"How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" (Romans 10:15 NIV)
One weekend when I wasn’t preaching, one of our campus pastors -- a young, bald-headed guy with a goatee -- spoke in my place. The next week, I was at a store when I heard a lady inviting a friend to church. Curious, I crept a little closer to eavesdrop on their conversation. The first lady said, “I’m not a religious person or anything, but you have to try this church called Life Church. It’s incredible. It totally changed my life.” I was blessed to overhear a conversation of someone who’d been touched by God at the church I pastor.
Unfortunately, the lady must have noticed me listening in. She looked at me and said, “Hey you, you need to come to church with me, too. The preacher is amazing.” Still excited but slightly confused, I asked her what the preacher looked like, confident she’d recognize me at any moment. Still talking fast, she said, “He’s bald and has a goatee.” This lady, who had been to our church only one time, was inviting everyone she saw -- even me -- the pastor of the church.
You can do the same thing. Take a step of faith and invite someone to go with you where they will hear God’s love through Christ.
-- Craig Groeschel in “The Christian
Atheist: Believing in God but Living as If He Doesn’t Exist”
EDITOR’S NOTE: In addition to inviting someone to church to hear the good news, share SOUND BITES with them. Forward a quote that might be particularly meaningful to them and invite them to subscribe. Don’t keep the good news to yourself. – DW
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