Have you ever made a sacrifice?  You know, given something up in order to get or do something else?

Robert A. Jaffray was born in 1873 into a wealthy family. His father owned the Toronto Globe (now known as The Globe and Mail).  From the time he was born, Robert’s father had great ambitions for his son, that someday he would even be the CEO of the family company.  In 1897 Robert walked away from those dreams as well as the comfort and wealth of his family in order to become a missionary to Wuzhou, Guangxi, China.

Jaffray once said, “The supreme and crying need of this lost world is the Gospel. Shall we not rise at Christ’s command to carry the blessed saving news to every perishing one?”  The need to take the Gospel to the farthest reaches of the world compelled Robert to act, to sacrifice everything for the purpose of telling everyone about Jesus and the hope that is found in him.

Jaffray served Jesus and his mission in Wuzhou for 35 years, and then in a Japanese internment camp until 1945 when he died.   Robert A. Jaffray was willing to sacrifice everything, including his life, to see the  least-reached peoples of the world hear the Good News about Jesus Christ.  When you think about it, Jaffray was really just following the example that Jesus gave us. Jesus sacrificed everything for you and me. He invites us to do the same for others.

This weekend we are collecting a special offering to support the legacy of sacrificing in order to reach the least-reached peoples of the world.  Anything given to the missions fund this Sunday, and anything marked ‘Jaffray’ in October will go to support the work of reaching the Balinese Hindus, Yazidis of Northern Iraq, Wolof people and Fulani people.

Will you consider going without something today, so that someone can find Jesus tomorrow?  

This weekend we’ll also be continuing our “Becoming” series, and very fittingly exploring how faith and action fit together.  We’ll be looking at James 2:14-26 where we’ll discover that if you aren’t doing, you aren’t becoming, I hope you’ll join us!

See you Sunday,

Pastor Kirk

Did you miss last week?  The Becoming series is available online at mylivinghope.ca

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