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| | Do Not Fear! Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 ESV
Lord Jesus Come! |
| | ... in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their sins against them... 2 Cor 5:19
... Through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Acts 13:38
"I will forgive their iniquity, I will remember their sin no more.” Jer 31:34b
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| | | | | Prayerless Pews and Powerless Pulpits Ken Barnes
Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we ask you to pray for us. Pray that the Lord's message will spread rapidly and be honored wherever it goes, just as when it came to you. (2 Thessalonians 3:1 NLT) Are we praying for our Pastor as we should be? Prayerless pews will bring to pass powerless pulpits. I once taught a large Sunday school class in a church. An African-American lady often approached me after class and told me how much she was getting from the teaching. She sometimes seemed so excited that she was ready to jump up and down. Then, others in the class looked like they could not wait for the class to be over. Pondering this, I asked the Lord why this lady was so excited about my teaching, and others seemed bored to tears. Aren't they hearing the same thing, Lord? One Sunday, I got the answer. The lady approached me, expressing her gratitude for the lesson that day, and added, "I never miss praying for you before I come to Church. I told myself, that's it; if you want something from a lesson, put something into it. And the most important something is always prayer. Charles Spurgeon, the patron saint of all Baptist preachers, was one showing a group of young pastors around his massive Church. He told them he wanted to show them his "Boiler Room." He took them down to the basement, where a hundred people were praying. Whenever he was asked the reason for the success of his ministry, he would always answer, "My people pray for me." The Puritan Jeremiah Burroughs once said, "It is common for Christians who are going into surgery to pray for the wisdom and skill of their doctors. How common is it that Christians would pray the same for the men who treat their souls?" Just as we pray for a skillful hand with a surgeon's scalpel, we should petition God that our Minister "rightly divide the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15 NASB). If you lack power in your Church's pulpit and have not been praying for your Pastor, you have only gotten what you deserve. Prayerful pews bring powerful pulpits. Contact Ken and read more HERE. |
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| Life of Jesus: The Four in One Gospel of Jesus
Nikola Dimitrov
Have you ever wondered about the chronological order of events in the life of our Lord Jesus while He was on earth? Or have you heard the secular accusations that the 4 gospels in the Bible contradict each other?
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Perfect to equip the believer for defending their faith. Ideal to send to a skeptical friend, family member or inmate (free e-book or $3.66 print copy). Great for teens and young adults who have never reviewed the objective evidence for God's existence and identity. God has used Gravity to help lead many to Christ, even atheists. It is being used in over 1,300 prisons, numerous college campuses and online in several languages.
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GO HERE to order your copy of Gravity to be sent to your lost friend or family member who is (incarcerated or not) and needs Jesus. Offer them the gift of eternal life in Christ for $3.66. What a great investment.
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The steps to share your faith without fear – no confrontation. Pray and then get them alone.
Ask these five questions to help discover their personal spiritual condition.
Do you have any kind of spiritual belief?
To you, who is Jesus?
Do you think there is a heaven and a hell?
If you died right now, where would you go?
If what you believe were not true, would you want to know it?
Listen to their answers in a calm and open way. You are asking their permission to share Christ with the last question. If they say no, you can drop it – no confrontation. You have still done the work of Christ and offered the truth.
Here are a series of five Bible verses to ask the lost person to read aloud if you have their permission. Let them read them and remain silent. After each verse they read, ask them what it says to them. If they misunderstand, ask them to read it again until they admit the truth in the verse.
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 3:23 ESV
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 ESV
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 ESV
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 ESV
if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.… Romans 10:9-10 BSB
Then ask them a series of five questions that summarizes the truth of the verses and lead the lost person to the point of decision.
Are you a sinner?
Do you want forgiveness for your sins?
Do you believe Jesus died on the cross for you and rose again?
Are you willing to surrender yourself to Christ?
Are you ready to invite Jesus into your heart and into your life?
Lead them in the Sinner's Prayer if they are ready to make a decision. Stay in touch and get them discipled or connect them with a local fellowship or small group for future growth.
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