sheep!" (John 21:15-17)
         4. BECAUSE IF YOU LOVE JESUS, THEN YOU'LL LOVE THEM. You'll love them enough to feed His sheep. So that's why you're going, because you love them & you want to help them! Right?
         5. BLESS THEM, LORD, IN JESUS' NAME! May this be true always, every step they make, every place they go, every meeting they hold, every person they talk to, help them to remember that my last burden, Lord, my last request to them, my last commandment to them, Your last commandment to Thy disciples was to "Feed My sheep", love our neighbours as ourselves, the Love of Christ constraineth us, to feed Thy sheep!--In Jesus' name. PTL! TYL!
         6. (SINGS:) "I'LL GO WHERE YOU WANT ME TO GO, DEAR LORD, o'er mountain or plain or sea. I'll say what You want me to say, dear Lord, I'll be what You want me to be!" PTL!
         7. BLESS & KEEP THEM, LORD, STRENGTHEN THEM, GUIDE THEM, LEAD THEM, ANOINT THEM & EMPOWER THEM! Give them great faith & vision & real initiative, Lord, & courage to do this job! In a way it is almost a pioneer effort. We've never done anything quite like this before, so we do ask Thee to help them. We know You'll go with them, Lord, & we know You'll take care of them, as long as they obey & their motive is Love & Truth.--In Jesus' name, we ask for Thy glory. Bless & keep them & make them a blessing. TYJ! Amen! TYL!
         8. (SINGS:) "IF JESUS GOES WITH ME I'LL GO ANYWHERE! 'Tis Heaven to me wherever I be if He is there! I count it a privilege here, His cross to bear. If Jesus goes with me I'll go anywhere!" "God will take care of you, o'er every day through all the way. He will take care of you. God will take care of you!" Do you believe that? Praise the Lord! OK! Then go! Praise the Lord! God bless you! I love you! Our hearts go with you!

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