8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
In Sunday School this weekend, I realized I just needed to get this blog going again. We've started a study based on Acts, the book where the church is built and begins to spread. The church I'm attending is growing quickly but much of the time it's because of members of some other central AR church. We're not really growing the one church, just trading members. Acts is where the missionary, evangelical purpose of the church is outlined. This study began with each person making a list of 4 people that God has set up for influence. To me that's not a "Do you know you're going to heaven when you die?" at the gas station conversation. That's a friendship, a discussion, an example, a life...that's the kind of testimony I can give. So I made my list. I'm praying for those 4, and I work with 3 of them. That means I need to keep my head on straight at work. That could be a challenge.
Note to Self:
2 Timothy 1:7-10
7For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
8So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God, 9who has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, 10but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
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