Just to be clear – What blessings do we want them to try?

In my last post, Unbelievably blessed and how to share it, I think I might have left out or at least not quite emphasized enough something really, really important. In this video, I try to point out what that was.

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Takeaway:

  • We’re blessed in a ton of different ways.
  • But the real blessing, the one we want everyone to try out, is living with Jesus.

Serving Suggestions:

(1) Not to point any elbows, but consider some friends perhaps who’ve drifted away from the Lord. Maybe you’d still consider them Christians, but the fruit isn’t there anymore. At least with people I know, myself included, it’s often because they stop focusing on knowing Jesus and start focusing on the other benefits of that relationship. And when those other benefits switch, maybe they lose their big home and have to move into an apartment, their gratefulness slumps. That’s because their Christianity, as Jesus said, was built on sand.

(2) When you and I share the gospel with others, when we ask them to try out Christianity, focus on knowing who Jesus is and communicating with Him. In practical terms, this will include reading and meditating on His Word in the Bible, praying, worshipping (not just through music but through our daily routines), and encouraging one another by getting involved in each others’ lives. But all of those activities are only activities if they’re not directed at knowing Jesus. Center on that relationship because it never switches.