2009-11-05T15:42:01-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/witnessing http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/28/how-do-you-maintain-a-godly-perspective-throughout-the-day/ 2009-11-05T15:42:01-05:00 Unless you’re living on Mars, every day you’re faced with ideas and philosophies—both subtle and obvious—that are contrary to the Christian worldview. So, how do you maintain a Godly perspective throughout the day? http://discipleshiptools.org/articles_view.asp?articleid=43722&columnid=4192 2009-10-23T16:00:05-05:00 To be an effective witness of our Lord, we need to have a well-prepared testimony! When someone asks you to make a profession of faith or give a testimony, does your blood pressure go up? Do you dread it, we can help you! http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/fixing-the-fixed-ignoring-the-broken-2576 2009-10-02T11:15:32-05:00 Harvest is urgent business. If the harvest workers don't get busy, and act quickly the harvest will die. And so will it be said there were people around us ready for Jesus - we weren't ready to go to them - they won't be ready for eternity. That'll be true unless we move beyond just fixing those who are already fixed - and start working on the ones who are broken! http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/unguarded-beaches-3016 2009-10-01T10:40:34-05:00 You may think there's someone better to rescue the people around you, but God put you in the middle of them. This is your stretch of the beach. The people there are your responsibility. Don't leave your beach unguarded. Too many people are dying at unguarded beaches. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/when-differences-dont-matter-2496 2009-09-25T14:07:59-05:00 If we begin to see the people around us as Jesus sees them, we will know they are dying inside without a Savior. And they will spend eternity without God unless we get to them in time. And then suddenly, the differences between Christians don't seem so important - only getting to those people. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/everyday-heroes-3517 2009-09-22T09:31:19-05:00 An everyday person becomes a hero when he or she leaves where it's safe to rescue someone who's dying, and you've been positioned by God to do just that. Don't stay on the riverbank. Jump into the water and bring out someone you care about. There's a life at stake - forever. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/more-than-a-launch-3501 2009-09-22T09:29:01-05:00 True worship results in repentance. So you say, "Lord, I'm a mess." Like Isaiah, you see the ugliness of specific sin - in his case, it had something to do with his mouth - but you melt into repentance. And then, because He shed His blood to pay for that sin, Jesus comes and cleans you up for this new day. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-shocking-view-through-4-d-glasses-3456 2009-09-21T15:54:41-05:00 People Jesus died for so they could be rescued from all this - people who may never know Jesus unless you introduce them to Him. He has positioned you in their life to be their rescuer. Once you see what Jesus sees, you'll rescue the dying, whatever it takes! http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-view-from-the-lifeguards-chair-3387 2009-09-21T15:47:39-05:00 The price of failure, of looking away, of your fear could be a life Jesus died to save. Somebody has to tell them. And God has assigned you. Don't let anyone be lost on your watch because no one was watching, because no one went in to save them. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-race-to-save-lives-3733 2009-09-21T13:36:48-05:00 Every day they live without Christ, they move one step closer to an eternity without Him. But you're there. And you have the serum. You have nothing more important to do with the rest of your life than to deliver life to those who will die if you don't.