"The next day, Jesus...finding Philip, said to him, "Follow me." 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." "Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?" Nathanael asked. "Come and see," said Philip." (John 1:43-46)
One of the greatest joys a Christian can experience is sharing their faith and seeing someone else find Jesus for the first time. It stirs up the joy that is already in our hearts and brings us back to the newness of life we experienced when we first found Jesus. Its almost as if God has designed Christians in such a way that if we don't share our faith, our joy can lie a little dormant...But when we step out and share with someone it flows out of our belly like a river of living water!
The above story has some great keys to -
- "Phillip found Nathanael." We need to internationalise our outreach and target friends/relatives or neighbours we want to see saved
- "Can anything good come from Nazareth"? Understand that people will always make excuses or arguments when you reach out to them
- "Come and see." Never stop when people make excuses, keep reaching out and believing for their salvation, Phillip did and it paid off!
As a Church lets continue to believe for salvations and target the 5 people on our connect 5 cards. Next weekend with Johnny Lee Clary in our 9.30am service is a perfect opportunity to reach out...Heaven is waiting to celebrate the birth of new should into God's Kingdom. Let's go there, reach out and be a part of God's plan for our city and the people in it!
Have a great long weekend!
Andrew & Shara
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