In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hands, for you know not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether both alike will be good. – Ecclesiastes 11:6, Amplified Bible Most of us have a near insatiable desire to know the future. We want to know what’s going… Continue reading Be a faithful sower of the Word.
Category: Evangelism
God is closest to you when you make disciples.
…I am with you all the days… – Matthew 28:20 In the introduction to David Platt’s book, Follow Me, Pastor Francis Chan (author of the book, Crazy Love) wrote the following: “When people say that they don’t “feel close to Jesus,” I ask them if they are making disciples. After all, his promise to be… Continue reading God is closest to you when you make disciples.
It’s time for you to be like a grain of wheat.
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest. – John 12:24, Amplified Bible It is possible to… Continue reading It’s time for you to be like a grain of wheat.
Be ready when you least expect it.
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. – 2 Timothy 4:2, King James Version (KJV) Sara is a missionary to the Philippines. Not long ago her parents visited her in the mission field, and during their visit, something quite unexpected happened. Sara and her parents… Continue reading Be ready when you least expect it.
Be ready to defend your faith.
…Always be ready to give a logical defense to anyone who asks you to account for the hope that is in you, but do it courteously and respectfully. – 1 Peter 3:15, Amplified Bible My family recently attended a Bible study and dinner party hosted by a dear family from our church. During the get-together,… Continue reading Be ready to defend your faith.
Never, never, never stop asking God for the souls you love.
…yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. – Luke 11:8, KJV I have a friend named Phil. For years Phil confessed Christ to his sister, and for years his sister rejected God vehemently. His sister’s antagonism towards God spilled over into antagonism towards Phil, yet he… Continue reading Never, never, never stop asking God for the souls you love.
What goes around comes around.
For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. – Galatians 6:7b, Amplified Bible Some years ago an older couple from the northern part of the country retired to sunny Florida. They moved into the late author/speaker Earl Nightingale’s neighborhood, but barely six months after moving in, Earl noticed that… Continue reading What goes around comes around.
Don’t bottle God up. If you do, others will suffer needlessly.
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him… – Luke 10:33, KJV There are people all around us who are desperately hurting spiritually. They try to break free from their emotional pain, and occasionally they enjoy a respite. But, on the whole,… Continue reading Don’t bottle God up. If you do, others will suffer needlessly.
Before God takes away your worries, He wants to take away your sins.
Jesus answered and said unto him [Nicodemus], Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. – John 3:3, KJV This world is home to a lot of defeated Christians. But for many self-identified Christians, the root cause of their defeat is not their failure… Continue reading Before God takes away your worries, He wants to take away your sins.
God is better than a Netipot.
…out of the fulness (the overflow, the superabundance) of the heart the mouth speaks. – Matthew 12:34, Amplified Bible I am allergic to just about everything God has created. Despite taking daily doses of an antihistamine, a nasal steroid, and an asthma inhaler, I would regularly contract a sinus infection – which would often turn… Continue reading God is better than a Netipot.