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3.23.2010
God is good. All the time.
The other night, I was working. 'Cause that's what I do. I work. Gotta make a living. (I have to confess that when I work, I generally don't look for God to do much. He's there. I thank Him for my clients and my work. But I don't generally think about ministry while I'm designing a web page.) And yet. He is there anyway.
There are many things that will serve to evangelize, but few are as powerful or as irrefutable as your testimony and the sign of a changed life. If your faith is true, your life will show fruit of that faith. The fruit of my faith is a changed life in Christ Jesus, and a testimony of the things He has put out of my life. And God uses that testimony again and again.
Wherever you are. Whatever you are doing. Know that God can use you. Even more, that He wants to use you. And it's awesome when He does.
Be rad for Jesus. And be ready.
So, as I was working, I checked facebook. I try not to, because it ends up distracting me. But I did this time. And I got a message from a friend. We'll call him "John". He had questions about God. Now, "John" and I go way back. We go back to high school, more than ten years ago. We used to party together. Now, I'm a Youth Pastor. So "John" from high school has questions about God, and God uses me to answer some of those when I am supposed to be working. I'm posting this to show that there is never a time when God can't/won't use you. We must always be listening.
I won't post what was said. I will only say that a changed life gave rise to a question about why I changed. The cool thing is, this is not the first time someone from my past has asked why I changed.There are many things that will serve to evangelize, but few are as powerful or as irrefutable as your testimony and the sign of a changed life. If your faith is true, your life will show fruit of that faith. The fruit of my faith is a changed life in Christ Jesus, and a testimony of the things He has put out of my life. And God uses that testimony again and again.
Wherever you are. Whatever you are doing. Know that God can use you. Even more, that He wants to use you. And it's awesome when He does.
Be rad for Jesus. And be ready.
Labels: Christian, evangelism, love, questions, testimony
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12.02.2009
The Jesus you share will be the Jesus they know. (by BSoltis)
My buddy Dennis shared a quote with me from one of his teachers in seminary.
"The Jesus you share will be the Jesus they know."
Some people have told me before that I am bold about sharing my faith and one of the things that spurs me on is this quote. As a Christian, if you don't share with others about Jesus then whom do you think will?
A lot of times we think that we're doing our part simply by inviting people to church. We think that if they reject our invitation then we can just write them off as a heathen. It's always good to invite people to church, but think of it from a secular perspective. If one of your buddies invites you to a bar and you don't drink, would you go? If they are Muslim, Jewish or Wiccan would you go to temple with them? Probably not. This means that the best influence you can have on them would be to show you are a man of integrity. Show them through your life/lifestyle what it means to be a follower of Jesus; an ambassador to Christ; a Christian.
Also, take time to listen. A lot of times people are talked AT, but few are talked TO, especially by Christians. Brush up on apologetics and ask your friends/strangers about their faith and learn the differences. More often than not, people can remember the false encounter they had with a "Christian" who didn't know their material. This is yet again another reason why we need to be reading our Bible daily.
Here's another solid quote.
"It's not about trying to win an argument; it's about winning a soul."
I think that was taken from Mark Cahill's book "The One Thing You Can't Do In Heaven" (a book about evangelism). Mull these quotes over and check out this definition of integrity. I think it goes hand-in-hand with this theme and should be applied in our everyday lives.
in-teg-ri-ty (noun)
1. adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
2. the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished: to preserve the integrity of the empire.
3. a sound, unimpaired, or perfect condition: the integrity of a ship's hull.
Have a heart for the lost and view others as God would view them. Call one another out in TRUTH and in LOVE.
Make sure you're reading your Bible to hear all that God has in store for you. God bless you all!
"The Jesus you share will be the Jesus they know."
Some people have told me before that I am bold about sharing my faith and one of the things that spurs me on is this quote. As a Christian, if you don't share with others about Jesus then whom do you think will?
A lot of times we think that we're doing our part simply by inviting people to church. We think that if they reject our invitation then we can just write them off as a heathen. It's always good to invite people to church, but think of it from a secular perspective. If one of your buddies invites you to a bar and you don't drink, would you go? If they are Muslim, Jewish or Wiccan would you go to temple with them? Probably not. This means that the best influence you can have on them would be to show you are a man of integrity. Show them through your life/lifestyle what it means to be a follower of Jesus; an ambassador to Christ; a Christian.
Also, take time to listen. A lot of times people are talked AT, but few are talked TO, especially by Christians. Brush up on apologetics and ask your friends/strangers about their faith and learn the differences. More often than not, people can remember the false encounter they had with a "Christian" who didn't know their material. This is yet again another reason why we need to be reading our Bible daily.
Here's another solid quote.
"It's not about trying to win an argument; it's about winning a soul."
I think that was taken from Mark Cahill's book "The One Thing You Can't Do In Heaven" (a book about evangelism). Mull these quotes over and check out this definition of integrity. I think it goes hand-in-hand with this theme and should be applied in our everyday lives.
in-teg-ri-ty (noun)
1. adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
2. the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished: to preserve the integrity of the empire.
3. a sound, unimpaired, or perfect condition: the integrity of a ship's hull.
Have a heart for the lost and view others as God would view them. Call one another out in TRUTH and in LOVE.
Make sure you're reading your Bible to hear all that God has in store for you. God bless you all!
Labels: Christian, evangelism, jesus, love
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