"Look! I will force those who belong to Satan—those liars who say they are Jews but are not—to come and bow down at your feet. They will acknowledge that you are the ones I love." Revelation 3:9 (NLT)
How do you catch a mouse? You use cheese. How do you catch a kid? You use candy. How do you catch a pagan? You use their own thinking.
In the verse above God tells us that the real winners are not the successful business people or the accomplished and high paid athlete or even the long term politician. He says the winners are those He loves. My question is this: how do we make more winners?
Easy. You get them on their own turf, influence them, win the right to speak and then speak up.
Silence is deadly. Don't tell a person about Jesus and they go to hell. Don't warn a person of a serious mistake or illness or situation and their lives may have been harshly impacted forever.
Look at the other side. Warn them, tell them and get their attention and you may make them a winner forever. Tell them about Jesus and you will make the kingdom full of winners. Does that sound possible?
In this day of searching and with people all around us in deep need of significance, we cannot allow the world to answer the questions people are asking with the wrong or deceptive answers. It is our duty and responsibility to get their attention. Not by beating them over the head with a Bible. Not by opening the church doors and expecting them to come. Not by laying a tract on the table. We speak to them by finding a way to be heard. Use Billboards and radio commercials. Use the water fountain at work (like when Jesus talked to the woman at the well). Wear a Christian t-shirt with a message. Go see a friend who is lost with the intention of loving them to Jesus.
Simply put, we need to find some way to get the message out.
"And the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled." Luke 14:23 (NASB)
Friends, we must find ways to be relevant because what we have is what the world needs.
This week with the opening of the movie "The DaVinci Code" we have an opportunity to talk about Jesus in places that may not have been ready before. Talk it up. Step into unknown territory and on their turf. Be relevant. Let people know that Jesus is the answer.
How do you catch a mouse? You use cheese. How do you catch a kid? You use candy. How do you catch a pagan? You use their own thinking.
In the verse above God tells us that the real winners are not the successful business people or the accomplished and high paid athlete or even the long term politician. He says the winners are those He loves. My question is this: how do we make more winners?
Easy. You get them on their own turf, influence them, win the right to speak and then speak up.
Silence is deadly. Don't tell a person about Jesus and they go to hell. Don't warn a person of a serious mistake or illness or situation and their lives may have been harshly impacted forever.
Look at the other side. Warn them, tell them and get their attention and you may make them a winner forever. Tell them about Jesus and you will make the kingdom full of winners. Does that sound possible?
In this day of searching and with people all around us in deep need of significance, we cannot allow the world to answer the questions people are asking with the wrong or deceptive answers. It is our duty and responsibility to get their attention. Not by beating them over the head with a Bible. Not by opening the church doors and expecting them to come. Not by laying a tract on the table. We speak to them by finding a way to be heard. Use Billboards and radio commercials. Use the water fountain at work (like when Jesus talked to the woman at the well). Wear a Christian t-shirt with a message. Go see a friend who is lost with the intention of loving them to Jesus.
Simply put, we need to find some way to get the message out.
"And the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled." Luke 14:23 (NASB)
Friends, we must find ways to be relevant because what we have is what the world needs.
This week with the opening of the movie "The DaVinci Code" we have an opportunity to talk about Jesus in places that may not have been ready before. Talk it up. Step into unknown territory and on their turf. Be relevant. Let people know that Jesus is the answer.
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