{"id":99,"date":"2013-07-28T21:28:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T01:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/mike-klontz\/?p=99"},"modified":"2013-07-28T21:28:37","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T01:28:37","slug":"our-privilege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/mike-klontz\/2013\/07\/28\/our-privilege\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Privilege"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102\" style=\"width: 319px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/mike-klontz\/files\/2013\/07\/IMG_3529-Copy1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-102\" title=\"IMG_3529 - Copy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/mike-klontz\/files\/2013\/07\/IMG_3529-Copy1-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commissioning service for outgoing missionary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>In our unique role as Representatives for NTM,<\/strong> we have the great privilege of witnessing the missionary life at all stages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We catch the dawning<\/strong> of understanding in the eyes of one who is moved with the Savior&#8217;s compassion for a dying world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We see the dedication<\/strong> of families and church bodies as they stand together, sending out one of their own precious workers in the name of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We hear the burden<\/strong> for the lost on the lips of the furloughing missionary and sense his groaning heart for all that is left to be done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We join in the rejoicing<\/strong> of the seasoned missionary who through years of labor, now returns, bearing news of\u00a0a fledgling church, growing strong and thriving because the people have been given the Word of God and trusting His Spirit to guide them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We stand at the bedside<\/strong> of the one who has labored not in vain, ready to step into the presence of the One Whom He has served with no regrets.<\/p>\n<p>These go out by faith, bearing precious seed and returning\u00a0with\u00a0rejoicing that they can be a part of His plan for a lost world! (Psalm 126:5-6)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Our great joy and privilege\u00a0is to encourage these dedicated laborors of Christ along their missionary journey from beginning to end.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our unique role as Representatives for NTM, we have the great privilege of witnessing the missionary life at all stages. We catch the dawning of understanding in the eyes of one who is moved with the Savior&#8217;s compassion for a dying world. We see the dedication of families and church bodies as they stand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-99","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/mike-klontz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/mike-klontz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/mike-klontz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/mike-klontz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/mike-klontz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/mike-klontz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/mike-klontz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/mike-klontz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/mike-klontz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}