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Originally Posted by Felicity
God grows churches by sovereign moves of His Spirit - and He works within and particular to the framework of time, place, and situation. We must use every available means to win people. There's no excuse for doing nothing or sitting back on our haunches waiting for a move of God. We have to work while it's day but at the same time I've seen in every church we've been in God just moved by His Spirit sovereignly ushering in a whole wave of new people.
"Cast your bread upon the waters" is a scripture I always think about in regard to reaching people with the message of salvation. God will honour our sincere attempts at evangelism within our communities but I do think sometimes a lot of energy goes into some programs that yield little if any result.
We need to be wise and be led by the Spirit in regard to how we go about reaching out to people. Not every method will work in every community or for every church. God works with us as individuals and in our individual situations.
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And good thoughts, Sis. Felicity,
A triple AMEN to the being wise (if lacking, ask of God, who gives
liberally), and being led by the Spirit of God! If there is a
feeling of not being able to be led by the Holy Ghost (Spirit),
we must check the plug in and make sure our connection hasn't
been broken. Sometimes my computer doesn't seem to be doing
right. My expert tech sons tell me, "Mom, why don't you just turn
it off and re-boot. That may clear up your problem". Sometimes
we just need to turn everything off, make sure there is no inter-
ference between us and the MAIN SOURCE of POWER!!! Then
RE-CONNECT, Make sure we have a good connection with Him
and then allow (let, or permit) the FLOW to come FROM HIM
through us (conduit) to others. I do not want to be battery-
operated but be connected to the MAIN SOURCE of POWER, the
HOLY GHOST. The Spirit of Almighty God!!
Just thinking out loud!!
Blessings,
Falla39
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