Reminders When Sharing Christ

Don't Forget To Pray - Because sharing Christ is a spiritual battle, we must fight it at the spiritual level with our spiritual weapon - heartfelt prayer.  “Our battle is not against flesh and blood but powers and principalities.”

 Don't Forget The Power Of The Word - "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes." Romans 1:16

 Don't Forget To Love Them - They won't care about what you have to share if they don't feel you care. It's why you are sharing Jesus with them in the first place! Serve them. Be intentional with them. Give of yourself for them. Caring also means listening as well and valuing their opinion. "The love of Christ compels us." 

 Don't Forget The Holy Spirit's Work - When you are done sharing, your Spirit-filled words will leave an imprint that they will have to wrestle with.  No matter how much they fight they will go to bed at night, like you, and think over what was shared. "When He comes, He will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: about sin because people do not believe in Me." John 16:8-9. 

Don't Forget Your Story - Your testimony is powerful as well.  It is real stuff that God actually did and is doing in your life.

 Don't Forget To Keep Jesus As The Main Issue - You will get sidetracked often.  Most reasons adults reject Christ is NOT intellectual but moral.  Jesus is the issue at hand. He still asks the question that He did to Peter, "Who do you say that I am?"

Make Sure They Know How To Receive Christ - Even if they reject Christ, ask them:  “If you wanted to give your life to Christ how would you do it?”

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

THE GLORY OF GOD

Image
“ And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory. ” Matthew 24:30 The glory of God is cumulative manifestation of all that He is. It is the display of all His wonders; His attributes and works. His glory means His renown, honor, magnificence, and resplendence – all worthy of praise, exaltation and worship. He is distinguished above all and outshines everything and everyone, for all glory ultimately belongs to Him. His glory never fails to continually captivate all those who behold Him. He never fails to impress or elicit praise and adoration. His glory never fades and never passes away. It is eternal. The terms used for glory in the scriptures refers to being “heavy, weighty, powerful, burdensome”. It is the idea of having a weighty reputation and exceeding honor. It is also associated with overpowering brilliance, bright
Read more

Seven Lame Excuses Christians Use When Confronted For Their Bad Behavior:

Image
“Who are you to judge me? Let God judge me.” This is generally taken from Matt. 7:1. But read the rest of the verse - Matt. 7:2-5. Also read 1 Cor. 5:12-13; James 2:12-13; John 7:24; Matt. 18:15-17; James 5:20; Gal. 6:1. Continually throughout the NT, God commands His people to correct, rebuke, exhort and encourage. Note as well that the one who claims that they are being judged is also judging the person doing the confronting. Kinda kills the whole argument. The judging Jesus hated was both hypocritical and based upon perceived character and intent rather than an action witnessed. Only God knows the intent and the character. We however are supposed to judge one another based upon the fruit and the action of the believer. Imagine a world where no one pointed out the wrongs of life. If we truly love someone then how can we not warn them? God uses others within the Body to warn us of His judgment. It is to be done in humility and out of love - for the person and for God's holiness
Read more

Ray Rice and Domestic Violence

Image
You have most likely heard, and even seen, of the video with NFL star Ray Rice punching his fiancée, now wife, and knocking her unconscious. His actions have prompted a major yellow flag - both the loss of his NFL contract and an indefinite suspension from the league. The reaction from the public has been just as harsh and has turned into a social media gang-tackle. It is mind-blowing that in just just one second of rage a whole career, worth tens of millions of dollars was fumbled and lost. This horrendous event was caught on a security camera and now broadcast to all of America. Ray Rice has gone from football hero to number one public enemy in a matter of hours. This now public account of a private incident stands as a stark reminder to all of us that domestic abuse is a significant problem in our society.   The Frightening Numbers: 24 – the number of people per minute who experience intimate partner violence in the U.S. 1 in 4 - women in the U.S. report intimate partner v
Read more