my Friday stuff......
I had my friend, Trisha, over for lunch yesterday.
We talked about ministry....
We agreed, as mothers, that teaching our children about God's love and salvation is a priority ministry.
At church, each of us have a role in ministry. She is Lacey's Sunday School teacher and I have various activities that I lead out in that would be considered ministry.
We, I, talked about the whole concept of "preaching to the choir" thing and how I feel that I need to do more.....
We talked about "lifestyle witnessing" for those whose gifts and talents do not include being a bold, evangelical christian.
I left the conversation feeling like I hadn't accomplished anything, but I thought it about all day.
I was thinking...all of the people that I hang out with are Christ-followers, which is good, but, what am I doing , myself, to bring the good news to the lost??
So, last night, at dinner with my husband, we talked to our waitress about some end-times prophecy stuff BECAUSE she made a comment about how it seemed the world was winding down, that something was going to happen......
We could have just let that go and finished our dinner, but I thought, NO, this is about being SALT and LIGHT to a lost and dying world. I didn't want to pass up and opportunity to share what we know to be TRUTH.
We went to Barnes & Noble and in the Religious section of the store, I turned all the books around that are blatant lies about God, that felt great.....and then I just listened......and thought to myself, now this is ripe territory.
There were groups there that had different things going on; a women's craft group, some young people doing a project together, a Christian singles group was there talking about Jesus.
My point is: you don't have to go far to have opportunites to share about your faith, they' re all around you if you will just stop long enough to listen...or share a cup of cool water....pray that God will give you those divine appointments.
Just do it...doo eet.
We talked about ministry....
We agreed, as mothers, that teaching our children about God's love and salvation is a priority ministry.
At church, each of us have a role in ministry. She is Lacey's Sunday School teacher and I have various activities that I lead out in that would be considered ministry.
We, I, talked about the whole concept of "preaching to the choir" thing and how I feel that I need to do more.....
We talked about "lifestyle witnessing" for those whose gifts and talents do not include being a bold, evangelical christian.
I left the conversation feeling like I hadn't accomplished anything, but I thought it about all day.
I was thinking...all of the people that I hang out with are Christ-followers, which is good, but, what am I doing , myself, to bring the good news to the lost??
So, last night, at dinner with my husband, we talked to our waitress about some end-times prophecy stuff BECAUSE she made a comment about how it seemed the world was winding down, that something was going to happen......
We could have just let that go and finished our dinner, but I thought, NO, this is about being SALT and LIGHT to a lost and dying world. I didn't want to pass up and opportunity to share what we know to be TRUTH.
We went to Barnes & Noble and in the Religious section of the store, I turned all the books around that are blatant lies about God, that felt great.....and then I just listened......and thought to myself, now this is ripe territory.
There were groups there that had different things going on; a women's craft group, some young people doing a project together, a Christian singles group was there talking about Jesus.
My point is: you don't have to go far to have opportunites to share about your faith, they' re all around you if you will just stop long enough to listen...or share a cup of cool water....pray that God will give you those divine appointments.
Just do it...doo eet.
posted by Lori's World @ 8:26 AM
3 Comments:
At 12:12 PM,
Anonymous said…
Lori, that's awesome.
You inspire others, you inspire me. There's your ministry.
At 3:29 PM,
Lori said…
Last night at dinner, when we prayed. Thats another great way to witness in a worldly environment. Russell and I did that at Wendys one day before we ate and someone came up to us and said that was great. They were a christian already, but what about the other people who see up pray before a meal. A seed has been planted!
At 3:30 PM,
Lori said…
do you remember when you talked to that waitress at Olive Garden about end times prophecy? umm.. That was GREAT!
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