The gospel is only good news if it gets there in time.. - Carl F. H. Henry You are a Winner every time you Witness! When witnessing you are: Working with the Holy Spirit, not Him with you; He is doing most of the work. When we leave a person after sharing Christ with them, the Holy Spirit remains and deals with them. For this reason you are a winner every time you witness. You are working with the one whose power created the universe.
""The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ ....God become man for no other purpose." - C.S.Lewis." - C.S.Lewis Many Christians fear that in being Christ's witness that they will not be able to convince people of their need of Him. A witness in court never has to convince the court regarding a verdict. All the witness has to do is honestly and clearly share their experience. The court then makes up its mind. Our duty is to honestly and clearly share our experience of Jesus. It's the Holy Spirit's job to convince people of their [...]
Evangelism.....When we see it as our duty it becomes all about us. But when we live it from our Spirit. It's all about Him and all for them. Jesus said in Matthew 10:32, "If you confess me before men I will confess you before My Father in heaven". One of the highest forms of gratitude we can show the Lord Jesus is to confess to others how extremely kind and generous He has been to us in dying and rising again to save us
If you've ever prayed, "God, I'm serious about serving You, please use me in your service" God has taken you seriously and that prayer should be followed by action. God has given us our marching orders; in Mark 16:15 Jesus instructed us, "Go into all the world (all your world) and preach the gospel to every person". Note that this is a command from the Lord Jesus, it is not optional. The challenge is to rouse ourselves from the attitude that winning people to Christ is a week-end hobby in which we might or might not participate. Endeavoring to bring [...]
"When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the LORD your God." Leviticus 23:22 Thank you so much for being such a blessing to these kids!
"Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.". Thank You for sharing your love and showing compassion with these orphans in Odessa, Ukraine.
Thank you so much for your kind words of encouragement and your vote of confidence in our mercy ministry. If you would to make a donation to help us help these needy people and the orphans, please visit our websitehttps://smethurstministries.org/2forms/donation.htm Every small amount is greatly appreciated and goes a long way to preserve the orphans, the poor and needy in a very cold winter and give them joy and comfort over the Christmas Season.