Evangelism 101….

 Evangelism…101…

Evangelicalism taught and prayed for…we have a mighty teacher…

Thank YOU…

John 1: 44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.

“Come and see,” said Philip.

John 4: 28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.

John 17: 20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26 I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”

Matt.28: 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

People need the Lord…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uZcGaixMhg

Love is…

 

Love is…

For whatever reason I needed this this morning…maybe there are others…

1 Corinthians 13: 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8 Love never fails. 

2Peter 3: 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

Romans 2:4 Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

Psalm 86: 15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
    slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
16 Turn to me and have mercy on me;

Psalm 103: 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his love for those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

John 8: 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Numbers 23 : 19 God is not human, that he should lie,
    not a human being, that he should change his mind.

Thank YOU…

Love is patient…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuBwkEp_mEQ

Royalty…

 Royalty…

I “grew up” with King Charles of England. My daughters “grew up with his sons, William and Charles…royalty…

We never them, but we “knew them”…not that we followed them, but they happened to be in the news…so we just knew that they were in the worlds we grew up in….

This week it has been a break from the ordinary in that King Charles spoke to our Congress and at an important dinner in Washington DC…both of historical importance…with the 250 anniversary of the US this year…I enjoyed watching the pomp of the welcoming of the King and Queen, the reviewing the the troops, the music….it gave a chance to honor the troops and a break from war status….

I don’t need it everyday or often, but, to bring honor where honor is due is encouraging…

I don’t serve an earthly King…I serve an eternal and heavenly King ….Jesus…and the honor due him is beyond my comprehension…he is personal and is personally involved in all of our lives…

Thank YOU…

1Tim 6:14 to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen.

Rev 17:14 They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.”

Rev 19: 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:

king of kings and lord of lords.

King of Kings…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of5IcFWiEpg

Comfort verses…

 Comfort verses…

Some comfort verses….

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV).

“My eyes are awake through the night watches, That I may meditate on Your word” (Psalm 119:148 NKJV).

“He told them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches’” (Matthew 13:31-32 NIV).

“However, as it is written: ‘What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived’—the things God has prepared for those who love Him” (1 Corinthians 2:9 NIV).

“We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans” (Romans 8:26 NIV). 

Lamentation 3: 21 Yet this I call to mind
    and therefore I have hope:

22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
    for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
    therefore I will wait for him.”

25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
    to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good to wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.

I comfort you…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2r4mwab5O8

Outdated…

 Outdated…

Having been ill off and on for the last two years, I realized I have a bunch of outdated food items in my pantry and cupboards…plus, I am baking less and less, getting fresh more often…and using it sooner…so time to purge….

I have a grandson close-by who gives the food stuffs to his chickens, which is a worthy cause for some things, others are dumped into the garbage bins…

Years ago, when my four children and husband were home, I rarely had  outdated anything…items went into the pantry and cupboards only to be used up soon…I never had growing onions or potatoes in the bins…everything pretty much had a quick turnaround…

I did the freezer the other day…now kitchen cupboards and pantry…It’s amazing how much stuff gets pushed behind something else…leaving one of this or that…crushed items, etc…

The other day I found a can of marinated artichokes, I think I wanted one can, but got two instead…of course, what a treat to add to my “three bean salad “…(this recipe changes every time I make it)…

All this to remind myself not to let Jesus and his Word get stale and outdated…in my life…every time I read the Word, even a few verses, I learn something new and refreshing…wondering why I hadn’t seen that before,  is it new each day…the same from generation to generation…alive, speaking to those whose hearts are open…

Thank YOU…

Psalm 119: 16 I delight in your decrees;
    I will not neglect your word.

ג Gimel

17 Be good to your servant while I live,
    that I may obey your word.
18 Open my eyes that I may see
    wonderful things in your law.

Hebrews4:12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 

Thy Word…

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=npWJZwgmKMo&list=RDnpWJZwgmKMo&start_radio=1&pp=ygUfdGh5IHdvcmQgaXMgYSBsYW1wIHVudG8gbXkgZmVldKAHAQ%3D%3D

Signs…

 Signs…

Various writers speak about the Book of John ,  7 Signs and their significance…

1. Turning the water into wine…Jesus is Lord of Nature…

2. The healing of the nobleman’s son…Jesus is Lord of Life..

3. The healing of the paralyzed man…Jesus is the Restorer of lost  Powers..

4. The feeding Of the five thousand…Jesus is the Food by which life is sustained…

5. The walking of the water…Jesus is our Guide and Helper…

6. The healing of the blind man…Jesus is our Light…

7. The raising of Lazarus…Jesus is LORD of Eternal Life.

By Harold G. Norris, 1970, 40 pages…( this is really interesting)…

These 7 signs speak of how people believed after witnessing them…there were lots more signs and miracles…

I was thinking about this, I was not around when Jesus was …what sign made me believe? Watching the Jesus Film…reading the Words in the Word…seeing some miracle or sign  in my life or another’s….and on and on….what was the “ final straw” that broke my will to admit that Jesus was Lord?

We all have a testimony that follows our path to Christ…it may be dramatic or not…but, God broke through to each drawing us to Christ our Saviour….what a blessing…we weren’t at the wedding in Cana to get the best wine…or we weren’t a servant or the nobleman who knew their son got well…nor did we watch the paralyzed man get up and walk after sooooo many years of hopelessness….or were we in the crowd of five thousand plus to be fed …or any of the other signs. But, we have written Word which still speaks to our hearts…we have the prayer in which  Jesus himself prays for those coming in the future…

Jesus is still the same as He was years ago…

Thank YOU…

There’s something about that name…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAhvyPJYWrA

 

25 miles….

 25 miles…

Time and space have no hold on Jesus…the giver of life…here Jesus is back in Cana, 25 miles away from Capernaum where he had just come from…a royal official begs him to come  again to Capernaum to heal his son…but , Jesus just told him to go…and that his son would live…a sign 25 miles away…that official and his household believed…they had faith in the giver of life…

We still do that today…we pray for family, friends somewhere else, expecting God to answer…whether next door or around the world.. and he does…

Thank YOU…

John 4:46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.

48 “Unless you people see signs and wonders,” Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”

49 The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”

50 “Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.”

The man took Jesus at his word and departed. 51 While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. 52 When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, “Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.”

53 Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he and his whole household believed.

54 This was the second sign Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Hebrews11:1-3 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for.

3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

1 John 5:11-13, 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

Giver of life…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9JKHiIOlU8