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Bringing GOD to some-one
by Mark Lederman
Wow!!!! What a privilege and honor. Bringing GOD to
somebody encapsulates all the wisdom GOD gives us in the
scriptures. Bringing home one of GOD’s lost
children on earth pays a king’s ransom in the kingdom of
heaven.
The parable of the lost sheep talks about this very
topic in Matthew 18:10-14. Jesus commissions all
his disciples to go out into the world and bring back
all the people who are lost spiritually.
GOD has given you a Life Message to share.
When you became a
believer, you also became GOD’s messenger. GOD wants to
speak to the world through you. The bible says,
“Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony
of GOD in them.
Your life message has
four parts to it:
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Your testimony: the story of how you
began a relationship with Jesus.
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Your life lessons: the most
important lessons GOD has taught you
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Your godly passions: the issues GOD
shaped you to care about most
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The Good News: the message of
salvation
Bringing GOD to
someone includes your testimony: Your testimony is
the story of how Christ has made a difference in your
life. This is the essence of bringing GOD to someone-
simply sharing your personal experiences regarding the
LORD. There is no other story like yours, so only you
can share it. If you don’t share it, it will be lost
forever. You may not be a Bible scholar, but you are the
authority on your life, and it’s hard to argue with
personal experience.
Unbelievers do not
want to hear scripture and sermons because they do not
believe. They love hearing stories, especially ones you
know to be true. Shared stories build a relational
bridge that Jesus can walk across from your heart to
theirs.
Bringing GOD to
someone includes your life lessons: There are
lessons and insights you have learned about GOD,
relationships, problems, temptations, and other aspects
of life.
While it is wise to
learn from experience, it is wiser to learn from the
experiences of others. There isn’t enough time to learn
everything in life from trial and error. We must learn
from the life lessons of one another.
Bringing GOD to
someone includes sharing your godly passions: As you
grow closer to GOD, he will give you a passion and a
gift for something he cars about deeply so you can be a
spokesman for him in the world. It may be a passion
about a problem a purpose, a principle, or a group of
people. You cannot keep yourself from talking about what
your care about most.
Bringing GOD to
someone includes the Good News: The Good News shows
how GOD makes people right with himself. Our sins are
forgiven because of our Lord, Jesus.
The whole New
Testament is the Good News.
GOD has never made a
person he didn’t love. Everybody matters to GOD. The
unbeliever must know he is loved.
Will anyone in heaven
be there because of you?
What are you willing
to do so that people you know will go to heaven? Invite
them to church? Share your story? Give them the book,
The Purpose Driven Life? Take them a meal? Pray for them
everyday until they are saved? Your mission field is all
around you!!
Don’t miss the
opportunities GOD is giving you.
Another way of
bringing GOD to someone is to bring them LOVE.
GOD is love. Love is the essence Jesus.
Og Mandino wrote this
most magnificent piece of writing. I cherish it
everytime I read it and have part of it committed to
memory. This is a wonderful way of bringing love to
others.
I will greet this day
with love in my heart.
For this is the greatest
secret of success in all ventures. Muscle can split a
shield and even destroy life but only the unseen power
of love can open the hearts of men and until I master
this art I will remain no more than a peddler in the
market place. I will make love my greatest weapon and
none on whom I call can defend against its force.
My reasoning they may
counter; my speech they may distrust; my apparel they
may disapprove; my face they may reject; and even my
bargains may cause them suspicion; yet my love will melt
all hearts liken to the sun whose rays soften the
coldest clay.
I will greet this day
with love in my heart.
And how will I do this?
Henceforth will I look on all things with love and I
will be born again. I will love the sun for it warms my
bones; yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my
spirit. I will love the light for it shows me the way;
yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars.
I will welcome happiness for it enlarges my heart; yet I
will endure sadness for it opens my soul. I will
acknowledge rewards for they are my due; yet I will
welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.
I will greet this day
with love in my heart.
And how will I speak? I
will laud mine enemies and they will become friends; I
will encourage my friends and they will become brothers.
Always will I dig for reasons to applaud; never will I
scratch for excuses to gossip. When I am tempted to
criticize I will bite on my tongue; when I am moved to
praise I will shout from the roofs.
Is it not so that birds,
the wind, the sea and all nature speak with the music of
praise for their creator? Cannot I speak with the same
music to his children? Henceforth will I remember this
secret and it will change my life.
I will greet this day
with love in my heart.
And how will I act? I
will love all manners of men for each has qualities to
be admired even though they be hidden. With love I will
tear down the wall of suspicion and hate which they have
built around their hearts and in its place will I build
bridges so that my love may enter their souls.
I will love the
ambitious for they can inspire me; I will love the
failures for they can teach me. I will love the kings
for they are but human; I will love the meek for they
are divine. I will love the rich for they are yet
lonely; I will love the poor for they are so many. I
will love the young for the faith they hold; I will love
the old for the wisdom they share. I will love the
beautiful for their eyes of sadness; I will love the
ugly for their souls of peace.
I will greet this day
with love in my heart.
But how will I react to
the actions of others? With love. For just as love is my
weapon to open the hearts of men, love is also my shield
to repulse the arrows of hate and the spears of anger.
Adversity and discouragement will beat against my new
shield and become as the softest of rains. My shield
will protect me in the market place and sustain me when
I am alone. It will uplift me in moments of despair yet
it will calm me in time of exultation. It will become
stronger and more protective with use until one day I
will cast it aside and walk unencumbered among all
manners of men and, when I do, my name will be raised
high on the pyramid of life.
I will greet this day
with love in my heart.
And how will I confront
each whom I meet? In only one way. In silence and to
myself I will address him and say I Love You. Though
spoken in silence these words will shine in my eyes,
unwrinkled my brow, bring a smile to my lips, and echo
in my voice; and his heart will be opened. And who is
there who will say nay to my goods when his heart feels
my love?
I will greet this day
with love in my heart.
And most of all I will
love myself. For when I do I will zealously inspect all
things which enter my body, my mind, my soul, and my
heart. Never will I overindulge the requests of my
flesh, rather I will cherish my body with cleanliness
and moderation. Never will I allow my mind to be
attracted to evil and despair, rather I will uplift it
with the knowledge and wisdom of the ages. Never will I
allow my soul to become complacent and satisfied, rather
I will feed it with meditation and prayer. Never will I
allow my heart to become small and bitter, rather I will
share it and it will grow and warm the earth.
I will greet this day
with love in my heart.
Henceforth will I love
all mankind. From this moment all hate is let from my
veins for I have not time to hate, only time to love.
From this moment I take the first step required to
become a man among men. With love I will increase my
sales a hundredfold and become a great salesman. If I
have no other qualities I can succeed with love alone.
Without it I will fail though I possess all the
knowledge and skills of the world.
I will greet this day
with love, and I will succeed.
Mark Lederman |
