August 5, 2019
If there’s someone in your life with whom you’ve been wanting to share your faith, you might be held back by the thought that you need to be a Bible scholar, charismatic, extroverted, or extraordinarily brave or articulate. God doesn’t necessarily want you to be any of those things. Instead, He looks for these five qualities in a person so that, through them, God can bring the Gospel of His Son Jesus Christ to others:…
Read MoreJuly 22, 2019
Sharing your faith isn’t as complicated or scary as we tend to make it. The word evangelism can conjure up a variety of images and thoughts, ranging from world missions to flashy televangelists. Many faithful church members would answer, “Evangelism? Oh, that’s something our preacher does on Sunday morning.” Well, yes . . . and no. Many years ago, I heard one of the greatest definitions of evangelism, and to this day it has stuck…
Read MoreMay 28, 2019
Do you ever find yourself in a situation where you want to share the hope of Jesus with someone but you feel afraid or unsure of what to say? As Christians, we have a helper available to us at all times, and that helper is called the Holy Spirit. Here are four important ways the Holy Spirit works and give us courage to face our fears: 1. He Prepares Right now, wherever you are, God…
Read MoreMay 6, 2019
When my grandmother met my grandfather, he was a lawyer for the United States government, working in Tulsa, Oklahoma. When they met and fell in love, he did what every respectable young man in that day would do: he took her home to meet his mother. But my grandfather had to warn my grandmother about something. “Millie, I’m taking you home to introduce you to my mom,” he said. “As soon as you walk in…
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