Taking Jesus to the Streets..And the Skit Guys

 
Seriously Though

Memorial Day was a great day of ministry for me.  I was in a parade with some awesome kids and teens from my church to represent Christ to the city.  We gave away candy, told people about Jesus, and stepped for the Lord. One thing that plagues some Christians is our ability to witness outside of the building.  The gospel is too important for those of us who have to good news to wait on those who don't know what they are missing to come to us.  We are the body of Christ and we need to make some moves.  Apostles are those that take the gospel to all the nations and all people.  I was both encouraged and a little confused when I woman got out of her car yesterday to hand me a track while I was walking to the church for the parade.  At first I thought "praise God for her bravery and her consideration to do the work of the Lord."  After my initial excitement for her evangelism, I remembered that I was wearing a shirt that had John 3:16 on it.  After that in my "judgement" mode I thought "that is a waste of a track! Give it to someone who needs it."  Thank God his thoughts are higher than mine because just that quickly God showed me that she needed to give it to me.  She needed a boost to her confidence and to let someone know what she was doing.  She needed encouragement to keep going.  She didn't have a team of 50 kids like I did to walk with.  She was one older woman in her little car, trying to take Jesus to the streets.  She was acting in obedience to the Lord in spite of her apprehensions, and she was awesome for her serve.  Lord help us to be bold for you and gracious with each other.  God has given each of us an assignment in the world.  We are to use every gift that we have to lift up the name of Jesus for all the world to see.  Your part is irriplacable.  Even if no one else understands, you are critical to the work of the Kingdom of God.  This world needs to see our praise, our worship, our conviction, and our love.  The results of the work that we do for God are not our business, but God said "15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." Mark 16:15

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

5 things that could keep you from getting so angry

So I find that there are certain things that when done make for a much better day than when I don't do them.  As a single mom sometimes it gets hard to do these and then everything seems to be a bigger ordeal for me. Lord help me to do better with that.  I would tell you don't judge me, but I know you are going to do it anyway so I will say please be gracious toward me.  1.  Start the snowball of positive thinking : For me this means prayers of thanks, reading my Bible, listening to positive music, writing a letter to God or to myself, even watching some Veggie Tales (what do you know about those Veggies?)  with my son sometimes.   The reality is there is enough negative that comes at me; why would I invite anything other than a flood of positive truth into my mind and my life? This is the day that the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it...or else!!!  haha just kidding (sort of) 2.  Wash up!: Remember when I said be gracious?...
Read more

Remembering the Veterans...All of Them

As I get ready to celebrate Memorial Day when we remember the veterans who have served in the armed forces I can't help but think about Ephesians chapter 6. I think of those who have armored up for not only this country, but for God's country.  We should be eternally grateful to these people, and as we remember them for their bravery  not just for America's sake but also for the sake of the people of God.  Some of us have stood in the gap for others, and many people still are standing in the gap for us.  Many men and women have risked their lives, and some given their lives, to protect/prevent us from disaster both physically and spiritually.  The Kingdom of God is real, and we Christians have residency there.  Just as the veterans of our country there are veterans of the Kingdom of God.  Paul was a veteran for example, and he gave up his life for the sake of the gospel.  Every person who has stood up against evil in this world and held up the b...
Read more

The Charity Case

People often times think of charity cases as people who are pathetic and desparately in need of someone to preserve their existance with some act of giving.  Some people pull out a check book or say a quick prayer, and trust me when I say those things are helpful, but charity is much more than that according to the Bible.  Charity can suffer for a long time and still be kind.  Charity is humble and honest.  Charity is everything that Christ did for us with his life, death, and resurrection.  Charity is something that we all need.  I need for people to be kind to me when I get on their nerves.  I need people to appoach me with humility when they see that I am going through something.  I need people to not rejoice in evil things, but to rejoice in the truth.  I need people who will bear with me, and believe in me.  If we were all honest I think that we would say that we are in need of people like this in our lives. We need charity, a...
Read more