Dare you believe that God will give it to you if you ask? Not everyone is called to be a Whitefield, a Billy Graham, or a Praying Hyde. But everyone of us is called to bear fruit—both fruit of the Spirit and the fruit of souls. (Google image, 12 ways to improve as a Christian)
Your leadership assignment may involve you primarily in administration, teaching, or other non-evangelistic duties, but you can still be fruitful. There is no greater joy than to lead a person to a transforming experience of Christ.
The more you taste this joy, the more you will want God to make you a soul-winner. How can you increasingly find this joy in your own experience?
1. Become more passionately committed to Jesus Christ than ever before. This is the foundation of soul-winning motivation and this is the secret of radiant Christian attractiveness. The more personal your daily fellowship with Jesus, the more thrilling your personal prayer communion, the more naturally and eagerly you speak about Jesus as you share with others, the more God will be able to use you.
2. Specifically ask God to give you a passion for souls. Make it a part of your daily prayer to ask God to help you lead people to Christ. Make it one of your daily priority requests.
3. Ask God to give you a sensitivity to others. Ask Him to give you eyes to see and ears to hear those about you. Ask Him to help you discern the hurts, heart cries, and needs of those you meet.
4. Ask God to make you spiritually radiant. Each day ask Him to make you Christlike, overflowing with joy in the Lord and anointed by the Spirit in all your contacts. Ask Him to put something of His presence and glory so evident in your face and in your actions so that others will be attracted to Him.
5. Ask God for winsome boldness in witnessing. Ask Him for a loving, caring spirit of initiative to make you recognize open doors and help you buy up your opportunities. Ask Him to make you alert to seize strategic moments for the Lord.
6. Ask God to make you confident and positive. He will gladly deliver you from fear. The more you speak to others about Christ and about their personal spiritual life, the more confident you will become and the easier it will become for God to use you.
7. Put constant priority on prayer. Put priority on both communing prayer and interceding prayer. Prayer is the key to your personal spiritual radiance. Prayer is the key to guidance in your contacts and witness. Prayer is the key to the anointing of the Spirit on your life and efforts.
Prayer is the key to God's power clothing you so that there is a divine dimension in your soul-winning efforts. Prayer is the key to a passion for souls and to all your spiritual life. Put priority on prayer.
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Used by permission of the author and Duewel Literature Trust, Inc., Greenwood, Indiana. Creative reading style by Jean.
Ablaze for God
#29 How to Receive this Passion
by Dr. Wesley L. Duewel(pp. 109-112) ZondervanPublishingHouse
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Father, increase our desire for passion for souls, and may we accept a new dimension of fruitfullness in our leadership responsibilities. Help us believe that You will give it to us.
May we become passionately committed to Jesus Christ, and become more personally involved and eager to pray and speak about Jesus to folks we meet in various opportunities given us.
Give us a passion for souls, as well as a sensitivity for their needs. Make us spiritually radiant, confident and positive. Let our prayer commitment be of a constant priority, so as to have a divine dimension in our soul-winning efforts.
We ask this for Your honor and glory, Father, in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Today's Bible verses-
Eph. 5:27 (KJV)) "That he might present it to himself
a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any
such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish."
Prov. 11:30 (AMP) " The fruit of the [uncompromisingly]
righteous is a tree of life, and he who is wise captures human
lives [for God, as a fisher of men—he gathers and receives
them for eternity]. (See also Matt. 4:19; James 5:20).
Today's quote-Eph. 5:27 (KJV)) "That he might present it to himself
a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any
such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish."
Prov. 11:30 (AMP) " The fruit of the [uncompromisingly]
righteous is a tree of life, and he who is wise captures human
lives [for God, as a fisher of men—he gathers and receives
them for eternity]. (See also Matt. 4:19; James 5:20).
Quin Sherrer- "Many of us start praying for a miracle when we have exhausted every other remedy. And while it would be better if we were to begin rather than end with prayer, God hears our cries, no matter how dark the situation facing us may seem." (p.61, Miracles Happen When You Pray).
Today's question-
Do you think the Church is ready for the Rapture?
In these "last days" we're witnessing a great falling away of faith and love for Christ Jesus, so that may be why the Father is moving on us to change our ways to get ready for Christ's return for His Bride; who is to be without spot or wrinkle. [See Eph. 5:27 above)
The love of the church as a whole, has lost its first love, so we simply must seek God to renew our love for the lost, who are daily dying and heading for an eternal state of complete separation from His Love and care.
Children must come to know Jesus for themselves in a saving, redeeming manner, just as we did. There will be no "grandchildren" of faith in heaven. Hopefully, they'll be won to faith in Jesus by someone's efforts in sharing the Gospel with them before death or by the time Christ comes for His Bride.
We need to pray for them to have a hunger for the Lord, so He'll be able to lead them to those who can influence them to know and live for Jesus.
Father God will complete His work in us until the Church is ready. What Christ did at Calvary is enough to cover every sin ever committed! We must pray for the Holy Spirit to so move in lives, that they'll be drawn to those who are faithfully living lives that reflect our Lord Jesus Christ, and to surrender to His saving grace and will for them. (Taken from notes of a message by Doc Wilson).
Do you think the Church is ready for the Rapture?
In these "last days" we're witnessing a great falling away of faith and love for Christ Jesus, so that may be why the Father is moving on us to change our ways to get ready for Christ's return for His Bride; who is to be without spot or wrinkle. [See Eph. 5:27 above)
The love of the church as a whole, has lost its first love, so we simply must seek God to renew our love for the lost, who are daily dying and heading for an eternal state of complete separation from His Love and care.
Children must come to know Jesus for themselves in a saving, redeeming manner, just as we did. There will be no "grandchildren" of faith in heaven. Hopefully, they'll be won to faith in Jesus by someone's efforts in sharing the Gospel with them before death or by the time Christ comes for His Bride.
We need to pray for them to have a hunger for the Lord, so He'll be able to lead them to those who can influence them to know and live for Jesus.
Father God will complete His work in us until the Church is ready. What Christ did at Calvary is enough to cover every sin ever committed! We must pray for the Holy Spirit to so move in lives, that they'll be drawn to those who are faithfully living lives that reflect our Lord Jesus Christ, and to surrender to His saving grace and will for them. (Taken from notes of a message by Doc Wilson).
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