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Posted on Sep 24, 2024
Ezekiel Diet Note: Missionaries do the most important work on the planet and we act like they don’t exist.
Millions worldwide are being jettisoned by democide eugenics murder into eternal damnation like so much garbage.
Every week from now on I want to spotlight another missionary family or organization worthy of your support. Organizations I give to.
I know Dan personally. Faithful monthly financial support allows Dan to give most of his books away free on Kindle and lower prices for a hard copy.
This new series of posts is in conjunction with my life experience and teaching Biblical Financial Concepts for 30 years. See a brief summary of that wisdom and teaching here: Financial Umbrella: Put a Missionary on the Payroll
Here’s my challenge, start sending any amount of money you feel led to give this missionary family every month, and watch what happens. You want to get God’s attention and blessings? Become a cheerful giver. Don’t give from leftovers; because there won’t be any. Give the first part and the last will take care of itself. God promises you will always have an abundance to give from. Put Him to the test; this is the only area in scripture God actually allows you to test Him. In Luke 6:38 KJV: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
God wants us to obey from love, not obligation. That’s why the apostle Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 9:7“Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”
The word used for “cheerful” in 2 Corinthians 9:7 is hilaros (doesn’t have anything to do with “hilarious”). Hilaros means cheerful, without grudging, and it implies giving with a gracious attitude. Therefore, we are to give because God says so but also because we are willing and happy to do so.
Source: https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/what-mean-god-loves-a-cheerful-giver.html
Here’s my next challenge to all the Alternative Media Podcasts out there. Do me a favor and invite these mission families on an occasional show so they can tell their story.
Dan and Elaine Lancaster
THE FOLLOW JESUS PROJECT | MYANMAR & GLOBAL
Dan Lancaster (PhD) and his wife, Holli, began serving internationally in Southeast Asia in 2003. They served with their four children in Myanmar and Thailand for twelve years. During his time in Myanmar, Dan and his national partner, Gilbert, developed Follow Jesus Training — a discipleship, leadership, and church planting program designed for semi-literate and non-literate people. This training has led thousands to Christ and facilitated the creation of countless discipleship groups and house churches worldwide.
The Lancasters returned to America in 2015, where Dan began to serve as Assistant Vice President for University Ministries at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. Tragically, ten months later, Dan lost Holli to ovarian cancer. In 2017, he returned to international missions with Love for Myanmar. He joined the Cornerstone International team in 2019 as Director of Coaching.
After seven years of loneliness and loss, Dan married Elaine Batson Payne in 2023. He is thankful to God for giving him another soulmate who is as committed to missions as he is. Dan is also a best-selling author, known for “Powerful Prayers in the War Room” and other books on practical discipleship and Christian living. He also writes Christian children’s books.
The views expressed on The Ezekiel Diet Blog are not necessarily the views of the owners, staff, employees, donors or missionary families of the Follow Jesus Project or Cornerstone International. Posting their information to help promote their needs should not be construed as an endorsement of the Ezekiel Diet Blog by the Follow Jesus Project, Cornerstone International or their missionary families.
