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Posted by David (Member # 1) on :

“These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also…”
--(Acts 17:6)

The apostles turned the world upside down with the Gospel. The Lord had accomplished such amazing things in their lives that they could not hold themselves back. They had passion. They were believers.

We are believers with the same Holy Spirit, a powerful testimony, and the Word of God. We, too, need to be extreme in our passion for taking the Good News to the lost.

Passion is an intense desire. The opposite of passion is apathy. Apathy is indifference, an “I just don’t care” attitude. As a tire can get a slow leak, so our Christian walk can experience passion leaks, and before we know it, our evangelism tire is flat.

Apathy is the reverse attitude of those in Acts, who turned the world upside down. When we are apathetic, everything will turn us upside down.

Our zeal for witnessing is in direct proportion to our passion for God. If we keep a vital relationship with Jesus, and guard against those things that could diminish our love for Him, then we will turn our world upside down.

--Jamie Morgan

From: http://www.evangelize.com

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Posted by TEXASGRANDMA (Member # 847) on :

Thanks, David, that was good.

I was listening to a preacher on line yesterday that was talking about the fact that we don't always see the results of our labor. At least here. He talked about a missionary to remote African village many many years ago. He preached and preached and only had one convert and then was kicked out of the country. He died a short time later feeling like a failure. A hundred years later they sent someone else to that village, where to their surprise that one covert a woman had continued spreading the gospel and now 13,000 where saved. This man was not a failure. As the Bible says some of us plant the seed and some water. When we stop thinking about how many souls we have gotten saved and just do God's work, than we can leave it in his hands.
Sometimes just a smiling face and a hug can do what a preacher cannot. Some of us can't talk to strangers. I am shy in person. But we can pray for people we see in the store. We can be nice and even if we just say "God bless you!" to the clerk, God can still use it to open hearts.
betty

Posted by Bat Elohim (Member # 3739) on :

amen Mrs. Betty!

thanks for posting that David... it was good.

Posted by LaurieFL (Member # 3794) on :

Awesome post Betty, and so true!

These verses from Matthew paint a picture of Christ's compassion for us and always move me to want to be involved as a worker in the harvest. How can I not have passion for spreading the gospel when I read this?

Matthew 9:36-38
9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. my uncontrollable interjection -(Man! Isn't that powerful?!)
Mat 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few;
Mat 9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.