*** The Diary of Brainwashed ***

[BrainWashed]

Esaias,

How are individuals made disciples? Someone must share the gospel with them, correct? Our mission is to share the gospel, and the byproduct of sharing the gospel is conversion. Essentially, conversion of individuals into God's kingdom is a soul "we won" to the Lord.

Our purpose is to preach the gospel to every creature. There's no necessity to ask God to send us someone to share the gospel with when the majority of people you walk by every day are lost and going to hell!

Heck, people have family members that are going to hell, and here they are asking God to send someone that they can share the gospel with.

If imagining your mother, father, siblings, children, or others in hell for eternity, and you're still ask God to send you a soul so you can share the gospel, you should be asking God to break you and remold you!

Originally Posted by Esaias

Above all else, the objective of God’s will for our life is to win souls before all else. If we’re not winning souls in our walk, we’re deviating from God’s will.

Not true. We are not commissioned to "win souls" but rather to make disciples. Paul said it like this: "Christ sent me, not to baptise, but to preach the gospel." In other works, the mission is to proclaim the gospel, not "secure conversions". When we think "the purpose in life is to WIN SOULS" we inadvertently start thinking the ends justifies the means. The very problem you complain about - "programs" - are a result of "win souls is our mission" thinking.

Our purpose is not to win anybody. It is to preach the gospel. God is responsible for converting people, not us. We are to be heralds, not salesmen. Fulfilling God's calling on one's life is not measured by the number of converts one gets, but by how faithful one has proclaimed the word to those around them.

BTW, I dont think I have really heard too much of the kind of praying you mentioned, to be honest. It is usually "send somebody my way" or "direct me to those whom You have prepared", etc.

There is nothing wrong with praying "Lord, send me to someone" unless it's an excuse to do nothing without some super big gigantic "impulse of the Spirit" or something.