“We have to take initiative where we are, not where we have not yet been.” – Oswald Chambers Imagine helping everyone else except for those whom you love. You offer strangers and others more than your own children and loved ones, even your closest friends. That would sound sort of strange, right? That would make [...]
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Start Right Where You Are
Posted in evangelism, foreign missions, Love Your Neighbor, Operation Reach Out, outreach, street ministry, The Great Commission, tagged calling, community, evangelism, fishers of men, outreach, preach, service, work on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Voices of Victory
Posted in evangelism, foreign missions, gospel, Love Your Neighbor, mission, Operation Reach Out, street ministry, The Great Commission, tagged ambassadors, calling, church, community, evangelism, fishers of men, ministry, outreach, preach, redemption, restoration, salvation, theology, victory, voices, work on January 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In 1967, our vision was to reach Los Angeles. This vision broadened to include California, then all of America, then the entire world. – from The History of Victory Outreach International As Christians, we are to be in a position of ambassadors of Christ to others. We can be a bridge between people and the [...]
Help for the Harvest
Posted in Love Your Neighbor, Operation Reach Out, outreach, The Great Commission, tagged calling, community, evangelism, fishers of men, help, outreach on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” – Matthew 9:37-38 (ESV) Jesus expects us to have compassion on the sight of those who look like sheep without a shepherd. He also [...]
Salvation Offered Without Strings
Posted in evangelism, gospel, Operation Reach Out, outreach, The Great Commission, tagged evangelism, fishers of men, outreach on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We need to look at how we present the Gospel. We need to be mindful of how we share it and spell out what it means to accept Christ as one’s personal Savior. Yes, we can lead someone down the Romans Road, but it needs to lead them to the cross and to Christ. That should be [...]
Evangelism is like Golf
Posted in evangelism, Operation Reach Out, The Great Commission, tagged evangelism, outreach on November 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Evangelism is a lot like golf . . . Nothing beats simply making solid contact on a consistent basis The goal is to move forward with every effort You can believe that you are in competition with others when you really aren’t Some challenges are more forgiving than others You had better consider the conditions [...]
Serve by Sharing Him
Posted in evangelism, Love Your Neighbor, Operation Reach Out, outreach, The Great Commission, tagged evangelism, fishers of men, outreach, relationship on October 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. – Mark 10:45 (NIV) Outreach is delivered best personally. Jesus showed us a personal example of conducting outreach, demonstrating before delegating. Jesus showed the way. He called us to serve [...]
Halloween as a Holiday
Posted in evangelism, events, Operation Reach Out, outreach, tagged community, evangelism, outreach on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Holiday: “A day of festivity or recreation when no work is done.” Break it down further. Holiday is derived from the term “holy day.” Look at it. It even looks like a compound word. However, Halloween is even derived from a compound word: “Hallowe’en” or “All Hallow’s Eve.” It marks the evening leading into All [...]
Invite Individuals
Posted in evangelism, Operation Reach Out, outreach, The Great Commission, tagged evangelism, fishers of men, outreach on September 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote–Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” ”Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip – John 1:45-46 (NIV) “Come and see,” said Philip. That was [...]
Talk What You Know
Posted in evangelism, Operation Reach Out, testimony, The Great Commission, tagged evangelism, fishers of men, gospel, outreach on September 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.- Acts 4:20 (NIV) The pressure placed upon the apostles of Jesus seemed extreme. They had been escorted away from a crowd of willing believers who had just witnessed a bona fide miracle with the lame man at the gate. They were taken before [...]
Lead Them to Christ
Posted in evangelism, gospel, Operation Reach Out, outreach on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit.- 1 Corinthians 2:4 (NLT) People need to hear the gospel, not gimmicks. Paul shared the message was about the Master. He didn’t get into clever wordplay and double talk [...]
