1. Grace Fellowship Church www.GraceDoctrine.org Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Sunday, October 19, 2008

2. 2008 Missionary Conference Pine Valley Bible Church Houston Texas

3. Pastor, Bruce Bumgardner Pine Valley Bible Church Houston, TX

4. Missionary Jim Dumas Ukraine

5. Jim Myers Ukraine Bible College

6. Saturday morning, Missionary Board breakfast Saturday Night, Missionary Banquet Sunday Morning Service, Missionary Preacher Sunday Evening, Missionaries’ presentation.

7. Missionaries, Bob and Linda Bates Philippines

8. Sunday Morning Service "How do we discern the leading of the Holy Spirit". Acts 13, 15, and Gal 5.

9. Acts 13:2 “The Holy Spirit said” A rare occasion where the Spirit spoke directly.

10. Acts 8:29, “Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go up and join this chariot.””

11. Acts 10:19, “While Peter was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.”

12. Missionaries are taken from leadership.

13. Acts 13:3 1) Fasting - setting ourselves aside for God in life, to hear Him more clearly.

14. 2) The Holy Spirit is responsible for the placement of personnel on the mission field.

15. Notice that the Holy Spirit is sandwiched between acts of service in verses 2 and 3.

16. Acts 13:4 They are sent out by the Spirit as a result of the acts of the body of Christ - praying / fasting / laying on hands.

17. The church at Antioch made one mistake they failed to support financially its missionaries, which eventually phased them out of the picture.

18. Philippi was the first church that actually woke up and realized the importance of supporting missionaries financially. Cf. Phil 4:15

19. Offering

20. Grace Fellowship Church Sunday, October 19, 2008 Tape # 08S-040 Missionary Conference Review Acts 13 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2008