Today's Super-Awesome Power Verse™:
17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
The Living Life QT book suggested the following application:
Just as John prepared the way for Jesus’s first coming, so are we supposed to prepare the way for Christ’s second coming. Take some time to meditate on this passage and focus particularly on v. 16-17. As it says in those verses; it is our job to bring back many people to God, turn the hearts of fathers toward their children and turn the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous.It's one of the most basic of commandments, to share the Word of God with non-believers. And yet for me, looking back over the year, it's kind of embarrassing how little I actually do it. I can't blame it on the lack of opportunity either. Maybe it's fear (fear of ridicule & rejection, fear of being outcast, fear of not saying the right thing) that keeps me from saying anything? One of my New Year's resolutions is to get out of my comfort zone and to share my faith with at least 1 non-Christian every month - to do my part to "prepare the way" for Christ's return.
If you guys have any resolutions for the new year, please share in the comments so we can keep each other accountable! Happy 2008!!
2 comments:
I wasn't sure who was around so I didn't tag a person to go next. Any volunteers?
I noticed that almost all my new year's resolutions are not church related, or Christian related at all. So I would like my first Christian resolution to be continuing these QT's and sharings.
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