Thursday, January 30, 2020
10 things that will change your life ... and the lives of others
Ten things that can change your life. But be sure you want it changed. And you will help someone else change theirs.
1. Read the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) every day for one week. Or a month.
2. Pray for every one of the neighbors on your block. If you don't know them, meet them.
3. Have every one of your close neighbors over for a meal this year.
4. As you get to know them, ask if there are specific things you can pray about for them.
5. Find someone at church you don't know, especially if you think they are a visitor. Meet them and invite them to lunch. Or even better, have them over for a meal. Learn their story.
6. Pick someone older that you that you admire spiritually and ask them over. Pick their brain. Tell them you want advice for your life. Hear their story.
7. Pick someone younger in your community of faith and ask them to hang out. Hear what's going on in their life.
8. Follow up by doing something for your new friends. A note of encouragement. Banana bread. A gift card to a restaurant.
9. Invite someone to church. And by someone, I mean a non-believer. Let them know if they have questions about anything, you would love to talk with them about it.
10. Ask God to open doors for you to share your Jesus story. You know, how you met him and what he does for you. When the opportunity comes -- and it will -- have the courage to sit down over coffee and share your story.
These things will change your life. And God will put you in relationships that need you to share Jesus or to help them in their walk. That will change their life.
But when you do these, it will take time, effort, resources. It requires faith and courage.
Real believers committed to making more believers.
Join with us.
1. Read the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) every day for one week. Or a month.
2. Pray for every one of the neighbors on your block. If you don't know them, meet them.
3. Have every one of your close neighbors over for a meal this year.
4. As you get to know them, ask if there are specific things you can pray about for them.
5. Find someone at church you don't know, especially if you think they are a visitor. Meet them and invite them to lunch. Or even better, have them over for a meal. Learn their story.
6. Pick someone older that you that you admire spiritually and ask them over. Pick their brain. Tell them you want advice for your life. Hear their story.
7. Pick someone younger in your community of faith and ask them to hang out. Hear what's going on in their life.
8. Follow up by doing something for your new friends. A note of encouragement. Banana bread. A gift card to a restaurant.
9. Invite someone to church. And by someone, I mean a non-believer. Let them know if they have questions about anything, you would love to talk with them about it.
10. Ask God to open doors for you to share your Jesus story. You know, how you met him and what he does for you. When the opportunity comes -- and it will -- have the courage to sit down over coffee and share your story.
These things will change your life. And God will put you in relationships that need you to share Jesus or to help them in their walk. That will change their life.
But when you do these, it will take time, effort, resources. It requires faith and courage.
Real believers committed to making more believers.
Join with us.
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