Spirit of The Paul Mission

1. The absolute assurance of salvation
We need to do His missionary work with a grateful heart for His great salvation, saying, "How could I pay back for His grace given to me?"

2. The absolute calling
A missionary should confirm the calling from God to serve a missionary for his life. Without definite sense of calling he cannot be faithful to his task commissioned by God.

3. The absolute prayer
A missionary must be a student of prayer school. While Jesus ministered on the earth, "He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears" (Heb 5:7). Martin Luther prayed for two hours a day. A missionary worker needs to pray to God for his needs, believing that God will provide for the needs.

4. The absolute thanksgiving
The Scripture says, "Give thanks in all circumstances" (1 Thess 5:18). Give thanks to God after your prayer, believing that you've received what you requested to God. Complaint, grudge, and irritation are products of the devil. The Lord says to you, "Do not be anxious about anything." Thank God and praise Him seven times a day, while entrusting to God all your matters you worry about.

5. The absolute obedience
Jesus was "obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross" (Phil 2:8). The Bible frequently mentioned the concept of obedience. It teaches slaves to obey their masters, wives to obey their husbands, and Christians to obey their Lord. We must obey our Lord because He is the King. God could use mightily men who obeyed Him in light of history. Learn biblical lesson regarding obedience towards God, authority, and leaders. Obedience is voluntary to people who love.

6. The absolute commitment
A missionary needs to have an attitude in which he is determined to be buried in his mission field after he finishes his mission on its soil. Jesus also died on His mission field, which was the earth. It was because of commitment to the cause of the kingdom of God that financial supporters for world evangelization contributed to the expansion of missionary work emptying their pockets to offer to God. We want to serve God with commitment and sacrifice as the Lord said, "Freely you have received, freely give" (Matt 10:8).

7. The absolute love
Move forward with love the Prophet Jeremiah cherished in his heart aflame with God's love. Ordinary people might do missionary work without love for people. Missions demands a missionary with love for the lost. A missionary needs to say, "Christ's love compels us" (2 Cor 5:14), as the apostle Paul said to his hearers. Follow in the footsteps of great men of God who loved even their enemies. Real love enables us to accomplish the missionary work successfully.