Start of the Year - Day 5 "Galatians"

What do these people (the Galatians), who lived in the Middle East almost 2,000 years ago, have to do with us ,as we live in Papua New Guinea in 2015?  

This year for our 3 PNG missionaries will be  wild one.  This is the first year that they are running the ministry together (since Eva passed away last year).  This will also be the first year of two for their staff training (on the field training - learn-and-apply) with 2 trainers from Australia & USA.  They will feel the pressure of performance to be a godly leader, a good missionary, and a faithful discipler.

So, to help them start the year with the right perspective, we have been studying the book of Galatians this week, one chapter at a time.  So far we've found:

1. That the true Gospel came directly from God, not from another human; 
2. There is no other Gospel other than Jesus crucified & risen from the dead, completely paying for ALL of our sin (complete forgiveness);
3. The truth of the Gospel is that we come to Christ through FAITH and we live our earthly lives trusting Jesus at all times to live His life through us;
4. There are lots of people who influence us to believe that our success lies in what we do - we're "foolish" (unintelligent) if we start following them;

Thank you for praying for these 3 missionaries: Elton, Greg, & Lillian!  God will use them to turn PNG upside down.