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In The Bible Read
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2 Timothy 3, 14-17, Luke 4.18, Hebrews 12, 1-3.
Here Is Your
Memory Verse
So we say with confidence, the Lord is my helper,
I will not be afraid, what can man do to me? Hebrews 13.6
Afterwards Talk
About This
Now that you know how God plans to support you,
what difference will it make when you talk about Jesus?
Something To Do
Before Next Time
Arrange to speak to either a person, a small group,
or a church about Jesus and plan to sow the seeds of Gods
word,
look for an opportunity to let Gods Spirit work, and tell
them
about worthy people in Gods family past or present.
Written Diploma
Work
Write the outline of your message in no more than
two sides
of paper and submit it for marking.
Meditate Word By
Word On This Verse
1 Corinthians 9, 15-18
- Spend
a Minute to Change the World
Pray
For India - Operation World page 273
900,000,000 Hindu/Muslim peoples
Fast growing minority Christians, many unreached poor,
peoples
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Be sure to
teach this lesson to others.
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Always pray and
prepare well adding
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your own verses and
stories to bring it to life.
We are going to talk about three ways in
which God supports you when you talk to people about Jesus either
in private or in public. He backs you up by the power of his Word,
by the power of his Spirit and by the powerful testimony of his
people.
1. The Power Of
The Word
The unique nature of Gods Word is
that unlike any human word it is ~
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Living, Actually Alive, Heb. 4.12, 1
Peter 1.23, Acts 7.38
Thoroughly equips you, 2 Tim. 3.16
Accomplishes the task, Isaiah 55.11
Its like a hammer that cracks,
breaks and demolishes rocks, Jer. 23.29
Works in people, 1 Thess. 2.13
Its the sword that Gods
Spirit uses, Eph. 6.17
It Is Like A Seed That You Sow.
See Mark 4.13-20
Satan snatches some seed away.
Some dont allow it to take root.
Some allow worries in life to bury it.
But many people who hear the word are like
good soil, and the word brings them a 30, 60 or 100 fold harvest.
You know that a field is mostly good soil, rocks and weeds are on
the edges, so expect many people to grow in truth. Jesus says
that the seed grows all by itself, slowly, out of sight, little
by little, until harvest time. So a good farmer sows and waits
with patience and expectation. Mark 4.26-29
2. The Power Of
Gods Spirit
He will back your testimony with powerful
signs from God as you pray for the needy people. Signs point out
a direction, and in this case they point the way into Gods
Kingdom and into his love and care.
What Signs Can We Expect To See?
Quoting Isaiah 61, 1-2, Jesus says in Luke 4.18 that
when the gospel is preached to the poor ~
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The broken-hearted can be healed.
Prisoners can find freedom.
The blind can begin to see.
The oppressed can be released.
Favour can be still be found with God.
One day John the Baptist, who was in
prison and discouraged, not seeing Gods power
despite preaching the truth, sent to Jesus asking if he
was really the Messiah. Jesus said these signs pointed to
him ~
The sick can be healed.
Evil spirits can be cast out.
The lame can begin to walk.
Lepers and outcasts can be cleansed.
Deaf people can hear for the first
time.
People who died can be restored.
See John 10.41, Luke 7, 20-23)
Christians are seeing these signs today all
over the world. Jesus will do the same for you when you pray for
people in his name. Then we can add the signs that Jesus promised
in Mark 16, 17-20.
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Tongues. (One of the gifts of the
Spirit)
Protection against dangers.
Signs that confirm the word.
What Then Should We Do?
Follow Jesus example in Acts 10.38
Believe the promise of Jesus for
ourselves. (Acts 1.8, John 14.12)
Follow the example of the early church,
who preached the Word and moved in the power of Gods
Spirit on many occasions. See the stories in Acts.
3. The Testimony
Of Gods People
Despite the hypocrisy which unbelievers may
accuse the church of, (its often true, so you may as well
apologise for it), you can point out the indisputable evidence of
changed lives, especially your own.
You can also point out the very real love
found amongst Gods people, and you can point to the lives
of great men and women of God in history and today. You will find
that the public respect both a great man of God or a great
villain but the lukewarm they dismiss with indifference or
mockery.
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Mention The Great Christian Reformers,
You can point to the lives of great
Christian men like William Wilberforce, who stopped
slavery,
Shaftesbury, who struggled for the
poor, Dr. Barnardo, who helped orphans,
Booth, who began the Salvation Army,
Bishop Tutu, who fought apartheid.
Mention The Great Civilizers,
like missionary explorer Livingstone,
Studd, who lived and died for Africa,
Taylor, who lived and died for China,
Carey, who lived and died for India,=
Judson, who lived and died for Burma,
Billy Graham, who preaches to millions.
Mention The Good Samaritans.
When it comes to helping the hungry,
the thirsty, ragged, sick, homeless, and prisoners, Gods
people are always there. All over the world Christians
work hard to show Gods love, often for little or no
pay.
ACET cares for AIDS victims,
Remar, Teen Challenge and Jackie
Pullinger fight drugs,
Mother Teresa of Calcutta helps the
sick and dying,
The Church in South Africa, Romania,
Poland, and Latin America
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strongly fights injustice.
Western Christians fight against
abortion and other social evils.
Despite failures and falls Christians can
hold their head up high under any fair examination, anywhere, and
anytime. After nearly two thousand years of vicious attacks and
persecutions, the people of God are alive and growing at an
unprecedented pace worldwide. With the support of the living word
of God, the power of the Spirit of God and the love and passion
of the people of God we can expect to keep on growing until Jesus
comes back.
- Taken from the
Joshua Project Unreached Peoples List
these people have no church and as yet
no cell, church or mission has committed themselves
to prayer, adoption or church planting among this people.
Belgium
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People Name |
Language |
Population
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Kurd, Northern (Kermanji) |
Kermanji (Kurmanji) |
13,000
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