ALASKA MISSION - DAY 1

 

"You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love." Galatians 5:13

Alaska Mission 2025 got off to a great start. We left the church a little after 11am today and had an uneventful ride to Atlanta. We are staying her overnight and will be flying out tomorrow at 9:00am. We are very thankful to Tanya Taggart for driving us down, and Mikenna Thomas for being her travel buddy. Please pray for these ladies as they return home tomorrow. 

It was wonderful to see our team interacting with one another and hear conversations going on as they are building relationships. That is one of the blessings of participating in a short-term mission trip, you really grow closer to those you are serving with. While we are serving others, we are also strengthening our relationships with brothers and sisters in Christ.

Our theme verse is Galatians 3:15 above. On this team, we are brothers and sisters in Christ, and we are to use our freedom in Christ to serve others, and do it in humility. We have stressed several times these past couple of weeks that this mission trip isn't about us, it's really not even about the people in Alaska that we are going to serve. This trip is about the Lord, and bringing Him glory, and that will only happen of we serve in humility, pointing people to Him.

Please keep us in your prayers, not only for safe travels and fruitful work, but that our hearts will be right with God and we will serve in the right attitude. 

Be sure to check out updates and pictures at our church's Facebook page. 

HUMILITY AND PRAYER

 
At Grace Point Church we began the year with a couple of different emphases; first we returned to our study of the Gospel of Luke. We started studying through Luke all the way back in November of 2021, so we've been at it a little over 3 years. We've taken some brakes for different sermon series, but we started this year in Luke 18. Which contributed to our second emphasis - prayer. For the last couple of years we've started the year with 31 Days of Fasting and Prayer, and you can check out the Prayer guide for this year HERE. 

Luke 18 has a lot of Jesus' teaching on prayer. Last Sunday we talked about being Persistent in Prayer, Luke 18:1-8. To encourage His followers to always pray and not lose heart, Jesus taught a parable about an unjust judge and widow who wouldn't leave him alone until he gave her justice. Jesus taught that, if a widow can get justice with an unjust judge through persistence, HOW MUCH MORE will God's children who pray to Him regularly, receive "justice" quickly. God is a gracious Father who loves to answer the prayers of His people. 

This coming Sunday, Nick Oakes, one of our Elders, will be teaching on "Humility: The Prerequisite of Effective Prayer and the Dangers of Spiritual Blindness." He will be teaching on Luke 18:9-14, The Parable of The Pharisee and the Tax Collector. This will be one of the most important messages in our prayer emphasis. I encourage to plan to join us Sunday morning at 9:00am for the worship service. And get a head start on the study by checking out the SERMON STUDY GUIDE HERE.