“Try not to become a person of SUCCESS, but rather …….. a person of VALUE.” – Albert Einstein
Daily Archives: August 6, 2009
“PRAYER”
“I have so much to do that I spend several hours in prayer before I am able to do it.” – John Wesley
Personal Evangelism: My Pulpit is the World.
This happened yesterday and here is how I remember the conversations:
On the mainstreet here in Kaitaia I am approaching two backpackers I have never met. They are from Germany and we are getting to talk about the spiritual condition in Germany. I find out that the two are not having any connection with the church whatsoever. Also the parents of both are still alive and they are also without any church affiliation.
The two – male and female – are very good to talk to and I really got to like them during that short time very much. I told them what the Lord put in my heart to tell them. The young man told me, that he found a German Bible at one of the places where he stayed and he had decided to read the Bible. I told him to start with the Gospel of John. I explained to him that the Bible, the Word of the Living God, has two parts, the Old Testament and the New Testament, and that the Gospel of John is the book number four in the New Testament. In the course of our conversation I mentioned that I did not want to keep them…. But the young man thanked me for the conversation when I left them.
NEUSEELAND, DAS “LAND DER TRAEUME”.
(For Germans)
A little further on the road I ran into one of our church people and I mentioned what happened with the backpackers from Germany. She told me, that she picked up a hitchhiker late one day and because it was late and his hands were very cold she had him for a night at her place – he was from Canada, I think – and told him about the Lord Jesus Christ.
We finished our meeting something like this: I said, “We can read the Bible and joy comes into our heart, we can pray and joy comes into our heart — but the greatest joy comes into our heart when we tell others about the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Have you experienced that JOY?
TOPICAL SERMON OUTLINE (NT)
“For I resolved to know
nothing while I was
with you except
Jesus Christ and him crucified.”
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HE SAID TO THEM,
Mark 16:15-18
Intr.: Notice in Mark 16:14 the Lord is rebuking the Eleven for their lack of faith, but he is still willing to use them.
1. “Go into all the world and
2. preach the Good News to all creation.
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A. Whoever believes and is
baptized
will be saved,…….”
“AND THESE SIGNS WILL ACCOMPANY THOSE WHO BELIEVE:
In my name
1. they will drive out demons;
2. they will speak in new tongues;
3. they will pick up snakes with their hands; and
4. when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all;
5. they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
B. “….but whoever does not
believe
will be condemned.”
End: In Mark 16:19 it says: “After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven…”
His last words!
And in Mark 16:20 it says that the disciples were obedient. Praise the LORD!
Are we also obedient?
PRAYER
“Prayer is worship addressed to the Father, in the Name of Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit.”- Dr. H.W. Frost
Twice I got the message lately that I should do at least four things when I pray. That made me think about my prayers to God the Father.
Am I lacking one of the parts? Before I carry on, I better tell you what the four parts are:
A doration – Psalm 95:6 “worship”
C onfession – Psalm 32:5 “confess my transgressions”
T hanksgiving – Philippians 4:6 “thanksgiving”
S upplication – First Timothy 2:1 “requests,…, intercession”
Let me first of all confess that I am lacking CONFESSION. That’s what I am thinking. I am lacking confession, not so much in my personal communion with God, but when I am together with other people and I am praying, in the church for example.
By now I hope you have noticed the letters in bold type. ACTS stand for Acts, the fifth book of the New Testament. This book of the BIBLE- I hope – helps us to remember Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication.