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March 15, 2016 11:02 pm
Harvest messages are brought to you by harvest partners to receive free email daily devotions or to become a harvest partners, please visit us online@harvest.org grab your Bible and turn to John chapter 4 John chapter 4 in the title of my message is about evangelism Jesus style. Let's pray together the father as we open your word you've told us the harvest is great, but the laborers are few. We don't want to be merely spectators. We want to be on the team. We want to be on the field. We want to be in this Lord, not just for this event at AT&T stating with every day doing what you called us to do, which is the God of this world and let our light shine and proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ. So speak to us as we open your word now, for we ask it in Jesus name, amen.
Evangelism. Jesus thought I wanted. I call the message. This, while others different styles from different places many of you have ever been to Hawaii razor being a wild you you know why you guys like a white or not you are I will when you know why you know everything is island style islands dollars for the kickback is kinda relaxed and then there's Texas style. Everything is big here, you know that the servings and restaurants are big and as a result, I heard that I was when I arrived one week ago I been gone everywhere this last week. This is the second church I spoke in and I spoke last Sunday as well.
I spoke to Christian universities are probably been about 20 television and radio interviews this book with the Dallas morning news. Just lots and lots of interviews running around getting the word out, but were excited because it's so close, but we want to do this now. Jesus style share the gospel wife because Christ is given us our marching orders the snow. This Jesus did not say that the whole world should go to church but he did say the church should go to the whole world, so let's just briefly consider the who what where the why and the wind of sharing the gospel. Let's start with a who is called to go to all the world and preach the gospel answer we are Jesus in Matthew 28 said that we should go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and the son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you, hello, I am with you, even to the end of the eight so that's Matthew's version, Mark Spurgeon says going to all the world and preach the gospel, reported together. Every Christian is called to go to the world and proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ to the best of their ability lead people to Christ disciple.
Those people get them up on their feet spiritually and go out and repeat the process over and over again. Yet statistics tell us that 95% of all Christians have never led someone to Christ and it doesn't have to be that way. By the way, I brought a copy of my new book of on evangelism called tell someone where I sort of did a brain dump and 30,000 word you can see it's not a huge book, but I really much put most of what I know got a bit of journalism in this short format and I will have them available after the service, but were all called to do this. Nobody gets out of this because it's a command, but the problem is for many, the great commission is perceived more as the great suggestion ever even others. The great commission is the great omission. Let me say something now that may surprise you.
I believe for us to not go into all the world and preach the gospel can actually be a sin, you might see McGregor going too far with that old there's different kinds of sentence right sins of commission and omission about a Sunday school teacher that was talking to her class about the topic of sin, and she said can anyone tell me what the sin of commission is a little girl sitting in the front raised her hand.
The teacher called on her. The little girl suggests the sin of commission is when you do what you should not do. Teacher said that's exactly right. The who can tell me what the sin of omission is a little boy sitting on the back of the class was waving his hand back and forth in the teacher called and I'm just son. What's a son of omission is that those of the things you want to do, but you haven't gotten around to them yet. No, not exactly the sin of omission is not doing what you should do the sin of commission is doing what you should not do a sin of omission is not doing what you should do in the book of James says to him that knows to do good and does not do it to him. It is what sin so if I'm walking down the street and I see a house is on fire and I hear screams coming from inside the house. I might be a hero in Russia to try to save someone at the very least I hope I will call 911, but if I were to walk by with complete indifference and do nothing to help those people.
When that would be criminal. Think about this.
We got the gospel we the way for people to change your eternal address from hell to heaven, and many of us will not leave our comfort zone. We will not go and talk to someone that is never heard about Jesus, so we need to get over that because were commanded by Christ to go and do so number two. Where should we preach the gospel answer everywhere.
Everywhere you know Jesus wants you to going to your world so personalize this incentive same go to all the world and preach the gospel about this going to all of your world and preach the gospel going to your sphere of influence going to all of your family and preach the gospel going to all of your neighborhood and preach the gospel go into your workplace or your campus, your world think of it this way. It's called friend Angela's a friend Angela's know that doesn't mean you only evangelize people named Fran it's an acronym for friends are for relatives. Aim for associates and end for neighbors friend journalism go to your friends or associates or neighbors.
Everyone and engage in with the message of the gospel number three why are we to go preach the gospel very simple because God's primary way of reaching people is through people so honestly I don't know why. If I were God I would never use someone as flawed as me and God could just roll the heavens back in focus.
Phase 2 and say hello earth.
I'm God and you're not.
And I think you all should believe in me right now that seems a got be pretty convicting.
Or he could raise up an angel or a mighty army of angels to do it but instead he chooses to use people like us. Romans 1014 says, how will they hear unless someone tells them then. First Corinthians 121 says God's wisdom, he chose to reach people for the foolishness of preaching or literally through the preached thing to save those that believe number 41 away their share the gospel. When answer all the time. I mean I think it's a good thing with Chris and say let's go on witnessing that but understand that the Lord may call upon you added unexpected time. The Bible says that we are to be instant in season and out of season is another translation puts it be on duty at all times even the bathroom. I have to tell you story now. The problem is whenever I tell the story.
No one remembers the rest of the sermon.
They just remember this ridiculous story. This is a true story and it makes my point to one day I had to go to the restroom. Hope it doesn't come as a shock to you that preachers use the restroom. Even your pastor does and I neither know about you, but you know for me when I go to a restaurant. My objective is to get in and out as quickly as possible of the sub girls go in together like one girl will say when you're at a table in restaurant to go to the restroom. Once in like four girls going together guys never do that we see each other in the restroom were almost embarrassed to Gail's guns get on your final go to the restroom and hang out and talk to people okay so anyway I wanted to a restroom and this is in a department store and I took to see.
Please don't get a visual bucket bucket so that I am and I didn't think anyone else was in the restroom until I heard someone clear the throat in the stall next to me was next to me. Whatever the couple moments go by and I hear this voice say hi to talk to someone in a restroom so the most masculine tone I could muster, I said I couple more moments go by nieces were you supposed to mean the year I'm like oh I don't know what's going on, but it can't be good.
And I said no and they went than what is going on here and I said to what would what are you looking for. He says what someone was going to sell something to me. I said what he said some drugs all then the thought occurred to me dear. I tell him about Jesus in this setting without the word with the Holy Spirit even come into a restroom and an honor that conversation really have to get out first.
I don't know, and I thought well why not sewers. And then I said, not on the drugs buddy, but I have something better is it all really what I said a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Jesus already tried that. I said you did, did you ever go to church all yes he said I want the church. I asked where did you go to church.
He said harvest Christian Fellowship at the church I pastor I had to laugh.
I said you know who I am. He said no I said I'm Greg Laurie, the pastor of harvest Christian Fellowship is what he said oh my God I said, God must really love you this in your pastor to you when you're trying to make a drug brought. I sent out today when I meet you outside want to talk in the restroom anymore. So I stepped outside and waited. He was easy to spot.
He was the guilty looking guy so I prayed with him and he made a recommitment to follow Jesus Christ. Alyssa be on duty at all times. But here's the big one now. How are we there share the gospel. How here's where the rubber meets the road.
And frankly, this is word falls apart for many people it's been said that there are two there's one thing the believers and nonbelievers have in common. They're both uptight about evangelism.
Christians are often uptight about evangelizing and nonbelievers are often uptight about being a banjo lies and so we need some help. That brings us to John for because here we have the story of Jesus and a woman at the well. Jesus is not only our Savior and our Lord but is also the perfect example of how to reach people.
Here's a simple principle we all need to understand when sharing our faith, our objective is to build a bridge not burn a bridge build a bridge not burn the bridge. I look for opportunities to talk to any person anywhere that I can about Jesus because of I never talk to nonbelievers. How on earth am I gonna reach some of the message of the gospel of Christ is not called us to isolate. He's called us to infiltrate.
He's called us to permeate going into all our world and preaching the gospel because our objective is not to win the argument.
It's to win the soul I've seen some believers unload both barrels of the gospel gone on the non-Christian and other experts unapologetically memorize all these verses and they blow the person out of the water walk away very proud of themselves, but you should be because Jesus shows us how to enter a person's world.
Want to know a secret about everyone everyone's favorite subject is themselves.
You want to get someone talking asked them about themselves. After all, what's her favorite kind of photography today so please write. Everyone loves to talk about themselves cure Jesus enters the world of this woman. Now we know from the text that she was married and divorced five times and she was living with the guys of this is a woman whose living in a moral lifestyle. But I want you to notice that Jesus isn't the conversation the say hey you a moral check come here you're going to hell. Did you know that without objectively been true. Yes, without a been the best way to build a bridge no that's not how we started. Visit so here's a woman who's trying to fill the void in her life with men perhaps sex as well.
This woman thought a guys gonna bring me everything I need in life, but she's coming up empty over and over again and frankly I this woman reminds me of my own mother because my mom was very diverse. Not five times but seven times. She had a lot of boyfriends in between.
She also was a raging alcoholic.
So I know what this woman is like, but Jesus comes to her and gives her the truth. Let's read a few verses together go to John for drop down to verse three will stop there. He left Judea, and departed again to Galilee, but he needed to go through Samaria. You might underline that verse.
He needed to go through Samaria so I came to a city of Samaria, which is called sidecar near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacobs well was there now. Jesus, being wary from his journey, set down by the well was about the sixth hour. By the way, that's 12 o'clock noon and a woman of Samaria came to draw water and Jesus said to her, give me a drink for his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. Then the woman of Samaria syndrome.
How is it that you being a Jew asked for a drink of water from me, a Samaritan woman for Jews have nothing to do with Samaritans. Jesus answered and said if you knew the gift of God and who it is that says do you give me a drink. He would've asked him and he would've given you living water. There so if you're taking notes here are some principles point number one sharing starts with caring sharing starts with caring does not sound like something a care bear would say you know who the care Bears are sad for granddaughters, so I've watched many episodes of the care Bears little bears are all different colors and their little hearts cut away in their chest and rainbows come out and when they really want to change something they'll all get together and think we care a lot we care a lot while actually on this point there theologically correct sharing starts with caring, the bottom line is if you don't care about lost people you're never going to read some all the training all the preparation isn't going to help you one bit. You see, Jesus cared about her, and he had to go through Samaria ditty was in the shortcut.
No, the fact is, Jews did not go to Samaria as a woman correctly pointed out, but Jesus had to go. Why because it was decided in the councils of eternity that Jesus had an appointment with her with a burned-out moral woman that he was going to reach on this day, skeletons were unwilling to leave our comfort zone but in this point, we see that were to reach all people.
People are older than us younger than us a different race sent us a different social economic background, then were from. We go to those people remember one is a brand-new Christian maybe like two weeks old, my faith, I decided God had only called me to share the gospel with pretty girls that didn't last very long. Okay, but that's what I thought for a few moments know where to draw all people, and sometimes it means even going to people we don't necessarily like all that much. Perfect example is Jonah.
You know his story right. God said to Jonah go to this Indian city of Nineveh and preach the message that I give to you.
Jonah didn't want to go wife because he knew the nature of God, and he knew God's nature was to forgive people that repented and he reason of I don't go to Nineveh they won't repented, if they don't repent God will destroy them. By the way, Nineveh, the capital of his spirit was a wicked place and these were really really barbaric people not only to the execute their enemies but they would torture them and rip their skin off the bodies and do horrible things. Much like the Nazi and so Jonah thought man I don't want those people to repent. I want them all to be wiped out so we didn't go any got a boat going in the opposite direction. You might say that Jonah was the original chicken of the Sea, but you know the rest of the story as he is out of the boat. A great storm comes, all of the sailors begin calling other various gods and they determine the culprit.
The reason for the storm was this guy below debt who came up and said, Jan, Joan, I'm a Hebrew I'm running from God. The response was why would you run from a God. This powerful symbol of you throw me over the side. The storm will stop there like really came by over the side. He went a great fish to swallow Sam after three days and three nights in the belly of the beast.
Jonah comes to his senses and the these cruises right up to the shore of Nineveh and parse out Jonah and then he gives the message 40 days and will be overthrown in the city turns to God and if one of the greatest revivals in human history. God said go Jonah said no, God said oh God will always have the last word don't run from God do a God calls you to do enter the world of people that don't know Jesus.
Jesus cared point number two if you want to evangelize Jesus tile you need to use compact TAC T which is been defined as the intuitive knowledge of saying the right thing at the right time. Isaac Newton defined tact is quote the ability and make a point without making an enemy. I want you to notice that Jesus spoke in a language she understood.
Here's one of our problems.
We talk to nonbelievers in such a cryptic language. They don't know what were even saying I call it Christian Meeks walk up to a nonbeliever and say hey you know she's into me or for a second.
Are you washed in the blood justified redeem sanctified and part of the body of Christ.
Use only. You came from another planet. You just asked him if there washed and bottom part of somebody they don't know what you're talking about. She might symbol Greg, are you suggesting we now use biblical terminology know I'm suggesting you not assume that your listener knows what those terms mean you must speak in a language they understand.
Here's something else you need to know effective evangelism is a dialogue not a monologue you don't go to a person. Wave your finger in their face and raise the volume of your voice and preach at them you want to talk with them. Notice how Jesus converses with this woman. He engages us with this woman there's give-and-take with this woman see when I asked them on a pulpit like this are in a week from now in AT&T Stadium it's effectively a monologue I speak, people listen.
Hopefully. But when you're talking one-on-one. It's a dialogue. You know you might be surprised to know that it's not easy for me as a preacher to go up to a complete stranger and start a conversation about Christ.
It's easier for me to stand final pulpit like this so because of this I now have a pulpit on wheels. I take with me everywhere she been in the trunk of my car and pull it out when I go to the market is pushed along you know stem behind get the bread know that they'll talk to people not make that up.
But the thing is, it is a dialogue so we want to engage people right where they are and that's exactly what Jesus did a lot of things Christians are so an tactful infective route. I was walking on the street. Once in the city, and there's a guy standing up on some stairs with a sign with bid big bold black letters that said, the wages of sin are death, which is truth there in Romans and easy and he had some flames painted on for a fact any shelling out, you're going to be judged by God, God will judge you, you're going to yell yelling. I look at this Kent that this is not helping our cause, so I looked at him for a moment when he's screaming and yelling and I said excuse me charge my Dell studio for six gods given to why he yells to me. I said when a Jew on the other side of your sign right down the words, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, she that's risk-averse you could flip around periodically wages of sin are dead gift of God is eternal life through Jesus and he told me I was going to hell.
So I killed no let me explain guided I should have know I shouldn't of, but you know people like that do more harm than good. And you know it also sale will praise God. No one listen to me, but I was persecuted for righteousness sake know you are persecuted for being an idiot and unfortunately there's a lot of people out there that will misrepresent Christ the good and godly people will say nothing. I just want nonbelievers to see relatively normal people who've had their lives changed by Jesus and were putting the tool in your hand folk it so easy to start a conversation you just walk up to someone any animal financing if you heard about this thing. It AT&T Stadium and a lot of folks at live in Texas have never been to AT&T Stadium because it cost so much money and this event is free even reduce the parking for $10 a car.
I hear it's much more normally take one to come to this event then you tell them a little bit about it but this is how you can sort of start the conversation so so Jesus engages this woman. He says you know for a drink of this water.
Speaking of the well will thirst again but if you drink of the water. I give will never thirst again that water will dwell up and do a fountain springing into ever lasting life is what he saying you know what this well, sort of like your life, you get to come here and drink every day and that's true of so many things in life you could write that over the well of success or the well of pleasure or the well of religion, even whatever you want your thirst again. But if you drink of the water. I give you'll never thirst again what happened you have to read the rest of the chapter, but he reached this woman.
She try to get them off on rabbit trails and other conversations, but he reached her, he adapted to her and remember there's not a one-size-fits-all approach to evangelism everyone's different Jesus never dealt in any two people with any two people in exactly the same way.
We should never be robotic when we share our faith and just say the same things to this, every person is it no adapter you know sometimes you approach in one way, other times approach of another. But here's the bottom line, no matter how we approach it. Here's what were headed were committed to the message of the gospel.
What is the gospel.
Every Christian should be able to articulate the gospel in three minutes or less. You know the word gospel means good news right every Christian should be able to do it. Can you let me give you the gospel in a very simple way, here's the gospel were all separated from God by our sin, no matter what we do. We can never reach God.
We can never satisfy his righteous demands and one sin is enough to keep us out of heaven with 2000 years ago God loved us so much he sent his son to this earth on a rescue operation.
Jesus walked in our shoes, and he breathes our air and he lived our life and then he died our death, and he rose again from the dead will turn from our sin and ask Christ to come into our life to forgive us. We can know with certainty that will go to heaven when we die we can find the peace in the hope in the purpose we been searching for life a lot more could be added but that's the gospel in a nutshell, here's another way to say it for God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son finish a verse with me. Whosoever believes in him should not perish but have ever lasting life if you've memorized John 316. Listen your armed and dangerous. You know more than you think you know if you just take a step of faith and say Lord use me, you'll be amazed at what can happen.
One of the greatest joys I know is a Christian is leading people to Christ and there are opportunities everywhere. Sometimes were there to sow a seed and other times we need to just close the deal. I was in a restaurant the other day with some pastor friends of mine. We ordered our meal and the waitresses of this before. We're coming bantering back and forth with her and then she said I know you guys are from a church in I needed on your service times are and I said what he wanted know you get to come. She said yes.
I need to get right with God, the Lord just spoke to my heart and said this is your moment. I said you're not going to come to church on Sunday to get right with God. She looks surprised.
I said you're gonna do it right here right now. She sincerely said right here right now to pray together and she was quite reluctant.
I must say, but she agreed and we prayed a letter noticeable brother. Why did you loudly. Nancy made everyone else's in the resin what's going on over there. It is to pray this prayer after she predeceased all I feel so happy now.
Yes, the good news is I know the owner of the restaurant.
He goes to our church so I knew she wouldn't get in trouble. The girl had her life changed and that can happen for you to look for those opportunities immediately gain the attention you give them the gospel message. I like to close with one final thought.
I didn't say single point without final thought, that's a preacher's way of saying I'm at a speed for 20 more minutes. No, but I'm not after this woman believed in Jesus because of the way he reached out to her.
She went out and told her story. Look at John 428 says the woman left her water pot. One wave of the city and send the men come and see a man who told me all the things I ever did. Could this be the Christ is what I want to tell you one of the most effective tools in your evangelistic toolbox is your personal testimony. Everybody has a testimony I just heard a guy give a testimony the other day restaurant I went to human inverted babes chicken dinner and I think it's called I been there far too many times. Okay, I love that place but anyway he he's actually actually works for them and he's a chaplain with that restaurant chain, which I thought was amazing that a chaplain in the sky was imprisoned falsely for crime he did while he did commit a crime, but not. You didn't deserve the punishment he received but he talked about how Christ reached him and change his life and it was a beautiful testimony your stories powerful. Listen sometimes you will start preaching the people mostly don't preach at me use your testimony.
The apostle Paul was a great orator and communicator. Not to mention he was the apostle Paul, but in almost every instance when you see them standing before a nonbeliever. Paul began with his personal testimony.
What is a personal testimony. It simply your story of how you came to Christ by the way, every stories valid. I've heard some crazy testimonies. As I'm sure you have and you might say, will my testimony is not that dramatic. I never served time in prison. I I never used drugs. I've I never was an alcoholic and I you like I did have that binge with Oreos when I was seven, but it was only a week long so really is not a good testimony, listen, let me tell you your testimony without even knowing you. Once you are blind, but now you see what you are headed to health.
Now you're going to heaven.
Once you are lost. Now you're found that your testimony so you maybe you live the moral life and you work hard and you just realize one day you needed Jesus. That's a testimony. So when you share your testimony. Here's a couple of things to remember. Don't glorify or exaggerate your past to the promise. I've heard some testimonies become more dramatic with the telling all here in one day and then maybe five years later I cured again and there's some stuff that was in there before and 100 other just making stuff up. Don't exaggerate your testimony tell it truthfully number two never boast about what you gave up to follow Christ, but rather boast about what he gave up. I read some people talk about the great sacrifices they make use of this great life and we had parties and pleasure all the stuff in. I gave it all up to follow Chase's even starts on the go. Weird preacher all visit to follow Jesus and now I just carry the old wooden cross and I just go home and I don't have fun anymore. I just read my Bible and go to bed and you know what you're missing the point you're making your past some better than your present that's not the way to tell because the fact of the matter is that you had a few fleeting pleasures. There was an emptiness that was that guilt there was evidence certainly telling the way that it honors the Lord. And lastly, when you tell your story always take them to his story is listen. The power is not in Greg's story the power is not in your story.
The powers in the story of Jesus Christ crucified and risen again from the dead.
That's why Paul said I don't want don't want to know anything else among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. Here's a problem sometimes in our attempts to cross over.
We don't bring the cross over so get to the cross. Years ago I was in the home of Billy Graham having dinner with him and his wife Ruth, who is now in heaven and his son Franklin.
She made us a wonderful meal of fried chicken all the fixings in the I was just sitting there thinking of you and I asked Billy I mean this is really ground. I've got to ask him something and so finally I came up with a question. I said Billy if I older Billy could speak to a younger Billy after all these years of preaching what would you say to yourself, what would you say you should preach on more without missing a beat, Billy said I would preach more on the cross of Christ in the blood because that's where the power is, I never forgot that. Please know that when I step in about pulpit at AT&T Stadium next Sunday on the preach on the cross of Christ in the blood because that's where the power is, I want to tell people there's a God in heaven who loves him that they broken his commandments and fallen short of the standards, but I'm in a tell them no matter what sins they committed God will forgive them a full term from that sin and put their faith in Christ and I need you to get those people there. The stadium I mentioned my mom earlier in this message she was married and divorced seven times and she was a lot like the woman at the well. My mom was raised in a Christian home by my parents, Charles, and Stella McDaniel.
We called them daddy Charles and mama Stella, my mom went to church Sunday morning Sunday night Wednesday night and she got a little bit older she'd sure about and she eloped with some guy was the first of many guys she got involved with in the so my mom never took me to church. My mom never told me about her faith that she was running from.
I remember asking my mother one wants what Easter was about. She said I don't know. Can you imagine presenters on her note she knew she didn't want me to know what my God's grace, I heard the gospel in my high school campus and not only did I come to Christ for the Lord called me to preach so clearly. My mom was not going to get away from this, she was the prodigal daughter big time and were we would talk I would start talking about my faith. You think I don't want to talk about it. I want to talk about it and I want to talk about it then one day I was on the way to church to work in and I said to Kathy.
I feel really directed by the Lord to go have that conversation with my mother and tell her she needs to get right with God because at this point my mom she's 70 years old and she's thrown her life away. Her kidneys are failing.
She's getting dialysis three times a week and she looks like she's 90 and you know sin is taken its toll as it does right so I went over to our house and I said that I said mom I need to talk to. She says I don't want to talk about it. I said today organ and talk about it in the result of that conversation was my mom recommitting her life to Christ. I'm so glad we talked about it you know what you're going For that figure is your hearing this message right now there are people you know the you need to have the conversation with right my dear mom or your dad or your grandparents are your children or your neighbors or a coworker. Whoever it is, go have that conversation and led harvest America be sort of a catalyst that you might use to bring them out. My mom all these guys. She married one guy was named Bill. She was married to him.
The longest he outlived her by a few years and that someone called me and said you know bills very sick. You should go see him and I sublime. On my way to go speak somewhere after catch a plane. I can't do it right now. Maybe I'll go over there tomorrow when I get back to visiting whatever you want to do, we waved to the airport. The Lord spoke to my arms to go there now, so I turned my car around. I went over to his house, walked in same house right let my mom to that recommitment. These there, laying on a little hospital bed.
Clearly he was at death's door to good thing I came so I went over the gospel with them again and I'd shared it with the many times we know he knows he's dying. I said Bill you sure you go to heaven when you die, and he wasn't sure is that you want to pray right now and commit your life to Jesus Christ. He said he did and I let them in a prayer and he prayed the prayer to God bless you and I drove out of there and I said I'm so glad I did that I called my plane I landed my phone buzzed. I looked I got a text from the person to call me. They said Bill just died 11 C bills in heaven with my mom and I'm Sam I'm glad I had the conversation. So let's have that conversation with people. Let's have it soon.
Have a great opportunity.
Let me close with this and I'm really closing out I won't have a conversation briefly with you here you are in this fine church with the outstanding pastor. Maybe this is your first time. Maybe you been here before. Maybe you been here a number of times but here's my question. Are you sure you will go to heaven when you die, she would want to wait for a week. If you're not right with God just like that waitress you need to do it right here right now. If you're not sure of prices living in you.
If you're not certain that you go to heaven when you die if you're living with that guilt in your life and in your thinking just a little religion will help understand this you don't need a little religion. You need a lot of Jesus will come in your life right now. Forgive you of every sin you've ever committed.
If you're not sure your sin is forgiven. You want to get right with God right now or if you're like my mom and even sort of a prodigal daughter Ilya put on a good show but you're not living the life as you want to.
This could be the day that you recommit your life to Jesus.
So if you need to do that respond to this opportunity as we closed our prayer.
Let's all bow our heads father, thank you for loving us sending Jesus to die for us in the Lord Jesus we pray for any here that don't know you. Help them to come to you. Help them to believe in you.
Help them to be forgiven of their sin, we would ask that I heads are valid and her eyes are closed and were praying, if you would like Jesus Christ to forgive you of your sin. If you would like to know that you will go to heaven when you die you raise your hand up right now wherever you're sitting and I'll pray for you just raise your hand up or I can see it if you want Christ to come into your life.
The bless you raise your hand.
I can see it.
God bless you. Anybody else raise your hand. Now I want to lead you in a prayer of commitment. Or maybe you fallen away from the Lord, you need to come back to him again to raise your hand, you're like my mother. You know you're the prodigal son or daughter raise your hand a moment to pray for you. You guys are watching this video screen you make that same commitment wherever you're watching her hearing my voice, would you raise your hand as well. Raise your hand. I can see you. Of course, but the Lord sees you a little step of faith you're taking toward him. Anybody else raise your hand. You want to make this commitment, recommitment the Jesus of prayed with right now.
If you would please. I want everyone who is lifted their hand to stand of their feet, lead you in a prayer to stand your feet.
If your raiser can even if you did not, but you want to make this commitment or recommitment to follow Jesus stand your feet. Now organ up right. Anybody else got bless you better stand to stand up anybody else stand up now might be a few more.
Even if you did not raise your hand but you need to make this commitment or recommitment to Christ and now pray together. God bless you to understand whether we others are standing so you won't be alone.
If you stand a wait another moment. You guys watching the screen right now, you stand is well with you to pray together away one more moment anybody else stand up now pray together a blush, shoes, plus what else one more moment that will pray, bless each one of you know you that are sending a watch of the pray this prayer out loud after me. This is a prayer we are seeing the God you're sorry for your sin and you can follow Jesus. From this moment forward. Again, as I pray pray this out loud after me your stamp okay pray this out loud after me, Lord Jesus, I know that I'm a sinner but I know the truth. The Savior who died on the cross for my sin and rose again from the dead, Jesus I choose to follow you from this moment forward as Savior and Lord his God and friend. Thank you for calling me for giving me in Jesus name I pray, amen.
God bless each one of you there. Pray that prayer