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Someone needs what you've got !
'WE SAW HIM WITH OUR OWN EYES AND TOUCHED HIM WITH OUR OWN HANDS.' 1 JOHN 1:1
Someone close to you today needs what you've got. They may not know it or even want it but they need it nonetheless. What is it they need? Christ! 'We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands...now we testify...to you that he is the one' (1 John 1:1-2 NLT). But before others will be attracted to Christ they must first see Him working in your life. After all, if the shoes you're wearing don't look very comfortable, why would they want to put them on? After his life-changing encounter on the Damascus Road, God told Saul of Tarsus, 'I have appeared to you to appoint you as my servant and my witness...tell the world about this experience' (Acts 26:16 TLB). Understand this: every experience you've had with God has one purpose; to make you His 'servant' and His 'witness'. That's your assignment!
If you're serious about it, guard your tongue! You'll never win people to Christ if all they hear coming out of your mouth is 'what's wrong' with the church, preachers, and Christians etc. Like the bumper sticker says 'Christians aren't perfect, just forgiven!' The church is a hospital where Jesus, the Great Physician, makes wounded people whole and while some in the church are doing well, others are in critical care. Properly understood and presented this should draw people, not drive them away. So what's your job? To be His servant and His witness, to introduce them to Christ, the One you have seen with your own eyes and touched with your own hands; He will do the rest!
written by Bob Gass
'WE SAW HIM WITH OUR OWN EYES AND TOUCHED HIM WITH OUR OWN HANDS.' 1 JOHN 1:1
Someone close to you today needs what you've got. They may not know it or even want it but they need it nonetheless. What is it they need? Christ! 'We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands...now we testify...to you that he is the one' (1 John 1:1-2 NLT). But before others will be attracted to Christ they must first see Him working in your life. After all, if the shoes you're wearing don't look very comfortable, why would they want to put them on? After his life-changing encounter on the Damascus Road, God told Saul of Tarsus, 'I have appeared to you to appoint you as my servant and my witness...tell the world about this experience' (Acts 26:16 TLB). Understand this: every experience you've had with God has one purpose; to make you His 'servant' and His 'witness'. That's your assignment!
If you're serious about it, guard your tongue! You'll never win people to Christ if all they hear coming out of your mouth is 'what's wrong' with the church, preachers, and Christians etc. Like the bumper sticker says 'Christians aren't perfect, just forgiven!' The church is a hospital where Jesus, the Great Physician, makes wounded people whole and while some in the church are doing well, others are in critical care. Properly understood and presented this should draw people, not drive them away. So what's your job? To be His servant and His witness, to introduce them to Christ, the One you have seen with your own eyes and touched with your own hands; He will do the rest!
written by Bob Gass
