The Gameplan Of Our Lives

(37) "Then those ’sheep’ are going to say, ’Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see you hungry and feed you, thirsty and give you a drink?

(38) And when did we ever see you sick or in prison and come to you?’

(39) (SEE 25:38)

(40) Then the King will say, ’I’m telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me--you did it to me.’

We cannot just tell people to get saved when they have no food to feed their children.

People know this: How you act speaks so loudly I can’t hear a word your saying.

People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Evangelism is a Faith thing

Matthew 6:31-34 MSG

(31) What I’m trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God’s giving.

(32) People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works.

(33) Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.

(34) "Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.

God trying to remind us here: We walk by faith and not by sight.

Philippians 4:19 MSG

(19) You can be sure that God will take care of everything you need, his generosity exceeding even yours in the glory that pours from Jesus.

But what if someone rejects me?!?!

Here’s a tip, there will be some that do.

I have a question for you...are you asking them to respond to YOU or to GOD?

Ever heard, "Don’t shoot the messenger’?

They aren’t rejecting you, it’s the message that they have the problem with, not you.

God can do anything He wants at any time He wants, but He CHOOSES to use us.

Do you run out and pound your mailman like your tenderizing a steak for bringing you a bill for something you purposely purchased?

No you don’t. Why do you think others will do that to you? If you follow the leading of the Holy Spirit in each and every situation, you’ll be sensitive to their needs and they will hear the love in your heart.

It’s extremely important to understand what is at the heart of the matter of evangelism.

The heart of the matter is a matter of the heart. What is the condition of your heart? Once we’ve addressed that, what is the condition of your neighbor’s heart?

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